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Its part of your tariff.

Im not sure about Adelaide but parking in Sydney CBD is not cheap.

They have a monopoly pretty much(Wilson) in Sydney for paid offstreet parking. And they charge pretty much whatever they want(people are willing to pay).

They manage most parking for most commercial buildings that are multi tenanted as well.

As far as im concerned it should be the same as offering a secure site and guaranteed spot for your vehicle. Just a mandatory part of their offering.

Given they hold a monopoly it would need to be legislated(competiton down the road isnt going to force them)

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I don’t think the economics would work out tho.

The infrastructure and maintenance costs for these things must be pretty significant. These things seem to be pretty flaky, and sadly the subject of sabotage.

I’d rather fewer chargers that are much faster (200+kw), than whole sections of shopping centre car parks for (7-11kw)

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If your regularly topping up gently i think this is the go isnt it?

Batteries arent really made for the rapid stuff all the time. You save that for a road trip.

Id rather theres no queue and it’s ubiquitous if i was buying a ev(i dont because i cant home charge)

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Interestingly enough, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is one of the few vehicles that have V2G compatability already.

Obviously, the smaller batteries in PHEV’s limit the usefulness of this but there is nothing stopping manufacturers from adopting this across the board moving forward.

In fact, technically you could use your PHEV as a generator by running the motor to charge the battery to then power the house in a longer power outage.

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undoubtedly followed by the same farktards essentially saying “up next, why elon is a genius and we will suck his ■■■■ for money”

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There’s a fair few cars sold in China, USA, Brazil and there’s that double asterix in India.

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Is there a charging at home solution for cars that can’t park within a property?

I’ve only got street parking.

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An extension lead

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Seen a few where people run the same cable, but with a little ramp that you might see at a construction site or gig covering the cable.

If you can trust the area it’d be fine for the 1-2 times a week you might need it.

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This sort of thing does the job:

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It might be just my car but I thought extension leads were a no no. Something about overheating?

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I think they say any cord 10m or more is an issue. I’ve never used one more than 3-5m.

Mine charged at less than 2kw

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Has to be heavy duty 40 amp cable, usually 6 mm but 10 mm is better and much more expensive. 10 metre type 2 cable cost nearly $600.

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Batteries are lasting 40% lomger than initially predicted in the real world. This is also based on older batteries.

The new batteries in cars today will fare even better.

Another argument against EV’s put to bed.

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/auto/2024/12/15/ev-batteries-new-research

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Sometimes EVs are cool.

Although no idea how it’s a “turbo”. Maybe like a vacuum cleaner has a turbo button.

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I don’t think Renault’s marketing team have fully grasped the concept of “Turbo”

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Note that is generally illegal to run power over a property boundary (including to the road).

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Renault marketing have grasped the concept of Turbo. In this case it means a premium performance model. This PR blurb plays on the history of the Renault R5 Turbo as the original hot hatch. Just as there is no Turbo in an EV, there is also no horsepower. An article l read yesterday about a new Porsche Macan EV did the same thing, but without quoting any horsepower figures, it did however talk about how much torque was produced.