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I live in a trailer park, and see no difficulty in charging one. Even if you don't own the home, if you have an electric dryer, you have everything you need to charge a EV. The typical EV can fully charge from zero at 220V in about 6 to 10 hours, give or take. You can't charge at the same time as you are using the dryer, but there are reasonably inexpensive switches to automatically switch between the two, so you only charge when the dryer is not in use.
That obviously doesn't work for most apartments. Public high speed chargers are an option, especially for the latest gen cars like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the Kia EV6. They charge from 10 to 80% in about 18 minutes, so waiting for your car to charge is not too bad. It is more expensive than charging at home, but still quite a bit less than paying for gas in many areas. (Though I see you are in rural OK, so this won't be an option for you, but it might be for others).
So first off, congrats on your new Tesla. Very happy for you. When it comes to charging, there are several posts that you can reference, a lot of you tube videos, and Tesla’s website is very helpful. But I’ll try to sum it up for you. Your pic three is a 120v 15a outlet (and it looks like dog turds by the way). This is the standard outlet in most US houses and will allow roughly 3-5 miles of range / hour for your Tesla. So, if your car has a 300mile range, it will take roughly 100 hours to fully charge (not great). The yellow adaptor in pics 1,3, and 4 is a 30a RV plug (m) to nema 14-50 (f). This would allow you to go to an RV park, use their power, to provide better charging. This would allow for charging In the 15-20 miles of range / hour, but you will not have this plug at your house. The plug in pic 5 is a Nema 14-50 plug which is the commonly accepted maximum charge at home. This would allow for 25-30 miles of range per hour (a full charge overnight). Keep in mind, these are just plugs. If your outlet doesn’t match - you can’t buy an adaptor and expect to see the results I mentioned and you may cause damage. The nema 14-50 is a special outlet that is installed because you have an electric car - so you would not normally expect to find this in your house. Many folks have opted to not install a nema 14-50 (can expect anywhere from $500-$2000 for an electrician) and use a split volt box like: https://www.amazon.com/Splitvolt-Splitter-Automatic-Switching-Between/dp/B08DLBCXXQ?th=1. You can use your dryer outlet and should expect to see about 20-25 miles of range per hour. I personally had an electrician install a nema 14-50 at my house and I highly recommend that, but if you are unsure of what you are doing - please ask an electrician or go to your Tesla showroom.
You could use this. Splitvolt NEMA 10-30/10-30 Splitter Switch 10-30 Plug to two10-30 Outlets (A&B) - Automatic Power Switching for Dryer and EV, Internal Safety Breaker and Real-time Display, 24 Amp, 240V EVSE https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DLBCXXQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_P8TRMJJHN2XT902C6C8P I used to have one.
you should definitely get the dryer buddy like the other guy is suggesting - they also have built in safety mechanisms (I think). I got a SplitVolt but same same
I was going to suggest this as well- here’s a handy box I found this week.
This box gives priority to the dryer, but will charge the car anytime the dryer is not used. Looks super handy.
One other thing that may work. We had a gas line outside the laundry room. We converted our dryer to gas and repurposed the dryer circuit for EV charging. Both the washer and dryer run off the standard 5-15 circuit.
I got this one and we are extremely happy with it. Shows Kwh used, has a breaker, amperage monitor, voltage monitor, etc. As soon as you turn on the dryer it shuts the power to the charger. Stop the dryer and power gets diverted back to the charger.
They also offer a bunch of combinations of outlets to suit whatever you have at home. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DLBCXXQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_BYK9CR8FA28Y6GX4X7QA?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
there are things like this.
https://www.amazon.com/Splitvolt-Splitter-Automatic-Switching-Between/dp/B08DLBCXXQ
The Mach E will come with a regular house plug and a 240 adapter. Do you have a garage thats close to your dryer? If you do, get this:
For people whose panel is maxxed, you still have some possibilities.
While it's convenient to have a level 2 240 Volt charger, most people have a short enough commute that just plugging the car into a regular 110 Volt wall outlet is sufficient. ( If your commute is 25 miles each way or less, this should work for you ). On a wall outlet, most cars add about 3-5 miles of range for each hour they are plugged in.
https://www.lifewire.com/ev-charging-levels-explained-5201716
There are a bunch of companies selling dryer splitters that let you share your dryer circuit with your EV. That one is not inexpensive, but there are tons of companies making these. It's a great solution because you can set most cars to charge late at night when you wouldn't be drying clothes anyway...
Finally, I can't find a link at this moment, but I saw a device which let's you add another circuit to your maxxed out panel. It has a current clamp it monitors the panel draw with, and limits the extra circuit when it sees your panel is reaching capacity. Cool idea, not sure if it's legal everywhere...
the 2022 Bolt is definitely a big leap from the previous generation, definitely a good choice
One of my coworkers from many years ago had a Focus Electric (80 miles of range) and commuted from Van Nys to Compton while charging on 110v; I think that shows 2 things, you don't need as much range as you think you need and 110v charging is fine for just commuting purposes!
for a quick calculation of the state rebates: https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/en/savings-calculator (this doesn't cover the federal tax credit but GM and Tesla don't have it available for their cars anyway)
also tbf though with the charger installs that assumes you have high enough amperage service, if you have 100a service you're gonna have to upgrade and that is not cheap;
even though I rent my place I was curious how much it would cost and I got quotes from anywhere from $2.5k-$4k nevermind the additional work I would need to bring the house fully up to code
and most of the rebates are for hardwired stations, they don't cover installing a dryer/RV outlet or anything that isn't hardwired which can be a bummer if you sell your place or want to use the outlet for a dryer with something like this
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Are you using the dryer plug to do laundry as well? If that's the case, I would definitely put in a NEMA 14-50 so you have a dedicated plug for 2 Tesla's. You don't need the wall charger because it's just an extra $500 you're going to be paying for coolness factor since you'd be charging overnight anyway. Personally I think it'd be super annoying to have to manage 2 Tesla's and laundry on one plug, plugging and unplugging cables all the time. Plus, there's the fire factor doing all that unplugging all the time.
If you do in fact just try and manage all 3 on 1 plug, get a splitter so you don't have to unplug the cables all the time and risk burning your house down. I've heard good things about both these splitters. You might need to customize them though based on your actual plugs. Hopefully they work since I noticed you said hubby drives 200 km a day, meaning you aren't in the US.
That is a really bad idea. Charging the F150 on pretty much any circuit is going to use the full current available, and plugging in a trailer to the same plug would either trip the breaker or possibly start a fire.
At the very least, you would need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Splitvolt-Splitter-Automatic-Switching-Between/dp/B08DLBCXXQ
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