The Canadian Electric Vehicle thread

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

That stat makes zero sense. I'm in a condo and we use close to 20 kWh/day. Granted we have lots of appliances and stuff but heat and hot water is not included.

20kWh is enough to send my EV 100kms or more. In order to meet Toronto Hydro's average, I'd have to drive 200kms/day or 73,000kms/year. I'd love to see their math.

From my reading, I'm guessing they probably just meant that to recharge an average EV from near empty to near full rather than implying that people would be doing that every day. If your car needs about 20kWh to go 100km and it has a range of say, 350km then that would be 70kWh per complete charge.

[WarrenC12]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

From my reading, I'm guessing they probably just meant that to recharge an average EV from near empty to near full rather than implying that people would be doing that every day. If your car needs about 20kWh to go 100km and it has a range of say, 350km then that would be 70kWh per complete charge.

But it's like saying your electric oven takes twice as much power as an average home... If you are baking 24/7.