# Experiences with electric cars

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-electric-cars/957421 "2022-01-08T10:04:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-electric-cars/957421/41 "2022-01-10T23:56:13Z")

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> [@echoreply](#):
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> Go back to the “Model 3 waiting” thread, or whatever it was called

[One of the classic posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-model-3-anticipation-thread/792478/50) (pasted from one of those "email/Facebook forwards from grandma, presumably) from that thread. Among the false claims it makes:

- a home charging system for a Tesla requires 75 amp service
- the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than 3 houses with a single Tesla, each
- It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery
- I pay approximately (it varies with amount used and the seasons) $1.16 per kwh
- but simply pay three times as much for a car, that costs more than seven times as much to run, and takes three times longer to drive across the country

The author is very confused and among other things, can’t tell the difference between a plug-in hydrid (the Volt) and a full BEV (a Tesla). But even aside from that, it’s full of misinformation.

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