r/the80percent4EVs

Is it fair to assume that if you already own a level 2 charger (purchased for a few hundred dollars), it is not worth it to join the Grizzl-E Club or any other carbon credit program?

Here is how I would approach this question.

A level 1 charger outputs a maximum of 1.44 kW (120 volts x 12 amps / 1000).

Let's assume you have 10 hours of overnight charging available. The most charge you can replenish is 14.4 kWh (1.44 x 10).

Now let's assume the worst case scenario: it's the dead of winter and your car's efficiency is 25 kWh/100km.

If your round-trip commute is less than 58 km (14.4 / 25 x 100), you can replenish your battery back to it's starting percentage every night.

But let's say your daily commute is 80km. You need 20 kWh to cover that distance (80% of 25 kWh).

Let's also say that your EV has a capacity of 60 kWh and you start out at 80% battery capacity (48 kWh). What will happen is your battery will drop from 48 kWh to 28 kWh on day 1 then climb to 42.4 kwh after the overnight charge. The next day, the battery will drop to 22.4 kWh and then climb to 36.8 kWh. And so on...

The question is, how long can you keep up this steady loss of capacity before you must top up for more than 10 hours (on the weekend, perhaps)? Or maybe top up at a level 3 charger?

A Toyota BZ fully loaded or a Cadillac Optiq? Both new.

We been driving an EV for 9 months now and I must say, it's one of the best vehicle decisions we ever made. We had a level 2 charger installed at home, we charge when we need to, and it's glorious. So much so that my wife also got herself an EV a couple of months ago. 

Before all this, we were spending hundreds of dollars a month on gas. Now we're spending less than $70 between us.

90% of EV buyers say they will never buy a gas car again. It's not just hype because gas is expensive at the moment. They have seen the light. And, by the way, the gas vs. electricity math works in favor of EVs even with pre-war gas prices.

If you're in the market for a car, do yourself a favor and look into whether an EV works for you.

Given that the majority of Canadian EV buyers lease rather than finance them, why is there so much focus on their sticker prices? Surely, interest rates and depreciation (the difference between the sticker price and the residual value at the end of the lease) are more important.