Re:Why Tesla's EV Charging System Won the Race to Become Ame...
by IshKebab on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:29AM
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No, long term you want cars to be cheap as chips and chargers to be more expensive. There are way more chargers than cars, and they probably last a lot longer. And removing the converter from the car means you can make it bigger and heavier and cheaper. And it removes an expensive point of failure from cars.
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Re:Why Tesla's EV Charging System Won the Race to Become Ame...
by Kirby64 on Saturday October 12, 2024 @10:16AM
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If there’s more chargers than there are cars, then moving cost into the chargers is bad. Adding cost to something we want to be as ubiquitous as possible (charging infrastructure) will hamper it.
Also, not sure if you’ve ever seen even the infrastructure for existing EV chargers… but I’m skeptical that infrastructure will outlast cars in most cases. There’s a ton of maintenance I’ve seen required just on the “dumb” AC chargers. People hit them, they get vandalized, or they just stop working. Making them even more expensive to repair would be the wrong move.