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      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      Depends on the country and the regulations therein. Here there are commercial AC chargers that powerful in car parks (used to be free...
    • Frank Dernie
      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      It also has a maximum charging speed of 50kW so would still be a bit tedious to charge on a journey at the fastest charge it could accept.
    • Frank Dernie
      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      I have, for my situation and location. I never drive either of my V8 petrol cars and only use my hybrid a little because it is smaller...
    • Frank Dernie
      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      There are 350kW chargers at pretty well every service station on major roads here, so never a problem for my car. Country roads, which I...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to dtaylo1066's post in the thread Pure Electric Vehicles with Like Like.
      Towing with an EV in general is an efficiency killer and thus a range killer. At present, if you are towing, I would go ICE. EVs do...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to dtaylo1066's post in the thread Pure Electric Vehicles with Like Like.
      6-7KW public chargers are useless other than at a job site with longtime plug in. My home unit will do 11KW, though I run it at 9.9 or...
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      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      I used to fly 50 years ago. It was fairly straightforward and quick. Nowadays the airport experience is so unpleasant and slow I don't...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to beefkabob's post in the thread Pure Electric Vehicles with Like Like.
      I hate long car trips. I hate getting gas. I hate charging anywhere but home. If I'm going 400+ miles in a day, I'm almost certainly...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to NTK's post in the thread Pure Electric Vehicles with Like Like.
      The world isn't static, it changes continuously. There may be plenty of gas stations around now, but in 20, 30, 40 years? I am not so...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to dtaylo1066's post in the thread Pure Electric Vehicles with Like Like.
      Oh, home on the range... I live in Colorado. I have had an EV for 15 months. In that time I have driven more than 175 miles from my...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to Purité Audio's post in the thread Deleted with Like Like.
      I remember taking some Kiis to a customer to compare against his original Stradivarius which were gorgeous looking and they really...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to pablolie's post in the thread Deleted with Like Like.
      All I'll say this is a perpetual audio hobbyist story. You have something, but something "higher end" tempts you because it must be an...
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      Frank Dernie reacted to DonH56's post in the thread Deleted with Like Like.
      I'd stick with the Revel 228Be's as the better speaker. However, I would not want you to be talked out of doing something you really...
    • Frank Dernie
      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      Here in the UK the most you get from a domestic specification single phase supply (very few domestic houses have 3-phase supplies) is...
    • Frank Dernie
      Frank Dernie replied to the thread Pure Electric Vehicles.
      I considered the i3 like yours originally but rejected it when studying the technical details because the range extender compromised the...
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