Re: Modern Cars.
Originally Posted by
Longdogs
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I also wonder whether there will be different types of charge, the faster being more expensive of course. Will we still be able to pull into a 'garage' and instantly charge the car or will we have to wait three hours? All I know is that my extension cable will not reach the car park.
There already are. But your 13A socket can put out just under 4kW. And you would get less than that from the charger bearing in mind that the charger is not 100% efficient so there will be some losses.
The Nissan Leaf E would take 32 hours to charge from a domestic socket. Battery capacity is 62kWHh.
That's an average 24 hour electrical energy consumption of 46.5 kWh.
To put that in context, average household electrical energy consumption is about 13kWh a day.
The range is claimed to be
up to 239 miles. That's at a steady 45mph. Increase the speed and the range drops dramatically.