Not everyone has the luxury of getting a charging point installed at their parking spot. Reasons could be many, including the majority of Indian car owners who park on the street!
GTO recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
I’d recently put up a thread on how the cheap & humble 15A plug will do for most EV owners. However, not everyone has the luxury of getting a charging point installed at their parking spot. Reasons could be many, including the majority of Indian car owners who park on the street!
So, where do you foresee your future EV being charged? Home is the most convenient as you charge while you sleep. Work will also be convenient, although it will pose challenges = not all employers will have charging spots installed, you’ll have to get there early to claim the spot, companies will eventually start charging fees for it and more.
Many people are thinking of only fast-charging their EVs at public stations. That’s totally fine, as long as you accept that fast-charging costs are already comparable to (or more expensive than) petrol in many cities of the USA. It won’t be cheap; companies making giant investments in public chargers are doing it for the money. Even Tesla recommends that you charge at home and use fast charging only when doing inter-city trips. Fast-charging also negatively affects battery health, as compared to slow charging.
I’ve voted for home charging & have already gotten 8 15A plugs installed.
Here’s what BHPian Keeleri_Achu had to say on the matter:
Home charging. I’m of the belief that more than range anxiety, it’s the access to a charging port at parking slot which is going to be the determining factor for the majority of potential EV owners. Fast charging can help during long trips. But it significantly reduces the cost advantage if you rely it as a primary method of charging.
When I was in the US, I stayed right next to a Tesla supercharger station. Surprisingly, there was not a single Tesla owner in neither mine nor any of my friends’ apartments. None of them had any dedicated slow charging slots. Mind you, I could see a lot of new Mercs and Beemers. So I don’t think it was affordability that deterred those guys from switching to EVs.
Last month I was visiting my cousin who’s at Chennai. She is staying at a rather large apartment community (1700+ units). Yet, there wasn’t a single charging point installed in the community. Unsurprisingly, I spotted only a fraction of EVs in Chennai compared to what I spot in a tier 3 city like my hometown.
Here’s what BHPian Shreyans_Jain had to say on the matter:
Home charging.
I have already developed the required infrastructure for this. I have had my sanctioned load doubled to easily accommodate 7 or 11kw AC chargers. I’ve had multiple 15amp points installed in my driveways. And I have a 10kw grid tied solar plant operational on my roof. Green mobility can’t come soon enough.
Here’s what BHPian ADI7YAK had to say on the matter:
Voted for Home. Most EVs will be charged at home for at least 80% to 90% and much more for those who don’t go on road trips, unlike me. I’ll prove my point with data collected over 75k km of driving.
Here’s what BHPian MadinMumbai had to say on the matter:
I have question for the governments and the overall attitude towards electricity consumption in India. Over the years we have made electricity consumption into some kind of ‘sin’ and electricity bills are higher per unit for those who consume more. Possibly a necessity when we had acute power shortages but no longer the case now. Yet there seems to be an active punishment doled out to larger consumers. Will there be a change in government perception on this account?
So while the transport minister might advocate going electric the power minister might see this as more $$$$$$ from higher penal rates. A self defeating circle of indigenous brilliance.
Keyword: Where do you see yourself charging your EV