Homer said:
NORTON said:
But if you really want to enjoy EV life you'll want an L2 around the house.
This statement absent any context is about as meaningless or silly as asking how many miles you get per hour charging. I've got a L1 and can't think of any situation when I would have been "enjoyed" having an L2 at home. I've used DCFC and L2 away from home, but I've never had a situation where I needed more charge when I left my house to drive somewhere.
I agree. Everyone has different needs with EV ownership.
I was a
'No Charge at Home Warrior' for my first 7 months of ownership. 8k miles @ Zero $!!
I just recently started using my home L2 with the cold weather here.
I want to make sure the battery's
TMS works as needed when plugged in. I still use DCFC on weekends as required.
If you are shooting for least amount of total $$/mile an L1 is the cheapest way to go.
For $300-400 you can have an L2 at home and the dollars spent on home electrons
could be less in the long run because of 'charging efficiency' using 3.3kW instead of 1kW or 1.4kW.
More goes into the battery and less into the 'Overhead' of the charging system.
And you get the added benefits of having the car ready for an unexpected trip and less is drawn from the battery during a 'Precondition' in cold or hot weather.
Run the numbers. An L2 may have a payoff,, someday.
And again,, adding kWh's to the battery at the 3 different L1 and L2 rates is a
known number.
How
you turn those kWh's into miles is a
variable number.
EDIT: If it is really cold or hot some of the charge power will go to the battery's TMS, but the draw from the grid remains the same.
So when TMS is operating less of the kWh's go to charging the battery.