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People are willing to go to absurdity to maintain a narrative.
Less absurd will be to keep a horse tied up outside....
Really? Kettle meet Pot.
Any 120V is a potential charger, that is reality - I have an EV that has done over 10K miles charged only on 120V - that gets about 50 miles range a night on a vehicle with max range of 78 miles. Most motels have a charger available or a 120V outlet outside - no need for extension cord.
Much more ridiculous is to think a horse tied up is less absurd - I guess you have broken with reality
If I charged my Volt while I was at work my coworkers would have a fit. They'd be demanding gas vouchers or something.
Right, so have it metered and pay for it. Or the workplace can incentivize people getting EVs for larger environmental reasons and local emissions reason as some companies do. Going either direction is fine. If your workplace did have charging, metered or not, would you really refuse to use it? Would none of your co-workers be even slightly more likely to get a plug-in vehicle?
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Any 120V is a potential charger, that is reality - I have an EV that has done over 10K miles charged only on 120V - that gets about 50 miles range a night on a vehicle with max range of 78 miles. Most motels have a charger available or a 120V outlet outside - no need for extension cord.
Much more ridiculous is to think a horse tied up is less absurd - I guess you have broken with reality
No, most don't have a charger nor can you vampire from their maintenance outlets. You are looking at just your particular limited experience in urban areas.
Automobiles are a relatively recent invention in human history. Maintaining access to a functional one under severe edge cases may be a challenge, regardless of whether you are counting on electric infrastructure or gasoline infrastructure.
No, most don't have a charger nor can you vampire from their maintenance outlets. You are looking at just your particular limited experience in urban areas.
That doesn't track 120V outlets. Most of these don't track standard outlets, probably because they don't charge all that quickly. You're talking about 20 to 60 miles overnight depending on the vehicle with that, so it doesn't generally get tracked. That's not to say that the motel will or won't let you charge off the standard outlet--just that it doesn't get tracked. Best bet is to ask ahead of time.
What's in the area anyhow? Is it a pretty neat place to travel to? What are the highlights?
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No, most don't have a charger nor can you vampire from their maintenance outlets. You are looking at just your particular limited experience in urban areas.
I sure hope to heck no one uses that website or there are gonna be a lot of EV tows....
It didnt list the 4 never used 'pumps' at clarion walmart...mebbe they broke?
eta: the horse looks better all the time because it can eat part of the route to destination,,,,
who would want a life where they carry a spare charger cord ($5 gets you $10 they do not consider the ampacity of the cord so now we gotta worry about THAT) hoping for an outlet you get to sponge off.
Sure, I suppose I could have found some power to use during those three days. But, I was busy as heck those three days. The last thing I'd have wanted to do was hunt down power and wait for charging. Much easier to just pull into a gas station and fill up in 5 minutes. Or, baring that, using my backup supply of gas cans.
I think EVs would work for most people in most post-storm scenarios, but the point of being prepared for those storms is preparing and making things as easy as possible in a worst-case scenario. I mean, every May I replenish my Hurricane Kit and most years never need to use it. But it's there.
I don’t think an extension cord to charge my car is an unreasonable request. While it isn’t fast, I’m at work for 8 hours minimum so I’ll get plenty of charge. That isn’t an ultimatum to my employer. That’s them being reasonable. And I haven’t worked anywhere that would be that unreasonable.
If you have a electric car look over your neighbors house to where you might sneak a extension chord and plug into after dark
Why? Charging at 120V is mostly if really needed such as with a hurricane just to get to the next fast charger. Charging overnight will give about 30-60 miles and use under $1 of electricity most places.
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