John & Angela wrote:
rk911 wrote:
John & Angela wrote:
...For the vast majority it takes 20 seconds to charge. 10 seconds at night to plug in and 10 seconds in the morning to disconnect. For us that is about twice a week.
20-seconds to charge or 20-minutes? and I'm assuming that's at 240-volts?
Yah, a bit of a play on words, 10 seconds to plug in and 10 seconds to unplug, meaning I don't care how long it takes during the night to charge it only takes me about 20 seconds to do the connecting and disconnecting, However in answer to your question, if our leaf (30 KWH battery) was completely empty, (never the case) it would take about 4 to 5 hours to recharge it. It has a 6,6 KW charger. And yes that is using a 240 connection. Our other car has a smaller battery but also has only a 3.3 kw charger so its about the same. Really we tend to charge when they get to 30 or 40 percent of charge.
At a commercial CHaDemo charger it charges at a 50 KW rate so 30 minutes to 80 percent. Our leaf has a smaller battery than say a Tesla or a Bolt. For those who need more range they can go that route. For us 150 to 200 KM is more than ample range. If you get a medium range EV like our Leaf make sure you get the CHaDemo Quick charge option (standard on all new leafs) so in a pinch if you have a longer trip it charges quicker. That hasn't happened for us yet. Leafs are also cheaper and depending on where you live (country, state or province) they can cost in the mid 20's vice the mid 30's to a lot more. Shorter range EV's 120 KM and shorter can be purchased for around 10,000 used although some 5 year old EV's have a TON of mileage on them. Some not. Remember, people buy these as commuter so some put 25,000 to 40,000 or more kilometers per year on them.
ok, thanks for the clarification. we're not really interested in an electric car until we can get roughly 300 to 400-miles on a charge and a re-charge takes about the same amount of time it takes to fill the gas tank. not likely to happen in my time but you never know.
