I attended a webinar put on by EA a couple of years ago, check out this cost per KWH, and the gasoline equivalent. I have demand charges on my residence in Arizona (4pm-7pm), and that is unusual in most other places, but for businesses it is everywhere.
Are you able to install a 20A breaker for 240V? If so, you can get a 16A 240V EVSE that will charge your car about 3x faster than 120V. You'll get about 10 miles per hour.
Unless the wiring is over 100 year old cloth covered single strand copper, it can handle a 220V 40 A circuit. You may not have room in your panel, but the wiring can handle it.
Hmm. Perhaps the owners of the shopping centers need to start putting the chargers in less desirable store entrance spots. Way away from the entrance in other words. Then put a couple of additional ones in handicapped parking. Add idle fees and enforce handicapped violations. Then people will need to choose between getting a charge and close-in parking.The Target near where I live usually has all sorts of not plugged-in vehicles (BEV and/or ICE) in its L2 charging spots. I often see not plugged-in Brand T cars sitting in the Brand T charging stalls. Brand T cars tend to be plugged in at the J1772 stations (probably because they can’t use the Brand T stalls), but other brands are often not plugged-in at the J1772 stalls. Pretty lame of the drivers of any of those vehicles.
Both EA locations near me are on the ass-end of the parking lots. Target has a smaller number of chargers (4 I think) and Walmart has at least 10.
I do not own my townhouse. I rent, I've asked them to put a 220 outlet in, they don't want to add it. With the electrical weirdness I've seen in my place, I'm not gonna risk having it burn down.
Sheetz has seen the writing on the wall and I’ve charged at two different Sheetz with EA chargers in WV.
Imagine that
No clue. There are no EA chargers in the state and no plans for any atm. The Geeenlots/Shell Recharge stations here do not have an idle fee though.
Tesla is following the old saying:"If you can't beat them, join them". So if they started with a propietary charging connector to compete against the SAE J1772 standard, and cannot beat them, then they are joining with an adapter. I see Tesla giving up to use the SAE CCS standard in all future Tesla Models. Just like Apple gave up to the Lightning plug, and now all Mac books and iPads use the USB type C plug to connect and charge. Soon all iPhones will follow.
I lived in cities since I was born, yet one of my parent's homes that was built in 1964 had 230 VAC wiring. I know because I repaired the electric stove and oven, and it had a large three prong, 230 VAC 50 A plug, and the hot water heater used a 230 VAC 30 A plug. If you are not planning to move, get the 230 VAC panel installed.
