Certainly not an ideal situation. I’m just talking worst case scenario. But you make valid points. Thanks for the input.
I’m planning on purchasing a MY with no charging capabilities at home. I’ll be leaning heavily on the supercharger network to give it juice. This will be our sole vehicle only used for pleasure as we work from home.
My point is that is a nonsensical solution and frankly is a hazard as mentioned above.
Not everyone needs an EV or has a situation suitable for one.
Yet people put up trillions of Christmas lights outside every year, and to my knowledge almost no one dies from the extension cords.
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To be fair, they also dont pull 7 kW. Most ev charger fires are a result of poor wiring, which undersized extension cords are a part of.
(Which isnt to say an extension cord cant safely be used, but its not super cut and dry)
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He has charging at the office… so I was assuming the use of the extension cord would be Plan B / when needed, because it’s clearly less than ideal for a variety of reasons. 
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What state are you in?
I’ve considered this as well. Not with a Taycan mind you. Currently (no pun intended), I have a Wrangler 4Xe (like a large percentage of LHers) and charge at home using a plain old outlet. It takes a full 12 hours to get me a full charge every night. There are Tesla Superchargers on my way to and from work. I park on the street at work and there is no way for me to charge. I don’t know how expensive it is to charge at those. I do a lot of driving. My 4Xe will be a year old in March and it has over 21,000 miles. I guess it would be best for me to pony up for the L2 charger to make it work best for me and just charge up every night.
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I see people doing this in my city, and it seems like a miserable experience.
Wait for hours in line at the local supercharger, get one of the lower powered ones, wait for it to charge
Being completely SOL when you want to go someplace now and you don’t have enough charge.
I’ve researched this extensively and talked to quite a few people who do this – having an EV without a home charger just seems like a huge PITA
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At that rate, a full charge can last you over 42 work days. I’m sure you can find some time in those 42 days to charge somewhere.
We have several people doing this in our community and they seem to be okay - haven’t complained much. I’m sure it can be a PITA if lines are long for super chargers, luckily the station close by isn’t too congested.
Thanks for sharing your research results though!
In my experience these are useless for anything more than the occasional top up. They’ll add around 10-12% charge before they time out in 2 hours.
So keep in mind you’re basically putting all your eggs in the charging-at-work basket
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@Alexhhh This is really the only way to know for sure if it will work for your personal situation. And it’s a pretty simple option.
I think you could get a realistic picture just from renting one for a week, 2 weeks max. Try out the different chargers at different times of day. Plan a road trip or rent around an already planned road trip.
Personally, having owned a few Teslas, I would say the work chargers can suffice. Provided that they function properly and are available, of course. Which is something you can test by renting for a week or two.
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Someone’s not accounting for charging losses (~8-13% depending on the car) — this is even worse on a 12A/120V circuit.
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Had fanily that struggled to make it 2 weeks without a home charger, and thats in CA. Depends on what ev you have and where you are. Relying on EA in SoCal? Good luck, youre going to be competing for a charging spot with everyone from high schoolers in taycans to random peple in ID4’s and everything in between. Would probably fare a bit better with a Tesla. I could probably get by with a tesla and supercharging if i wanted to, charger is right next to my grocery store. EA is like 15-25 mins away.
Are you reading my DMs.
Ah. I ask only b/c certain states (like CA) state that the HOA has to make a really, REALLY good case to deny a homeowner an EV charger.
I’d say JUST DO IT, don’t listen to all the NaySayers-your work chargers will be just fine…heck just wake up 30 mins earlier and get there before anyone else on your CHARGE DAYS 
You never said which EV you were getting, as some may only max out at 50 Kwh charge so that will take longer at a DC fast charger… but still should be good enough.
I’ve been charging exclusively at L2 charger for my Tesla Y and my previous Bolt and have not had an issue at all, if the free charger is occupied I go to the local EvGo and charge-no issues.
The local DC fast chargers here in SoCal are about $0.21-$0.65 per Kwh which is still cheaper than gas powered vehicle.
plugshare is a great app for finding chargers and pricing, also some EV chargers have subscription offers that lower the prices, but if you’re not using them too much it is cheaper to just pay per charge
Or just buy a gas car so you don’t have to plan your life around your car… I mean this sentiment is wild. No one needs an EV. Again they are great in the appropriate set up.
You guys really go into work early so you can charge, and think that is acceptable?
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