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For most US drivers, electric vehicles offer emissions benefits and cost savings, according to a new study by MIT researchers (news.mit.edu)
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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't even have a charging station, I just plug that thing straight to the wall. I guess that's a level 1?

[–] Jaycifer@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Yes it is. Out of curiosity, how many miles of range do you tend to get charging overnight? I've read that it's about 20 miles per 12 hours, which for me would not be enough to cover my commute.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

1.5 kw per hour, or 30kw overnight. That's about half charge of most battery packs.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Sigh... I'm going to have to be a unit nazi.

Power is the rate of energy transfer and is in kW. If 1kW flows for 1 hour it's 1 kWh (power x time). A US 120V socket at 12 Amps is just under 1.5kW. A 240V socket will be double that.

1.5kW for 12 hours is 18kWh. That's not half a battery, as most cars start at 60kWh batteries now. 18kWh will get 54-72 miles depending on the consumption of the car.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

That's some Alaska winter night with 20 hours!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

When I plug it in, it says it's charging at 2.4KW, which I fuzzily convert to something like 7 or 8km per hour of charging. Note that this is on 220v on its own circuit.

The circuit could fit a full fat charging station, but I haven't really gotten to it cause it works fine as is for my use.