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Since the charger has 7 KW requirement, the sanctioned load needs to be more. Say 12 KW. You would also need to change the meter to 3 Phase meter to support the higher sanctioned load. There can be incident of fire when load drawn is higher than sanctioned. Happened in our building. | |||
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Why I ask is that we have a trio of community DG sets whose costs are shared equally regardless of size of apartment & no. of light switches. We also have insanely long periods of load-shedding due to being somewhat outside the city proper. Will those having non-electric conventional cars be unfairly sharing the DG set (& diesel) costs for those charging their EVs when there is load-shedding? | |
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BHPian | ![]() Some experience charging the Kona at BESCOM charging point. Doesn't mention the exact location though. https://twitter.com/arunbhats/status...79487926190080 |
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When I installed my charger for e2o, the community was very apprehensive about the DG load inspite of me assuring that the charger will not be using DG power. After installation, they checked, double checked and tested with a trial run of DG to get convinced. | |
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So how does one charge a full EV when there are incessant power cuts? ![]() | |
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I am yet to face a day where I end up with no charge in the morning. I charge my vehicle once in 2 or 3 days and my vehicle will have ~20KM charge left when I plug it in. Even if it does not get charged, I can mange my next day office trip since the distance is < 15kms. Only commercial fleets require daily or multiple daily charges. Such fleets will have fast chargers and backup power supplies. In case of personal vehicles, It is not like you have to charge your vehicle every day. If your usage is such that a daily full charge is required, then that EV is not fit for your purpose. You better wait for another vehicle which could give you a range for atleast 2-4 days worth of usage. | |
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![]() He is also providing nice updates on efficiency of Kona. Even with hammering on open roads, its going 8.4KM per kWh (unit). ![]() 9.2km /kWh for the total trip of 25.3 KMs. At highest slab rate of Rs 7.8 per unit of BESCOM, it comes to just Rs 21.45 for trip 25.3 kms. That's less than Rs 1 per KM. ![]() ![]() Source: https://twitter.com/arunbhats/status...00055517143040 Last edited by sri_tesla : 6th September 2019 at 11:05. | |
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Congrats on the great EV car. I've seen some great reviews on the bigger capacity battery abroad and hopefully this is as good. Im in the market for a new car now and am very tempted by the Kona. My only issue is that I have to drive from Chennai to Bangalore once in 3 months or so. Curious to know what your range has been like so far? Maybe in Km per Kwh or otherwise. Thanks. | |
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| ![]() I got a 320 Km after the delivery from the showroom until which i had to charge again. Plan to take it to Mumbai soon, so will get a highway number too. You will need to charge it mid way Bangalore to Chennai. |
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| ![]() Ok not bad at all. Was that mainly is B2B traffic or normal city traffic?. Let us know if the highway mileage is any better. |
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| ![]() Pune city traffic a mix of B2B and normal city traffic. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Just hear the tyres squeal like a bus load of noisy school kids on a joy ride>>> |
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| ![]() highway mileage for an EV would be less than city traffic, in city traffic, an EV would use regenerative braking to claw some of the energy back but in highway, there is less braking and more of constant acceleration. You might see a drop of few kilometers per each Kwh |
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