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Should You Buy an EV? A calculator to figure it out

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Re: Should You Buy an EV? A calculator to figure it out

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even the least efficient EVs still get some charge at 120v. One of the worst offenders only gets 1 mile per kWh so that's roughly 1 mile every hour at home. Even if your inefficient EV is only plugged in for the roughly 8 hours you need to sleep, that's still 8 more miles of range when you wake up than you had before you went to bed. A lot of people like to discount that as "basically nothing", but a gas car isn't go…

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Three-Phase Electric Power (3φ) : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_electric_power

Re: Should You Buy an EV? A calculator to figure it out

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> This calculation excludes considerations for emissions, environmental impact When are calculations going to start not excluding those?

To downvoters: just keep on not accounting for emissions and environmental impact when you’re planning your next car purchase. Your children and grandchildren are going to _love_ having to face the consequences of your actions.
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