That video is well done and good at laying it all out. I wish I could get my brothers to watch it.
The thing is, I came here as devils advocate, thinking he was going too strong on level one. But he did well.
- I had a similar discussion with my older brother, where I tried to convince him level one was possible, especially short term, but that he’d be happier with more. He installed 50a level 2, after I explained it’s the same as an electric range circuit (that’s what I have. Almost always more than I need but nice to have)
- no luck at all with my younger brother. He works for a legacy car manufacturer and is convinced EVs are not practical. They found it impossible to install chargers at a plant since it would need the power of a city …… since they assumed every spot needed a fast charger and that all would be in use all day
My older brother need to see this, but then he won’t even watch past 1min mark.
Pretty funny seeing two different comments regarding their older brothers. Do you guys have the same brother?
We all have that brother that whine about limited range but they only ever drive 200km per month
I was confused as to why this didnt show up in my RSS feed, but turns out i dont have Connextras in there
I didn’t realize the channel difference until I posted, but still the same guy. I kind of love his Connextras videos more
I got my first EV about a month ago. I charge off a 120v 15a outlet at home and I’ve been fine. Yes, it would take 2 days to go from 0 to 100%, but that’s not necessary. It only takes a few hours to charge the 6% I average per day.
We made it work for several months with our EV and a Level 1 charger cable ran out the back door before I could get the time to install the level 2 charger. For regular commuting around town, the wall plug would keep up. For longer trips, we would have had problems and had to have sought out level 3 chargers until we got the level 2 install finished. Level 2 charging at home was a game and cured range anxiety for us.
A great option for some that’s worth communicating. That’s how I charge mine. Only once or twice in the last couple of years has it given me anxiety—which turned out to be unfounded. Not a heavy driver though, I don’t plug it in every day, and my range is nearly 300 miles.
Sure, if you want it to take a week to fully charge.
120vac at max 15 or 20 amps is going to take forever to charge. That’s why most car chargers are 230vac and 60amps.
That’s not a normal occurrence. He does a good job of answer that several ways. Watch the video
You should actually watch the video. There are a dozen counterarguments to this and Alec has taken the time to lay them out for you.
I haven’t watched the video, but he did own an ev and do all these deepdive video for a living so when he said something it has more weight than a calculation on paper.
He addresses that. Most drivers will not be charging from empty, and overnight charging will be able to keep up. That’s with an estimated 40m/day or less.
Your individual usage could be higher.
40 meters is a bit low, no?
Sorry, it’s 40 miles (64km)
I know. I’m fucking with ya. Miles is abbreviated mi though.
Charging from 0 to 100% really shouldn’t be the goal here.
Ideally you would be charging to about 80% for just daily use, and only going 100% if you are planning a longer trip.
Unlike a gas car, you don’t want to wait until it gets to 0% before you start charging it. Just plug it in when you get home and it’ll recoup whatever you used that day.
You dont want to do that in a gas car either. A lot of the impurities in the gas settle out to the bottom of the gas tank, if you run your vehicle low on gas its easier for that layer to be agitated and your engine takes those impurities instead.
watch the video.
