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Honda_TypeR t1_j7jr28s wrote

While the speed of charging depends greatly on battery size, this is true of all level 1 chargers. Level 1 is something like 5 miles per hour of charging I think, so if you have a high mileage battery you're gonna be there for days (maybe 2-3 days for an average battery size).

If you want your vehicle to charge overnight you NEED to have a level 2 charger. That's like 6 times the speed of level 1.

If you want your vehicle to charge in an hour or two you need level 3 (but that's not something you will be installing in your home)

If you want an electric vehicle and want optimal charge speed you pretty much need to get a 240V AC outlet installed near your car bay. I could see how in the future this will be a common installation in garages of all new homes. We already do that in the dryer/washer rooms, since dryers always require very high voltage too. It's not something outlandish or out of the question to have installed. It costs maybe 2000 bucks to get a 240V line installed in your garage by an electrician. It's something to consider in the cost of gettin an EV. The level 2 chargers are like 300-1000 bucks on top of that.

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