Previously the 3.6-kw charger was a bottleneck making recharge times for the 24-kwh battery closer to 7 hours. Preferred EVSE supplier is AeroVironment.
House current takes around 20 hours and a DC Quick Charge via a CHAdeMO port allows for 80-percent charge in an estimated 30 minutes or less.
Fiat 500E – less than 4 hours
Tied with Nissan’s time for level 2, the Fiat 500E also has a 24-kwh battery and 6.6-kw on-board charger.
Estimated charge time for level 1 is longer at 24 hours. Level 3 charging is not available.
AeroVironment is the preferred EVSE supplier.
85-kwh Tesla Model S – 4.27 hours
This one takes more asterisks than usual. Tesla likes to hedge answers, and indeed a lot of variables come into play.
The theoretically quickest time assuming Tesla’s “62 miles per hour”
recharge rate with Tesla’s HPWC for its 265 miles EPA-rated range should
be 4.27 hours with twin on-board chargers. If Tesla’s “300” miles range often quoted is indicated on its range readout – and as mentioned, depending on your real-world recharge rate – time could be longer.
“A Supercharger can charge about half the battery in 20 minutes,” says Tesla.
If equipped with only one 10-kw on-board charger, max amperage is cut in half to 40 amps, and charge times go up commensurately.
The Model S touch screen for fully equipped models allows charging input from 5 amps to 80 amps (in single amp increment/decrement settings) with all home or public charge options.
If you wish to use only house current, recharging at 12 amps at 120 volts could take up to 52 hours, 24 minutes.
For a fuller idea of variables, we suggest perusing Tesla’s Web page.
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