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Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by adrianN on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:31AM (#37494377)
People will only fast charge on long trips and slow charge whenever the car is parked, i.e. 22h per day.
Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by GOTO95 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:36AM (#37494425)
>slow charge whenever the car is parked

How does that work for people who live in cities? I like electric cars - less moving parts, less noise, less cost maintaining and driving - but they are utterly useless to me because there is no way I can charge one. Hybrids are ok, though, I can charge in the rare case I'm actually parked near a charger.

Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by clouddrover on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:41AM (#37494464)
> How does that work for people who live in cities?

With curbside charging, and wireless charging will be convenient once that's rolled out. No cables, just park over the charging plate.

It's not like wireless phone charging. It's very efficient:

https://insideevs.com/news/340478/120-kw-wireless-charging-p...

https://witricity.com/newsroom/blog/what-is-efficiency-how-d...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1gaNO9nj0

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Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by adrianN on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:03AM (#37494650)
We install curbside chargers
Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by ulfw on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:37AM (#37494433)
Did you just make that up or...?

Where do you 'slow charge' your car when you're the average German renter (i.e. more than half the population).

But irrespective of that, what does that have to do with charging times at fuel pumps?

https://www.destatis.de/Europa/EN/Topic/Population-Labour-So...

Re:Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Char... by adrianN on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @02:00PM (#37499599)
I charge my car where it is parked, as I said above. Obviously the necessary infrastructure doesn't exist yet, but with EVs only making up a couple percent of the cars on the road that's not really a problem right now.