[LINK] All German petrol stations must offer electric car charging

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi David,

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:23:50 +1000 David Lochrin <dlochrin at aussiebb.com.au> wrote:
>
> On 2020-06-12 01:52, Paul Brooks wrote:
> 
> > If you do need to charge, they [garages] are the last place you
> > would want to go to, because you need 15 mins to a couple of hours
> > to push in a decent charge to make stopping worthwhile, and theres
> > nothing else to do at those places.  
> 
> The Leaf apparently has a charging time from "alert" to 100% of 7.5
> hours from a 32 amp home outlet.  However the charging time from 20%
> to 80% is only 1 hour using a 50 amp rapid-charge outlet, which would
> probably require a dedicated feed from the street so isn't
> practicable for home use.  Even a 32 amp outlet would be pushing most
> home wiring.
> 
> I think this indicates vehicle use with home-charging would have to
> be quite disciplined, and home charging would not be precticable in
> some situations.

The thing you may have missed is that most people will not need to
completely recharge their car on most days e.g. I usually only drive
less than 50km a day so recharging is possible (most of the time) in a
few hours even from a 10A 240V circuit.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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