Drnel said:I wish there were two or four charging ports on the car to charge faster.
91040 said:Having the port in the front:
saves space by keeping parking spot widths narrower;
avoids damage by people walking between cars hitting the plug;
avoids damage from a car pulling in next to you hitting the plug;
allows charging when parallel parked.
How often do you charge vs. having a front end collision?
(I will be driving very carefully today! :lol
Drnel said:I almost bought a L3 but I heard it only charges to 80% and long term use is bad for battery life. I stll may get one.
jwatte said:Inductive charging seems cool and all, but it is lossier than copper wiring, and you might also start worrying about actual magnetism issues (de-magging credit cards? etc).
mogur said:Really? From whom and for how much? Pray tell why you would need one at home?
You can get your car initially equipped with a Quick Charge port (often called, though not correctly, L3) but you can't add one later. However, that is just the connector on the car. The biggest part of Quick Charge is the external charger to connect to that port, and you are not going to have one of those in your garage. They cost $15,000 and up and are (at least usually) driven by 3-phase power, which you are extremely unlikely to have in your home. At the moment there may be two of them in working condition in the United States, though a lot more are "supposed" to be coming.Drnel said:I almost bought a L3 but I heard it only charges to 80% and long term use is bad for battery life. I stll may get one.
ahagge said:If there were a way to connect a genset trailer to the charge port to charge while driving long distances,
Indeed, they did, but you can't unhook that one for the other 95% of your trips.Yodrak said:GM did that, but without the need to pull a trailer.
Not easily anywaygbarry42 said:Indeed, they did, but you can't unhook that one for the other 95% of your trips.Yodrak said:GM did that, but without the need to pull a trailer.
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