When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?

[CyCoug]

Charging question. Is it possible to use a 240 dryer outlet to charge an EV?

As I mentioned, I have a rental for the week. I’ve been charging 110 volts and it’s taken 36 hours to go from 27% to 85%.

I know I could go find a public charger, but am wondering if I could use an existing dryer outlet as a temporary higher speed home solution.

 

[JP4CY]

Do the people pulling trailers with low mpg trucks just refilling the gas tank every hour of driving or is it like an 80 gallon tank and I’m not enough of a truck person to know?

Not being a jerk, just it can’t be cheap or fuel efficient for an ice either, even with Iowa’s state subsidized gas. I genuinely don’t know what they’d accept in term of stopping for gas getting such low mpg.

I’m sure with a first generation EV truck it would be a lot of time pulled over charging for a very long road trip pulling a trailer, my guess is that sort of thing has always been expensive and eventually EVs will make it cheaper. Probably not worth the savings on the fuel yet though for the time it costs.

There’s also a culture of “I need full off-road capability and pulling a trailer” for somebody who mostly picks kids up from soccer. That’s all of American culture though before EVs we’re even common.

Truck and toy owner.
For me, I can pull to Rathbun no problem from 2/3 hours away towing.
For me to convert to an elec truck is that I need a drive thru station to recharge (like a standard gas station) because it seems most (for now) elec recharge stations appear to be back in car sized.

 

[mramseyISU]

Because they cost $80k+

To be fair the cheapest one I've seen on the lot is listed at $74k after the tax rebate.

 

[RedlineSi]

Charging question. Is it possible to use a 240 dryer outlet to charge an EV?

As I mentioned, I have an rental for the week. I’ve been charging 110 volts and it’s taken 36 hours to go from 27% to 85%.

I know I could go find a public charger, but am wondering if I could use an existing dryer outlet as a temporary higher speed home solution.

Yes, you can use a dryer outlet with a 14-50 adapter.

 

[mramseyISU]

Charging question. Is it possible to use a 240 to charge an EV?

As I mentioned, I have an rental for the week. I’ve been charging 110 volts and it’s taken 36 hours to go from 27% to 85%.

I know I could go find a public charger, but am wondering if I could use an existing dryer outlet as a temporary higher speed home solution.

That's what most, if not all in home charger set-ups are. You're limited to 16-19kW of charging but for a passenger vehicle that's plenty to get an overnight charge done. The DC fast charging set-ups require 3 phase power to run and nobody has that in their home.

 

[CyCoug]

That's what most, if not all in home charger set-ups are. You're limited to 16-19kW of charging but for a passenger vehicle that's plenty to get an overnight charge done. The DC fast charging set-ups require 3 phase power to run and nobody has that in their home.

Sorry i realized I forgot to add the word “dryer” as the outlet.

 

[RedlineSi]

I got what you were asking. Just be careful with extension cords etc. Most recommend you don't use an extension cord.

 

[JP4CY]

A way to convert toy guys like me would maybe be having chargers at camp sites and boat ramp trailer parking.
Could be full when you leave.

 

[RedlineSi]

A way to convert toy guys like me would maybe be having chargers at camp sites and boat ramp trailer parking.
Could be full when you leave.

Well any camp site that has RVs will have 14-50 outlets.

 

[dmclone]

A way to convert toy guys like me would maybe be having chargers at camp sites and boat ramp trailer parking.
Could be full when you leave.

This is actually a thing. There is a person on Youtube "Iowa Tesla Guy" who went camping and he could use 2/3 plugs they have at RV parks.

He's kind of a dork that lives in eastern Iowa but I think he may have actually went to ISU.

https://www.youtube.com/c/iowateslaguy

 

[isucy86]

Sure...

Toyota tops list of corporate donors to anti-election-certification Republicans in Congress after Capitol insurrection

Toyota has donated more than any other company to support members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results.

www.usatoday.com

FYI we have a Toyota, but it will be our last.

Would be curious if the donations are aligned with incumbent politicians in states where they have manufacturing/assembly locations and currently get tax/other breaks to have facility there.

 

[CascadeClone]

Toyota wants their customers to wait for the next big thing. They know they are going to lose market share, they know they are late to the game, and this is their only hope from being pushed out as the largest automaker. At this point, they are making Ford and GM look progressive.

I am guessing they are trying to jump a level and skip this round of tech and be first to the next one. Whether that has been intentional all along, or they realized they were lost this round and threw in on SSBs, idk.

 

[BryceC]

My last 3 vehicles have all went 250,000+ with no major work on them.

According to motor trend about 1% of cars make it 200k miles. So you have had incredible luck, you just hit sonething that’s less than a 0.00001% chance.

 

[JP4CY]

According to motor trend about 1% of cars make it 200k miles. So you have had incredible luck, you just hit sonething that’s less than a 0.00001% chance.

Really? As a non-Camry owner I thought those emeffers will go on forever.

 

[CascadeClone]

According to motor trend about 1% of cars make it 200k miles. So you have had incredible luck, you just hit sonething that’s less than a 0.00001% chance.

Hell, the last 3 cars i bought:
2006 MY bought in 2009, at 190k
(rough but still kicking)
2006 MY bought in 2008, over 300k
(speedo stopped counting at 299,999!)
2005 MY bought in 2012 w 90k
(convertible only drive in summer)

 

[HFCS]

A way to convert toy guys like me would maybe be having chargers at camp sites and boat ramp trailer parking.
Could be full when you leave.

I have been surprised how slow campsites are to be adding this. I go to a lot of national forest, national park and state parks in CA, UT, NV, OR, WA, and AZ. Sometimes they'll have a few chargers near a central lodge or additional parking but I don't see them just at a campsite (although I camp at tent sites, not RV sites so possible I have missed some). It will happen at some point and I will really use it.

Where I'm seeing a MASSIVE change is when I drive from LA into the Sierras, 3.5 to 8 hour drive depending on how far north I go. A few years ago there would have been 5-6 places to conveniently charge along that highway. Now there are dozens if not hundreds of places. Like you said though...if my campsite itself had a charger that would be incredible.

I read something about Jeep and Subaru adding some at trailheads but I've never actually seen it.

 

[Goothrey]

Couldn't give a time. But I'll never own a pure ICE vehicle again. Whenever a new purchase comes, it will be either hybrid/phev/ev.

 

[CNECloneFan]

It doesn't have to be your only vehicle, just your first.

As soon as they are affordable and provide realistic logistics, I will happily buy one and save the planet.

 

[NWICY]

According to motor trend about 1% of cars make it 200k miles. So you have had incredible luck, you just hit sonething that’s less than a 0.00001% chance.

Maybe just do routine maintenance on a timely basis. Most people are too lazy to bother.

 

[brianhos]

Charging question. Is it possible to use a 240 dryer outlet to charge an EV?

As I mentioned, I have a rental for the week. I’ve been charging 110 volts and it’s taken 36 hours to go from 27% to 85%.

I know I could go find a public charger, but am wondering if I could use an existing dryer outlet as a temporary higher speed home solution.

As long as you have the correct plug yes. I charge on a 14-50 outlet.