Posted on 10/26/2022 6:48:27 AM PDT by dynachrome
With EV adoption on the horizon, many still have range and charging anxiety. Will there be a charger available where I’m going? Will it give me enough juice to get back home? These are the questions a lot of potential EV owners are asking. Now, Lucid should be able to offer some reassurance to Air owners, thanks to a new home charger that can deliver up to 80 miles of range per hour plugged in.
The company released the new charger as part of its line of new Lucid vehicle accessories. Called the Lucid Connected Home Charging Station, it makes a big promise: using AC charging and capable of supporting up to 19.2 kWh, it can deliver up to 80 miles of range per hour.
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We need more EV fires and a faster charger might be the way to accomplish that.
Insurance companies will be the eventual arbiter of how safe these are. Raising rates or denying coverage completely.
“And I can add approx 400 miles in 10 minutes to my econobox vehicle.”
While sleeping at 1/3 the cost?
I would like to know how many people are interacting with the utility company before adding these loads.
How many need to upgrade their home service?
Do the utility companies need to upgrade their transformers and service wires/cables?
Side note - If you know any young men, have them get an AA in electronics tech or and electrical based 2 year degree.
Get certified in CAD as well. The amount of work in the electrical distribution world is staggering.
Great strip on this theme on “Baby Blues” today (available on GoComics.com).
Is this a joke? I’ve got a 13 year old BMW that can get 80 miles with 3-4 gallons of gas in less than five minutes pump time. Including me getting my seat belt back on.
“using AC charging and capable of supporting up to 19.2 kWh”
You’d think the media could hire just ONE PERSON capable of understanding the difference between kWh and kW. That’s all it take, ONE PERSON!
Math and engineering are racist, patriarchal, cisgender constructs...
- EEGator - They/Them
“Is this a joke? I’ve got a 13 year old BMW that can get 80 miles with 3-4 gallons of gas in less than five minutes pump time. Including me getting my seat belt back on.”
While sleeping at 1/3 the cost of gas?
LOL.
Nice: Jalopnik advocates EV as a ladder fuel (see embedded image at link).
If ‘they’ weren’t intellectually dishonest, the national standard for such electrical installations would require a minimum 25-foot buffer between the charger location and enclosed structures.
Except you have to GO HOME first.
I’ve had to drive people to the ER.
I will never willingly own an EV.
“While sleeping at 1/3 the cost?”
10 years hence:
Will there be a gas station available where I’m going?
Will it allow me to buy enough juice to get back home?
These are the questions a lot of old fashioned ICE auto owners are asking........................
This whole thing with the EV’s is hilarious. No one seems to remember how many times they have gotten in the car to go somewhere and found the tank empty because some negligent child or harried spouse has not thought to fill the tank. Oh, well, I’ll just cool my heels for 3 hours while the EV charges!!!
And, what about attached garages? I estimate less than 30% of my neighbors have a garage with 20 amp electric service or capable of installing it.
My home and 4 of my neighbors homes use the same transformer.
If one of them buys a EV, then they will blow the fuse or have to pay for a separate transformer.............
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