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Have you ever waited to charge on a DC Charger? (jlai.lu)

submitted 3 weeks ago by hylobates@jlai.lu to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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Hi everyone,

I’m a long time EV driver (first one being a Twizzy back in 2013) and I was wondering: have you ever waited to charge on DC fast charger on the highway for example?

One of my ev-skeptic colleagues told me I saw multiple lines of multiple EVs waiting to charge on the highway this summer. I never witnessed it or being through this myself and I’m more incline to think that this is grossly exaggerated but you never really know… so have you had such experience?

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don’t do trips longer than my battery capacity because the DC charge rate on my car is abysmal (50kw). I therefore don’t use DCFC and as such haven’t experienced a line.

I fully expect that holiday traffic surges would result in lineups in my geographic area. There’s lineups at gas stations.

[–] kudra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

laughs in 20kw ChaDeMo relatively short range battery compared to modern EVs

[–] hylobates@jlai.lu 1 points 2 weeks ago

I had a very basic Renault Zoé (40kWh battery, 22kW AC charging) until today, so I feel the pain.

But on the bright side, it’s very difficult to have to wait for a charger