The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.

  • @ikiddEnglish
    0•6 months ago

    There is no residential 3-phase anywhere that I’ve ever seen in North America. Maybe some place in Europe has it but not to my knowledge. I have seen people put it into something like an acreage or farm at great expense, but the idea that a house will have 3-phase by default is silly.

    Maybe an apartment complex would have a 480 or 600V 3-phase high-leg supply, and I guess they could run that to the parking areas.

    • @Malfeasant
      2•6 months ago

      My uncle had 3-phase to his house for a heavy duty workshop, so it is possible, but I believe he had to pay a lot up front for it, significantly more than a single phase 240V hookup to a new house would have been.

      • @CrashumbcEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        Correct, like anything else if you have money you can have something custom done.

        But no standard built house in the US has 3 phase power.