Charging Mach-e at home

[llinthicum1]

I was curious about cost for adding an additional 220 volt outlet or RV outlet. In my case, I have an detached garage. Rough estimate around $3000. That's a lot; some applications may be significant cheaper. But, regardless it made me think about what will people do if they don't have a garage. BEVs are going to be mainstream, but we can't expect consumers to have to retrofit their home's electrical system. The good news is that in the next 10-20 years or so, they won't have to. New battery technology and investments in infrastructure will both increase range and charging times. People will be able to charge at home, but also be able to drive down to the neighborhood convenience store / charging station and charge up in 10 minutes. I know that sounds futuristic, but that's what it will take.

PS: Full disclosure, just researching Mach-e, don't own one yet. I have always owned Ford and interested in BEVs.

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[Maquis]

Depending on the distance to your garage and where your main panel is located, $3K is not totally unreasonable.
If no garage, the power run will stub up onto a post where you also mount the EVSE. My daughter has this scenario.

BEVs are going to be mainstream, but we can't expect consumers to have to retrofit their home's electrical system.

Why not? Home electrical systems have required upgrades for years as more and more electrical devices came into the mainstream. Think electric ranges, water heaters, and especially HVAC systems. EVs are just part of the progression. Otherwise, we'd all still have a 60A fuse box with screw-in fuses!

 

[Garbone]

I was curious about cost for adding an additional 220 volt outlet or RV outlet. In my case, I have an detached garage. Rough estimate around $3000. That's a lot; some applications may be significant cheaper. But, regardless it made me think about what will people do if they don't have a garage. BEVs are going to be mainstream, but we can't expect consumers to have to retrofit their home's electrical system. The good news is that in the next 10-20 years or so, they won't have to. New battery technology and investments in infrastructure will both increase range and charging times. People will be able to charge at home, but also be able to drive down to the neighborhood convenience store / charging station and charge up in 10 minutes. I know that sounds futuristic, but that's what it will take.

PS: Full disclosure, just researching Mach-e, don't own one yet. I have always owned Ford and interested in BEVs.

Considering you will never have to visit the local fuel station ever again it is not too bad.

My garage is also detached so I just stuck my charger on the side of the house. With a 24 ft cord have no troubles and it kept install costs on the outlet and charger down. Being the house and garage were built in 28' all is good. Mustang lives outside.

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