On May 13, 2015, at 1:44 PM, Jamie K via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> I'm coming from a perspective of practical experience with an electric car as > our main vehicle. The big factor you left out is daily driving mileage. If you're putting 80 miles a day on the car, yes, L1 is probably borderline at best for you. But, for most people, half that is an unusually busy driving day. Not all people, of course, by any means...but most. Remember: most automotive warranties are in the range of 10,000 miles / year, which is equal to 40 miles per day, five days a week, fifty weeks a year; if you're doing more than that, you're probably beyond your warranty's coverage, which most people don't do. And, with a 250 Wh / mile vehicle (such as the LEAF), 40 miles is a mere 10 kWh and well under 7 hours at L1 rates. If it takes less time to charge the car for an entire day's worth of driving than it does to get a night's sleep, any sort of argument for faster charging as the normal mode is damned hard to make. b& _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
