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0 pointsmichaelt13y ago0 comments

I was thinking someone who drove 5 hours to visit family would be staying over night and could do an over night charge. I'll admit this may not always be the case.

I certainly agree that serious range and uptake will need serious charging and generation infrastructure.

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clarky0713y ago

Even overnight isn't enough though. It's 30 hours to charge in a normal outlet, and you then you have to take over their garage.

michaeltOP13y ago

Ah, the article says the Tesla home charger takes 6 hours for a charge, but I guess it needs to be wired directly to be breaker box or something.

clarky0713y ago

Yeah, that a special installation that you would get in your own house. Unless your friend also has this hookup (which if they do they probably need to using for themselves anyway) you have to use the special regular outlet hookup which is ~5 miles per hour of charge.

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0 pointsmichaelt13y ago0 comments

I was thinking someone who drove 5 hours to visit family would be staying over night and could do an over night charge. I'll admit this may not always be the case.

I certainly agree that serious range and uptake will need serious charging and generation infrastructure.

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clarky0713y ago

Even overnight isn't enough though. It's 30 hours to charge in a normal outlet, and you then you have to take over their garage.

michaeltOP13y ago

Ah, the article says the Tesla home charger takes 6 hours for a charge, but I guess it needs to be wired directly to be breaker box or something.

clarky0713y ago

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