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.
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.
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.