brucedp5 via EV wrote:
it boils down to how many range-miles you have left, how many
range-miles you need to put back-in to get to the next EVSE, and how much
time you have to charge?
Overnight sleep or @work, plan to charge for at least 7 hours. L1 might
regain you (3.5mph*7= ) ~25 miles of range.
It's not quite that bad. Our Nissan Leaf gets about 4 miles per KWH. L1
charges at about 1.44 KW. That's about 5.6 miles range per hour, or 40
miles for 7 hours of charging.
Charging efficiency will reduce this a bit. But then, most full-time
jobs will have your EV charging for 8 or more hours a day.
*Only buy an EV with a L2-6kW (j1772) charging capability that also has a
L3(quick) charging port.
Maybe if you live in California. Where I live, there aren't any L3
EVSE's within range of my EVs.
My home EVSE preference:: have a L2-6kW (j1172) or a L2-10kW (Tesla) hpwc (=
no surprises you can always get a good/solid charge).
I do 99% of my charging on L1, in my own garage. That's been fine for me!
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