Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
Do electric cars need to have 10 hours of charging just for 1 hour of driving?
No. Mains chargers are slow, they can take that long to do a full charge but you will get a lot more than an hours driving (unless you are doing laps in a sports car or something).Do electric cars need to have 10 hours of charging just for 1 hour of driving?
Only if you're using a 110v wall outlet (the kind you plug your laptop or computer into). That's why they have dedicated charging ports.Do electric cars need to have 10 hours of charging just for 1 hour of driving?
Charger level | Time to charge |
---|---|
Level 1 (120 volts) | 4 miles of range per hour |
Level 2 (220/240 volts) | 9 ½ hours |
DC Fast charging | 1 hour 20 minutes |
How can it take 50 hours to do 200 miles at 120 V but only 9.5 at 220/240? It is only half the power at the same amps, and one would presume the same cables could take more amps?Cursory search reveals for Chevy Bolt for full charge times. Full charge gets over 200 miles
https://www.energysage.com/electric-vehicles/charging-your-ev/charging-chevy-bolt/
Charger level Time to charge Level 1 (120 volts) 4 miles of range per hour Level 2 (220/240 volts) 9 ½ hours DC Fast charging 1 hour 20 minutes
2023 Chevy Bolt does 259 miles,Only 200 miles at most?
That's why hybrids are still the best of both worlds. Basically a gas generator charging batteries that power electric motors.All those ranges are still too low to make any of them usable as an ordinary car.
How frequently do you do more than 500 miles in a day? I have done, but rarely enough I could hire a car if I needed to do it again.All those ranges are still too low to make any of them usable as an ordinary car.
I don't drive, but from someone who does drive all the time then that's still not enough because of the charging times needed just to reach that (along with the rarity of charging points) when in an ordinary car it just takes minutes if that to reach full. They also say that electric cars are just a dead technology anyway and should be given up and are far more harmful than ordinary cars.How frequently do you do more than 500 miles in a day? I have done, but rarely enough I could hire a car if I needed to do it again.
Though I do support the swappable battery solution, if not the cars.
Nonsense. It depends upon one's driving habits. If you drive 300 miles a day you could have issues, but most people don't. If you drive 100 miles a week, EVs are perfect. In the western US folks tend to drive a lot because the distances between places is high. In England not so much. It is 100 crow miles from Bath to London. That is well within range of a round trip in a day.All those ranges are still too low to make any of them usable as an ordinary car.
There is only one single charging point in all of London and none in Bath.Nonsense. It depends upon one's driving habits. If you drive 300 miles a day you could have issues, but most people don't. If you drive 100 miles a week, EVs are perfect. In the western US folks tend to drive a lot because the distances between places is high. In England not so much. It is 100 crow miles from Bath to London. That is well within range of a round trip in a day.
We'll have to see if EVs are an interim step to Hydrogen, but for now they are a solution very suitable for most people. If you think gasoline powered cars are the future, I have a Betamax to sell you!I don't drive, but from someone who does drive all the time then that's still not enough because of the charging times needed just to reach that (along with the rarity of charging points) when in an ordinary car it just takes minutes if that to reach full. They also say that electric cars are just a dead technology anyway and should be given up and are far more harmful than ordinary cars.
That's not surprising for some reason.There is only one single charging point in all of London and none in Bath.
Every automotive dealership that sells EVs has charging stations. And I do not believe that London has only one.There is only one single charging point in all of London and none in Bath.
I have to admit that if I was still driving for 8 hours a day it would still be quite a brave decision to get an electric. These modern small diesel cars are so spectacularly fuel efficient and cheap that any other option would be a hard sell.I don't drive, but from someone who does drive all the time then that's still not enough because of the charging times needed just to reach that (along with the rarity of charging points) when in an ordinary car it just takes minutes if that to reach full. They also say that electric cars are just a dead technology anyway and should be given up and are far more harmful than ordinary cars.
You can see just how wrong these people are for london and bath.There is only one single charging point in all of London and none in Bath.