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Originally Posted by olrocker

We were talking about general public chargers. Not sure what all that stuff you thought we were talking about.

The point from Iron Lung Jimmy was public Charger cables getting hacked off and stolen for the copper.

Not sure what you thought we were talking about

And eliminating cabled public charging stations is just asking for trouble. Making people carry their own cables every where they go is a sure way for people to lose them.

I know, I know…… YOU would never lose them but trust me, there’s plenty of average Americans who’d be SOL if they had to make sure they kept their cable with them all the time and then ran out of charge in the middle of nowhere.

I sorta started the conversation on public chargers operating BYOC so it would seem to follow that I probably know what the topic is, even if you are a bit confused about the difference between Level 2 and DC Fast Chargers. No big deal. Most people don’t understand the nuance. But I did detail that I was talking low power chargers.

I don’t think I suggested REPLACING corded chargers with cordless chargers. So let me just say for the record that I am not saying that. I am pointing out that there are a number of solutions coming to market for public charging including chargers built into light posts and chargers built into curbs. In those two situations they will not have a cord built-in. The EV driver will need to provide one. And that is not an obstacle. Roughly the same space requirement as jumper cables.

If someone is in a position to potentially run out of charge, they don’t want to use the mobile connector anyway. That’s when you need to find a Level 3 DC Fast Charger, like the one you posted a picture off, and take care of it. I would expect that this would only occur on long trips away from home, so the plan would already include stopping at Level 3 DC Fast Chargers.