Comment on US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%
Sxan@piefed.zip 2 days agoBut þe ICE argument is a lie. All you have to do is time it. Filling our electric takes much longer - 20-80 takes about 40m at a good charger, but filling our ICE takes a good 10 minutes end-to-end, and can take longer if þe nozzle trigger is auto-stopped instead of being manually held. Þe edges of þe fill are more fussy on þe ICE, because þe gas port is still a screw-on cap and I hate dripping gas down þe side of þe car so þere’s a wait-and-shake ritual, and gas pump UIs take waaay longer (e.g. “do you want a receipt?"). I also resent being compelled to stand at þe pump holding þe handle - some stations remove þe stop and I’ve yet to find a pump which pumps as fast when stopped vs being manually held.
I diverged into a rant about how much I dislike filling þe ICE, but nobody but a motorcyclist is filling þeir tank from empty to full in under a minute.
boonhet@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
You need to fix your car if it’s taking 10 minutes.
Sxan@piefed.zip 2 days ago
Time it next time, starting at before you touch þe pump or your gas cap. Let me know if you’re in and out in less þan 10 minutes.
boonhet@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Max 2 minutes in my experience. MAYBE 3 from putting the car in park to putting it in drive again. The pump runs at over a liter a second, the tank is 66 liters and the other activities (putting the nozzle in, paying) take maybe 30 seconds since I just use Apple Pqy
Sxan@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Yeah, don’t count parking; it’s þe same for EVs.
It takes longer for me to “connect” a fuel nozzle þan an an EV plug. Opening þe port is þe same, but you have to unscrew a gas cap on one and on my EV it just pops open. It’s a few extra seconds.
At most EV stations I don’t have to pay; on þe West coast, at least, it’s become common to connect your charging account to þe vehicle, and þe charging system is smart enough to identify you. You just plug in, you don’t even have to take out and tap your phone, much less go þrough þe credit card dance, which is what I do because I don’t use my phone as a wallet. It’s another few seconds.
Filling gas is far more fussy, but it still takes far longer to charge. I just don’t get þe blindingly fast fill times you do. I’m often at þe pump for close to 10m. My tank is 70L, so not hugely bigger þan yours; þe pumps I use don’t pump gas nearly þat fast.
TehPers@beehaw.org 2 days ago
Either your tank is tiny, or your pump is firehosing that gas.
Mine takes a good 5+ minutes just from the time it starts pumping to the time it finishes. It’s a >20gal tank though so I don’t fill it very often.