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Originally Posted by accord1999
Not for high-voltage, high amperage chargers.
Only if you want power output not much better than a block heater. If you want multiple chargers capable of 100+ kW, then it's not quite so easy.
And here's a large thread discussing issues found with Tesla's Superchargers, related to broken chargers and chargers only capable of low output:
https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors...superchargers/
And every time you do fast-charge a li-ion battery, you're probably doing damage to it that adds up. Here's a graph of one owners experience with a 2014 Model S after 3.7 years and 133K miles:
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/thre...dation.100913/ |
You can build high voltage, high amperage chargers almost anywhere. Sure you need to improve electrical infrastructure as you build out. That's true for any service. Can you imagine saying you couldn't build gas stations because you'd need to build new roads and stations?
You do some damage to lithium batteries when you is high voltage chargers. Yet Tesla's with 160,000 km still often show little degradation, because that's not really a big issue. It's worse to charge it to 100% all the time or drive in hot environments. It's not a big deal