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Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] the_third@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How long is a lease? 3 years? 4 years? My little Corsa has 95% capacity left after 3 years and 40000km.

60 amps, three phases that's, what, 72kW at 400V - that's more than enough. My cars charge at 11kW/3phases. I've got 63A service and I can charge both cars, run the heatpump, have the stove going and still have amps to spare.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

The guy who replied is correct. My house was built in the 50's it was upgraded from 30amp service and the aluminum wire was replaced with a "state of the art" 60amp fuse panel and paper wrapped wire at some point. Not that much of an upgrade. To use large motors at home you put a penny under the fuse /s. I also don't have any space left in the panel so.....

I misspoke saying lease, I meant finance. I like to keep things as long as possible.

[–] BigCountry@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You must not be familiar with North American power systems. I would bet the op had single phase service providing 220 or 240 volt service. 60 amp service is outdated, 100 amp is basically the minimum and 200 amp is common.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

You must not be familiar with North American power systems. I would bet the op had single phase service providing 220 or 240 volt service.

Oh, I see. Yeah, well, okay, that's basically nothing. Seems like the country isn't really on a good path for electrifying things, then. How do they use any large electric motors at home?

Living in the boonies - I could get 3 phase, 400V, 100A for 800€, that's 120kW. Yes, we're paying a lot per kWh but the grid quality is okay-ish.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You got it. I'm not really familiar with electrical stuff, but I kinda think my service is 110? My dryer and water heater are on separate 2 fuse circuits. I think it was upgraded from aluminum wire in the 70's. I have the "good" paper wrapped wire now.

As another cool aside about my house, the sewer line was made of cardboard