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Using less material is more efficient, cheaper, and less polluting than recycling. The US can save 100 million pounds of aluminum by not using front license plates and 25% less copper by using three-wire 240V circuits instead of four-wire 240V circuits.
There are 300 million registered cars and trucks in the US (most are cars). Each aluminum license plate weighs about 1/3 of a pound. Eliminate the front license plate and eliminate the need for 100 million pounds of aluminum (300M x 1/3). Photo speed traps take pictures of both license plates so there is no need for the front plate. Police usually approach the rear of a car and you normally see the rear of a car (or crook) escaping the scene of an event. And the license plate is flat plate drag on an electric vehicle, making the vehicle less efficient (ok, this part is small, but everything helps ).
Today, there are less than 2 million electric cars in the US but 30-50 million are expected by 2030. New car sales in Norway are over 50% electric. Some predict 50% electric new car sales in the US by 2025 (I do not). Bottom line, there will be a lot of home chargers added in the next two decades. Now is the time to stop using the Taycan default 4-wire NEMA 14-50 plug and switch to the 3-wire NEMA 6-50 plug. If the average installation is 20 feet, that is a billion wasted feet of #6-gauge wire (20' x 50 million installations) in the next decade or so.
The primary reason for recommending NEMA 14-50 connections is emergency charging at RV parks, but if your charger plug is a NEMA 6-50, it is a simple and code-safe adapter to convert a NEMA 14-50 receptacle (socket) to a NEMA 6-50 socket. Plus, the expansion underway to add rapid DC chargers will replace the need for emergency stops at RV parks.
In the US, NEMA 6-50 connections are a more efficient, less wasteful 240V connection. Modern electronic and electrical solutions do not need the 120V source provided by 14-50 connections - and no EV needs it. Most garage welders and compressors use 6-30 or 6-50 sockets in the US (often called welder sockets). Also, since 6-50 connections use one less wire, larger wire can be used in the same space, are normally more flexible, create less ground noise, and dissipate heat more easily.
Porsche, please stop making the NEMA 14-50 Input Cable a default. New installations should use NEMA 6-50 connections in the US. Let folks with NEMA 14-50 (or 14-30) sockets select their cable connection. And help save a few billion feet of wire that is not needed and help save millions of pounds of pounds of aluminum by supporting only rear license plates!
Thank you, Porsche, for your help and the amazingly addictive Taycan!
There are 300 million registered cars and trucks in the US (most are cars). Each aluminum license plate weighs about 1/3 of a pound. Eliminate the front license plate and eliminate the need for 100 million pounds of aluminum (300M x 1/3). Photo speed traps take pictures of both license plates so there is no need for the front plate. Police usually approach the rear of a car and you normally see the rear of a car (or crook) escaping the scene of an event. And the license plate is flat plate drag on an electric vehicle, making the vehicle less efficient (ok, this part is small, but everything helps ).
Today, there are less than 2 million electric cars in the US but 30-50 million are expected by 2030. New car sales in Norway are over 50% electric. Some predict 50% electric new car sales in the US by 2025 (I do not). Bottom line, there will be a lot of home chargers added in the next two decades. Now is the time to stop using the Taycan default 4-wire NEMA 14-50 plug and switch to the 3-wire NEMA 6-50 plug. If the average installation is 20 feet, that is a billion wasted feet of #6-gauge wire (20' x 50 million installations) in the next decade or so.
The primary reason for recommending NEMA 14-50 connections is emergency charging at RV parks, but if your charger plug is a NEMA 6-50, it is a simple and code-safe adapter to convert a NEMA 14-50 receptacle (socket) to a NEMA 6-50 socket. Plus, the expansion underway to add rapid DC chargers will replace the need for emergency stops at RV parks.
In the US, NEMA 6-50 connections are a more efficient, less wasteful 240V connection. Modern electronic and electrical solutions do not need the 120V source provided by 14-50 connections - and no EV needs it. Most garage welders and compressors use 6-30 or 6-50 sockets in the US (often called welder sockets). Also, since 6-50 connections use one less wire, larger wire can be used in the same space, are normally more flexible, create less ground noise, and dissipate heat more easily.
Porsche, please stop making the NEMA 14-50 Input Cable a default. New installations should use NEMA 6-50 connections in the US. Let folks with NEMA 14-50 (or 14-30) sockets select their cable connection. And help save a few billion feet of wire that is not needed and help save millions of pounds of pounds of aluminum by supporting only rear license plates!
Thank you, Porsche, for your help and the amazingly addictive Taycan!
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