As an electrician who designs charging stations, I beg to differ. The small 120v trickle chargers work the way you imagine. There’s a much larger energy demand needed when you’re running 60-120 amps per pedestal times 10 to 20 per station times how many stations we would need for every day commuters.
These are the chargers we install in mass for every day general public use. Your going to want to look for input amps to see how much power they require. Your trickle charger is in the single digits compared to these.
The point is that most commuters don’t need the larger chargers, they can get all their commiting energy from a 120v wall charger and save fast chargers for road trips. I’ve been driving a PHEV or EV for 6 years, 120 mile commute ~3 days a week, and have used fast chargers maybe 10 times total.
it’s typical car industry misinformation to highlight extreme use cases as if they were a reasonable average case. That’s why Americans pony up to buy and pay for a massive truck while a french citizen in the same situation would be satisfied with a Fiat 500 or a Citroën CV2.
I’ve had an ev for 8 years. I slow charge overnight for 95% of my milage. Same for everyone I know that lives in a house or townhouse. Apartment living varies depending on how old the apartment is and they may need to use other paid charging.
Putting more all day or all night slower charging would help with load. Most people only have to use high speed charging when they don’t have accessible charging either at home or at work.
As an electrician who designs charging stations, I beg to differ. The small 120v trickle chargers work the way you imagine. There’s a much larger energy demand needed when you’re running 60-120 amps per pedestal times 10 to 20 per station times how many stations we would need for every day commuters.
Edit: Here’s a link to a fleet EV charging station . https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/products/emobility/green-motion-dc-ev-chargers/eaton-green-motion-dc-fast-charger-datasheet-td154002en.pdf
These are the chargers we install in mass for every day general public use. Your going to want to look for input amps to see how much power they require. Your trickle charger is in the single digits compared to these.
The point is that most commuters don’t need the larger chargers, they can get all their commiting energy from a 120v wall charger and save fast chargers for road trips. I’ve been driving a PHEV or EV for 6 years, 120 mile commute ~3 days a week, and have used fast chargers maybe 10 times total.
Just because you do it doesn’t mean the majority does.
it’s typical car industry misinformation to highlight extreme use cases as if they were a reasonable average case. That’s why Americans pony up to buy and pay for a massive truck while a french citizen in the same situation would be satisfied with a Fiat 500 or a Citroën CV2.
I’ve had an ev for 8 years. I slow charge overnight for 95% of my milage. Same for everyone I know that lives in a house or townhouse. Apartment living varies depending on how old the apartment is and they may need to use other paid charging. Putting more all day or all night slower charging would help with load. Most people only have to use high speed charging when they don’t have accessible charging either at home or at work.