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L2 isn't 1500, that 80 dollar cord does L2.
Saying you need to charge for 10hrs to get the equivalent of a gallon of gas is really a ...weird... way to measure it. Are to talking 10 hours for the equivalent miles driven that a gallon of gas would provide, or are you talking 10 hours to accumulate the total energy from a gallon of gas?
Ah yeah, we're getting crossed up. I haven't seen an L2 charger that cheap and I was also including labor for installation.
You're right - I did phrase the measurement an odd way - that's because I've mostly described it to folks who are just familiar with ICEs. It's like 8-10 hours for an 18 kwh size battery. As you know, distance out of that is super dependent on speed/terrain. If I drive a combination of my most common scenarios, it provides roughly the equivalent of a gallon and a half of gas.