by sub3marathonman (Posted Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:14:59 GMT+7)
Regarding just even having an L1 available, a few years ago I was going to try a 1600 mile round trip. It would have been an adventure, as well as going somewhere.
I carefully planned everything out, several Nissan dealers had L3, there were some other places that I could get L2. Then there was that 120 mile or so stretch where there was nothing. I don't think there was even a residence on Plugshare. There was one little town, somewhat at 80 miles or so, within potential reach, so I emailed them and asked if it would be possible to plug in to a 120V outlet somewhere and pay for the bit of charging I would do.
I never heard back from them, but then also I had to abandon the trip because the dates changed to be a Sunday coming back, and the Nissan dealers weren't open at all on Sundays. And because of the time change, I couldn't even drive an ICE vehicle, not that I would have wanted to.
DaveinOlyWA wrote:remarquian wrote:I don't see much commercial market for L2 charging.
Quick charging, yes, L2 not so much.
There will be times were L1s should bolster the network.
Regarding just even having an L1 available, a few years ago I was going to try a 1600 mile round trip. It would have been an adventure, as well as going somewhere.
I carefully planned everything out, several Nissan dealers had L3, there were some other places that I could get L2. Then there was that 120 mile or so stretch where there was nothing. I don't think there was even a residence on Plugshare. There was one little town, somewhat at 80 miles or so, within potential reach, so I emailed them and asked if it would be possible to plug in to a 120V outlet somewhere and pay for the bit of charging I would do.
I never heard back from them, but then also I had to abandon the trip because the dates changed to be a Sunday coming back, and the Nissan dealers weren't open at all on Sundays. And because of the time change, I couldn't even drive an ICE vehicle, not that I would have wanted to.