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Why don't you string an electric cable from a regular socket out of the window? It's slow but it can easily charge a car overnight.



In the US, on a 120v / 12a circuit, it'll add 3 miles of range per hour.


Which is plenty for most folks (I originally planned on installing a Level 2 charger in my garage, but found it was completely unnecessary and just charge off a standard outlet)


Sure -- I use such a setup sometimes when visiting family.

It's not ideal, however; it's 66 hours continuously to add 200 miles of range to an older S; for more efficient cars (that get 4 or 5 miles of range an hour) it's still going to be 40 hours.

Such a setup is totally untenable if you're hanging an electric cord out your window and over a sidewalk or through trees or whatever, if you can even get a parking space within extension cord range of your car...

Also, broadly -- running a random outlet at 12a continuously for 60 hours may break things in unpleasant ways.




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