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5L1Mu5L1M t1_iyet00u wrote

Reply to ELI5 why can't you just plug in electric cars / why do you need a wall charger when it could just be built in by definetlynotaalien

Well you could just built in the charger into the car

And just pull out the wire to plug into an outlet like those irons with retractable cords

But now your stuck with one type of outlet

You have 120v which is the one you plug in your phone to charge

Then you have the 240v that dryers plug in

Then you got the various different charging standards at charge stations that do the fast charging in different way

Like CCS and CHAdemo and of course Tesla

So for the sake of portability, modularity, and cost

We keep the charging on the outside

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