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Originally Posted by Conissah
You're in NA though, don't they use 120 in Canadia as well? Not sure how upping the voltage is really relevant when you're talking 10 hours of charge time... Plug it in when you get home from work, unplug it when you leave. It'll be at 100% whether it takes 2 hours to charge, or 10 hours. Not seeing your point.
The whole argument here is NOT being able to charge at home, in which case most people said they won't consider an EV at all.
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220v does charge the car more efficiently. The battery needs to be held within a certain temperature range to be charged, regardless of the rate of charge. Holding it there longer uses more power. So, faster charging uses less power to fill the battery a given amount.
Either way, easy enough to wire up 240v in the USA-- took me ~30 minutes to add a 240 breaker and wire in a 7kw charger.