http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/11/10747204/chevy-bolt-motor-battery-info-naias-2016NomadMac said:Wikipedia is stating 60kW hour battery pack.
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Have these figures been vetted?
NomadMac said:And what's with that goofy shift pattern in the Bolt?
PRNDL has served us fine for decades. Stop fixing things that aren't broken!
CCS is the new standard. Not worth yapping about.cwerdna said:...Real shame that they decided to continue w/SAE Combo yet won't fund CCS/SAE Combo infrastructure.... Good going, not! They should've thrown in the towel and gone w/CHAdeMO or worked out a deal paying Tesla for Supercharger access.
It is a (not "the") new standard that's been barely supported by GM and many of its other "supporters", w/the notable exception of BMW.NORTON said:CCS is the new standard. Not worth yapping about.cwerdna said:...Real shame that they decided to continue w/SAE Combo yet won't fund CCS/SAE Combo infrastructure.... Good going, not! They should've thrown in the towel and gone w/CHAdeMO or worked out a deal paying Tesla for Supercharger access.
However, a Tesla to CCS adapter cord and new card readers on the Tesla Supercharger network is definitely worth yapping about !!
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Has there been talk in this thread about a Tesla to CCS adapter cord and Tesla allowing others to charge for a fee?[/color]
> Who wants every car manufacturer to come up with their own standards for nuts, bolts, wheels or EV charging systems? Charging systems are not the place for 'Proprietary Standards', imo.cwerdna said:>.... Elon Musk's been widely quoted as saying "Yes, the SAE have a standard. But it sucks."...
>>... After all, Tesla charged $2K at purchase time or $2.5K after purchase .....their higher capacity cars include it in the price of the car....
>>>...Adding additional (non-Tesla) users w/o helping w/infrastructure build out is probably a bad idea. ....
Point of clarification, any of the 30A or 32A-rated EVSE, the apparently most popular rating for Level 2 EVSE, are capable of the 7.2kW charge rate. Basically, any EVSE made that can handle 6.6kW can also handle the 7.2kW power output.MrDRMorgan said:I believe Mary Barr said, with the longer range, Chevy expected most Bolt EV owners would charge at home during the off-peak hours as opposed to using a DCFC station. OK - Then you are going to need an L2 EVSE capable of 7.2-kW to charge the car in 9 hours given the battery is almost on empty. I estimate charge time with a current 6.6-kW L2 EVSE, which many EV drivers already have installed, would take about 11 hours for a full recharge.
Zoomit said:Point of clarification, any of the 30A or 32A-rated EVSE, the apparently most popular rating for Level 2 EVSE, are capable of the 7.2kW charge rate. Basically, any EVSE made that can handle 6.6kW can also handle the 7.2kW power output.MrDRMorgan said:I believe Mary Barr said, with the longer range, Chevy expected most Bolt EV owners would charge at home during the off-peak hours as opposed to using a DCFC station. OK - Then you are going to need an L2 EVSE capable of 7.2-kW to charge the car in 9 hours given the battery is almost on empty. I estimate charge time with a current 6.6-kW L2 EVSE, which many EV drivers already have installed, would take about 11 hours for a full recharge.
A 24A EVSE will not be able to provide the fastest Level 2 charge rate that the Bolt EV on-board charger can accept.
Here are the level 2 charge rates, and the approximate miles you get per hour for the Bolt EV:
30A: 7.2kW, 25 mi per hour of charge
24A: 5.8kW, 20 mi per hour of charge
18A: 4.3kW, 15 mi per hour of charge
15A: 3.6kW, 13 mi per hour of charge
Note: These numbers do vary based on input voltage.
So if you drive 100 mi per day for your commute, you'd need about 9 hours to recharge the Bolt EV using a 15A EVSE or half that, 4.5 hours, using a 30A EVSE.
Where there is NO dryer and ONLY the EVSE is using that circuit, correct?MrDRMorgan said:... Installation was easy since I punched a hole through my garage wall into the laundry room and connected to the electric dryer socket.
NORTON said:Where there is NO dryer and ONLY the EVSE is using that circuit, correct?MrDRMorgan said:... Installation was easy since I punched a hole through my garage wall into the laundry room and connected to the electric dryer socket.
NORTON said:Where there is NO dryer and ONLY the EVSE is using that circuit, correct?MrDRMorgan said:... Installation was easy since I punched a hole through my garage wall into the laundry room and connected to the electric dryer socket.
My son is a journeyman electrician and he can, if I ever need to, install a separate circuit for a higher amperage EVSE. For now, the 16A EVSE is working fine for my two Spark EVs. The DCFC on my 2015 Spark EV and the availability of a number of DCFC stations in my area make extended range driving easy. I found that charging to about 85% minimizes my charging wait time while not creating any range anxiety. The DCFC stations are approximately 35-40 miles apart which works great.- Thank you NRG eVgo and Greenlots.ReddyKilowatt said:NORTON said:Where there is NO dryer and ONLY the EVSE is using that circuit, correct?MrDRMorgan said:... Installation was easy since I punched a hole through my garage wall into the laundry room and connected to the electric dryer socket.
My garage-based 240V 30 amp EVSE (which, by the manual, requires a 40amp breaker) shares a socket with the welder - because the car can't be in the garage when we need to use the welder anyway.
Edit: typo
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