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by Wehrdo 2799 days ago
> charging at < 20 MPH.

I've never heard charging speeds referenced in this way, but it's a really clever way to take into account the charging rate and vehicle efficiency, while being very intuitive! Is this a common "unit" in the EV space?

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On Tesla's at least they show you this number alongside the kW's. Definitely easier to communicate with most people and very impressive to see the car getting 400+ miles per hour and the mileage just rolling up while plugged in (so much so that the first time I used one I had to take a video of the screen to show my family!). Obviously that slows down as the battery gets closer to capacity, but damn impressive.
I only have a Volt and it's used commonly on the Volt forums and what not, so I'd say yes.