[HN Gopher] More Californians are driving EVs, making public cha...
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       More Californians are driving EVs, making public charging a
       potential nightmare
        
       Author : LinuxBender
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-01-21 19:51 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | LinuxBender wrote:
       | Archive [1]
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       | [1] - https://archive.is/nxcj7
        
       | iwanttocomment wrote:
       | Public charging has always been a nightmare. As an EV driver for
       | (checks calendar) 14 years, it's _always been a nightmare_.
       | 
       | I certainly hope that the transition to NACS and wide
       | availability of DC fast charging can change that.
       | 
       | Until then: you charge at home. You wake up in the morning, and
       | like your phone, your car is charged. You go out, you come back,
       | you plug your phone and your car into the wall. The next morning,
       | all will be well.
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       | I'm a huge proponent of EVs and I would not buy one unless I had
       | a dedicated charging station where I lived.
        
       | Arnt wrote:
       | A friend of mine said that "most cars spend 23 hours per day
       | parked, and public charging is about doing the charging in the
       | 24th hour". Not sure the 23 is a real number though.
        
       | clouddrover wrote:
       | > _The logical answer is to add more chargers._
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       | And to finally agree on a charging standard and to guarantee that
       | all brands of charger will charge all brands of EV on that
       | standard.
       | 
       | It is profoundly stupid to not agree on a charging standard.
       | North America is now slowly standardizing on CCS with Tesla's
       | plug on the end.
       | 
       | It is profoundly stupid to tolerate charging infrastructure which
       | only charges one brand. You can fuel your ICE vehicle at any fuel
       | station and you should be able to charge your EV at any charging
       | station. Anything less than that is substandard, backward, and
       | primitive.
       | 
       | Europe is so much further ahead of North America on EV
       | infrastructure because Europe standardized on CCS type 2 Combo.
       | Having a common standard has driven the investment into and the
       | development of charging networks.
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       | Europe has almost, but not totally, stamped out brand exclusive
       | chargers. The remaining brand exclusive chargers need to be
       | opened to all EVs.
       | 
       | > _So while we're waiting for that "convenient charging network"
       | to appear, what should we do?_
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       | Emulate Europe. They're leading on this.
       | 
       | Here's the European charging infrastructure plan for the rest of
       | the decade:
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       | https://www.fleeteurope.com/en/new-energies/europe/article/f...
        
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