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photon · 03-15-2022, 12:52 PM

Yeah the every day consumer isn't going to really understand the implications of having a heat pump or not, or why the rate of charge is so much more variable on car A vs car B. ICE vehicles have had a very long time to settle on standards and conventions, electric cars I think will get there eventually but until then it's going to be all over the place.

Even when someone does things like hook up a scanner to the car so they can see the battery temps in real time and it STILL isn't clear as to why it charges at 50kW today but 80kW tomorrow it's very confusing and possibly frustrating for an end user when they don't know if it'll take 20 minutes or 60 minutes to charge to 80%.

03-15-2022, 12:52 PM	#1004
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Yeah the every day consumer isn't going to really understand the implications of having a heat pump or not, or why the rate of charge is so much more variable on car A vs car B. ICE vehicles have had a very long time to settle on standards and conventions, electric cars I think will get there eventually but until then it's going to be all over the place. Even when someone does things like hook up a scanner to the car so they can see the battery temps in real time and it STILL isn't clear as to why it charges at 50kW today but 80kW tomorrow it's very confusing and possibly frustrating for an end user when they don't know if it'll take 20 minutes or 60 minutes to charge to 80%. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.