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xkcd #3214: Electric Vehicles

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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.

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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

24hour charge that's like charging at under 3kw, that's the rate at which a standard electrical outlet can charge in the UK, that's the same power as my kettle. The V2L function on my EV can kick out more power than that.

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

In Canada, a level one charger is 1.4kw