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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9440871" data-attributes="member: 177">No garage, so it'll have to be mounted on the side of the house. My understanding is that modern cars will not take 480v AC.  Level three chargers are DC units - and that is expensive.  Not doing that.  We'll be going with a 240v AC line...I haven't checked the breaker panel yet - in the short term we will use household current and the level 2 charging station behind the local library, until the home station is installed.There is an outlet in our living room that looks to be a 240v line - right by a window, so I expect it was installed for an air conditioner.  We have never used it, though.  If so, having an electrician run the line to outside by the driveway isn't too rough. What really matters is what the spare capacity on the panel overall is.  Upgrading that may be necessary, but so be it.  Either way, the state will cushion the blow with a $700 rebate if we also enroll in an off-peak charging program.What I've read is that they typically wear about 20% faster, not 100% faster.  My wife winds up blowing tires at a high pace anyway, so I don't know if we'd notice.I think the folks who burn tires in electric vehicles are probably indulging in the high acceleration EVs can offer.  That's not our typical driving style.  This is going to be mostly for a suburban veterinarian making house calls.  Tearing out of the driveway after tending to Fluffy's arthritis isn't appropriate <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The longest driving day she had for work last year was 164 miles.  We're looking at cars that have (including some loss per year) 230 to 260 mile ranges.  So long as she gets home, a Level 2 charger should have her never needing to use a public charging station.We expect that we are actually likely to also get a second car sometime soon to handle long-range trips, as a backup for my wife, and to allow me to run errands and the like when she's still driving for work.  Probably another Prius c, to be honest.</blockquote>

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