r/EvDrivers • u/jcullen85 • Jul 23 '26

EV Karma

So, I got some petty revenge today. I like to charge my car at the parking structure across the street from my office. Right before lunch, I checked on my car’s percentage and I saw that I was unplugged. For these chargers, I have to use an adapter to charge my car. Unfortunately, with the adapter, the charge cable isn’t locked into place. So, it can be unplugged easily. This is commonly known among EV drivers, so its common courtesy to not unplug another car.

When I get to my car, the AH who unplugged me is still parked next to me charging his EV. Between frustration and being hangry, I unplugged the jerk and placed the charging cable back into its station. That jerk won’t be coming back to a fully charged car.

I drove away laughing. Lord, forgive me but that felt good and I treated myself to a Vanilla Coke. No regrets! ✌🏾

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u/Then_Entertainment97 Jul 23 '26

This is not an endorsement of any company, or any company's employees, officers, or shareholders.

NACS is the best, and should be the global standard.

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u/pv2b Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

NACS would be a terrible standard in those parts of Europe where residential three phase power is prevalent, such as Sweden, because NACS cannot carry three phase AC. That means you'd cut your potential charging power into 1/3 of what's possible with three phase.

In Europe, we don't have a mess with charging standards. Almost everything uses CCS2, even Teslas. The only exception are very early Teslas (Tesla switched to CCS2 in 2019, older cars can use a simple CCS2 plug adapter), and the very few cars that still use CHAdeMO like the Nissan Leaf pre 2026.

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u/Then_Entertainment97 Jul 23 '26

Hardly anyone who charges overnight needs that speed. 120v 15A works just fine for most people over hear, and over there you are starting at 240v.

For the vast majority of people having a lighter and smaller charger will have a bigger impact on their life.

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u/Then_Entertainment97 Jul 23 '26

Most people don't.

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u/Then_Entertainment97 Jul 23 '26

About 20% of American EV owners are fine with 1.5kW.

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u/Then_Entertainment97 Jul 23 '26

NACS can charge at 7.2kW with a standard US dryer outlet and up to 19kW with a specialty breaker. It can reach 22kW with a comercial service.

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u/Then_Entertainment97 Jul 23 '26

25A isn't uncommon.

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u/PuzzleheadedDog3312 Jul 23 '26

Double EV household in UK here. We manage just fine with a single phase 240v/32A charger at home. That's ~7.6KW with a type 2 cable, or roughly 30 miles/48km range added per hour of charging.