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I think the Mustang will be plenty popular... Just not with Mustang fans lol...

My sister and her husband took delivery on the Mustang SUV EV about 5-weeks ago, replacing their Ford Fusion Hybrid. When they rebuilt their house four-years ago they had 240V installed in the garage anticipating advancements in automobile technology. They get all the charge they need overnight, as most of their driving is local.

The reviews they give are good. It looks more like a Mustang than an SUV, despite its four doors, and it is very, very fast. They will never have to repair or replace a transmission, engine, water pump, or change engine oil. My brother-in-law reports that the batteries are very heavy which makes the Ford Mustang SUV perhaps heavier than a regular SUV. It does 0-60 in 4.2 seconds. Motors on front and back.

I am waiting until the new VW Type 2 type EV comes out.

I wasn't aware that a 240V outlet was required for a EV charger

like 4-5 hours overnight?

I've heard that the slow chargers are better for the life of the battery.  Fast chargers are hard on the battery.

like 4-5 hours overnight?

No, as CD pointed out, charging on 120V gets you around 4-5 miles per hour spent charging. 120V might work for someone who works from home and isn't driving much, but for someone with a meaningful commute plus errands every day, a few days in a row of driving will leave you in trouble.

I've heard that the slow chargers are better for the life of the battery.  Fast chargers are hard on the battery.

There is a lot that is done to optimize charging. Temperature, charge rate, how full you charge the battery, etc all play into battery life.

For example, most Tesla owners don't regularly charge their batteries to 100% unless they're prepping for a road trip. They set the max charge around 80% which helps to preserve battery life, and assume that 80% is going to be more than enough for daily around-town driving. 

For road trips, Tesla can map out your charging regimen such that it plots out the next supercharger location for you to stop along the route. A certain number of miles before you reach the supercharger station, Tesla will actually start heating up the battery packs because the batteries takes charge better and preserve battery life when charging at higher temps than low temps.

"Faster" is not necessarily worse than "slower", as long as everything is within the design parameters of the battery pack. 

Electrify America, a charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it’s ready for the newer EVs. Having installed fast chargers since 2018, it runs more than 600 stations with 2,600 plugs nationwide. All can pump out 150 kilowatts. That means they can charge a typical EV with 300 miles of range to 80 percent of battery capacity (240 miles) in roughly 45 minutes. Over half of Electrify America’s stations can pump out 350 kilowatts, which charge twice as fast.

A fast-charge fill-up to 80% of battery capacity varies by state but typically costs around $16.


https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-b53446b771166fda14c24d814d1758c9

I think in 3-4 years, a lot of families will go to one and one.  We're not quite there yet I think.  The EV premium needs to be less.

Electricity hereabouts is much cheaper than the national average.  Of course, places where it's higher often have higher gas prices as well.