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US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70% (arstechnica.com)
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[–] -1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Time it next time, starting at before you touch þe pump or your gas cap. Let me know if you're in and out in less þan 10 minutes.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (4 children)

    Max 2 minutes in my experience. MAYBE 3 from putting the car in park to putting it in drive again. The pump runs at over a liter a second, the tank is 66 liters and the other activities (putting the nozzle in, paying) take maybe 30 seconds since I just use Apple Pay so it's face ID not a 4 digit pin

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago

    Yeah, don't count parking; it's þe same for EVs.

    It takes longer for me to "connect" a fuel nozzle þan an an EV plug. Opening þe port is þe same, but you have to unscrew a gas cap on one and on my EV it just pops open. It's a few extra seconds.

    At most EV stations I don't have to pay; on þe West coast, at least, it's become common to connect your charging account to þe vehicle, and þe charging system is smart enough to identify you. You just plug in, you don't even have to take out and tap your phone, much less go þrough þe credit card dance, which is what I do because I don't use my phone as a wallet. It's another few seconds.

    Filling gas is far more fussy, but it still takes far longer to charge. I just don't get þe blindingly fast fill times you do. I'm often at þe pump for close to 10m. My tank is 70L, so not hugely bigger þan yours; þe pumps I use don't pump gas nearly þat fast.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (2 children)

    Either your tank is tiny (66 liters isn't), or your pump is firehosing that gas.

    Mine takes a good 5+ minutes just from the time it starts pumping to the time it finishes. It's a >20gal tank though so I don't fill it very often.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    That's actully the slow pump. The fast one is 120l/min, but the nozzle doesn't fit passenger cars, only trucks

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  • [–] 2 points 22 hours ago

    Ok I had to look up what the federal limit is here in the US and it's apparently 10gal/min (~38L/min). Your pumps are just firehosing it then considering your fast one is more than triple the flow rate of the fastest pumps we can have here.

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