April 12, 2023
Fast Charge Means Fast Battery Death
Jim Church
They’re not hiding the facts about EVs. You just have look for them.
A good place to start is in the owner’s manual. That’s where I found out that Ford recommends avoiding the "fast” chargers you hear a lot about to charge up the F-150 Lightning electric pick-up, because regular use of "fast” chargers isn’t good for the "health” – Ford’s word – of the battery.
Now this is interesting because "fast” charging is the only way to get an EV back on the road again in less than several hours, which is the amount of time it takes to recover a partial charge using 240V household power (basically, a stove/dryer type outlet). It typically takes at about 8-11 hours to get a full charge at home this way.
Put another way, if you burn through most of your range today, you won’t be able to use the EV again until the next day. Unless you charge it up at a "fast” charger. But if you do that, you risk the "health” of the battery – by which is meant its capacity to hold a full charge, which will degrade faster and sooner the more you "fast” charge it.
More Fine Print . . . - EPautos - Libertarian Car Talk
ericpetersautos.com
They’re not hiding the facts about EVs. You just have look for them.
A good place to start is in the owner’s manual. That’s where I found out that Ford recommends avoiding the "fast” chargers you hear a lot about to charge up the F-150 Lightning electric pick-up, because regular use of "fast” chargers isn’t good for the "health” – Ford’s word – of the battery.
Now this is interesting because "fast” charging is the only way to get an EV back on the road again in less than several hours, which is the amount of time it takes to recover a partial charge using 240V household power (basically, a stove/dryer type outlet). It typically takes at about 8-11 hours to get a full charge at home this way.
Put another way, if you burn through most of your range today, you won’t be able to use the EV again until the next day. Unless you charge it up at a "fast” charger. But if you do that, you risk the "health” of the battery – by which is meant its capacity to hold a full charge, which will degrade faster and sooner the more you "fast” charge it.
More Fine Print . . . - EPautos - Libertarian Car Talk
ericpetersautos.com
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OK, tell me once more why anybody would want to buy one of those expensive toys. I'll give you ten minutes...
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 12, 2023 10:40 PM (QlyGH)
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I'll give you as long as it takes to charge one of 'em!
When I was a kid we used to go to Six Flags and drive the electric cars. They were novelties for an amusement park then. Now people want to actually use them for transportation.
When I was a kid we used to go to Six Flags and drive the electric cars. They were novelties for an amusement park then. Now people want to actually use them for transportation.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 13, 2023 08:25 AM (P9nlt)
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