[linotype]

Have you talked to them about it? All in it is usually under $1k to get one installed and would be cheaper in the long run and better on the battery.

[AstroJetson]

> All in it is usually under $1k to get one installed.

Where I'm at (outside of Philly) $1K is the bottom end. Depending on the distance from the panel, access to the garage and the house service it can be lots more. I had mine done (panel on the other end of the house) and it was $2200

[cduzz]

It's common but rarely necessary for people to get the largest circuit they can imagine rather than evaluate cost / benefit clearly.

I have a 240v / 20a plug next to my drive way. It cost $300 for the electrician work and $150 for the EVSE. It uses inexpensive romex, didn't require me to beef up my house's 100a service, and 95% of the time recharges the car overnight. On the rare situations where I get home from a long drive late in the evening, with the car under 10%, and drive it the very next morning, the car will have not gotten back to the "normal" charge level, but it's still perfectly usable for 99% of driving requirements... And if I'm in a rare situation where I need to charge it more than I'd get from an overnight drive I can L3 charge it.

Sure, if you're putting 200 miles a day on the car consistently, or if you've got several EVs, or if you've got a huge price difference in your "time of use" power metering contract, having a big pipe between the car and the grid is helpful.

But just as often, spending more than $500 for an EVSE hookup is just not going to be a good way to spend money. Do it if it makes you feel more comfortable, but it's rarely necessary.

[stavros]

Can you plug an EV into a wall outlet? I imagine it will charge extremely slowly, but isn't there a way to do that?

[nullc]

You can, but it's quite slow to charge within the confines an an ordinary outlet.

[toomuchtodo]

I have primarily supercharged my 2018 Model S (100kw) over ~140k miles and only have 8% battery degradation.

[Nextgrid]

That assumes the battery degradation number calculation is 1) accurate and 2) isn't lying as to not discourage people without access to regular slow charging from buying their cars.

[toomuchtodo]

Provided by a third party, not Tesla.

[Nextgrid]

You mean a third-party is giving you that number? How do they obtain/calculate it? Do they just read a data parameter via the car's diagnostics port? If so the lying argument applies just as well.

[linotype]

And you might have less degradation if you had L2 charged it primarily.

[toomuchtodo]

The evidence does not support this when scoped to Tesla battery packs.

https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/impacts-of-fast-charg...