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Nearly Half of EV Owners Would Switch Back to Combustion Engine Vehicles: Study (www.energyportal.eu)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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this statistic does not account for Tesla loyalists, as three-quarters of Tesla owners indicated that they would continue with EVs.

Some people just like Elon Musk

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't know about the US, but in the UK you can charge EVs via standard wall outlets. For a while I had the charger hanging out of a window from inside my home so I could charge it.

This made overnight charging very cheaply available.

I'm curious, not trying to convince you, whether that's an option in the US or something you'd be limited by due to your condo/board?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's the thing. In some countries that works well... in others not so.

For example Germany has very low home ownership (especially in cities where it would be even easier with lower distances) and very low centralisation and the public loading infrastructure just isn't there (and will need to me massive compared to some other countries), while the US has the home ownership and better centralisation but is limited by their shitty 120V grid.

Smaller or better centralised countries with higher amount of home ownership in Europe on a 230V grid on the other hand work perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Looking at Tesla's support the US is crippled by the 120v power grid for wall charging, 3 Miles per hour on a standard 120v plug, and 23kmh on an Australian 240v 15A plug.