Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.social to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoCalifornia now has 68% more EV charger ports than gas nozzleselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up168
arrow-up168external-linkCalifornia now has 68% more EV charger ports than gas nozzleselectrek.coSunshine (she/her)@piefed.social to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarerbn@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoNice, but you’d still need a much higher number if you assume the number of vehicles to be stable. As you use a (AC) charging port for hours rather than minutes/seconds, one port can deal only with a much smaller number of cars.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoThis is not counting home chargers, which would be the main method of charging for a very large percentage of EV owners.
minus-squaremr_azerty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoOn the other hand, people just charge at home 90% of the time.
Nice, but you’d still need a much higher number if you assume the number of vehicles to be stable. As you use a (AC) charging port for hours rather than minutes/seconds, one port can deal only with a much smaller number of cars.
This is not counting home chargers, which would be the main method of charging for a very large percentage of EV owners.
On the other hand, people just charge at home 90% of the time.