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It comes with a home charger, and it's charge speed differs quite a lot depending on where you live and what kind of power source you can give it. In the US it

It comes with a home charger, and it's charge speed differs quite a lot depending on where you live and what kind of power source you can give it. In the US it comes by default with an attachment for our normal wall plugs, but at 120v and 12A the charge rate is pretty slow, about 6 miles per hour. With a higher power wall plug you can get it to about 30 miles per hour of charging with just a $15 adapter. If you buy a separate standalone charger, you can get that to around 45mph of charge speed, but I tell everyone considering it to wait a bit before getting it because the vast majority of people won't need the extra charging speed. EDIT: I was VERY wrong about the charge rate of the default plug.

dylan604 6y ago
3 miles per hour of charging. so for the stock 250miles per full charge would take 3.5 days to get a full charge? why do we not hear more about this in the discussion?
- Klathmon 6y ago
  Whoops, I was WAY off, it's 6 miles per hour with a "standard" wall plug. You can see charging speeds for the different models and power at [1]. But even still most owners get a higher power plug installed as in the US our standard plugs are pretty low power and limited. We need higher power outlets for all kinds of things like water heaters, dryers, ovens, and EVs. Also keep in mind that it's extremely rare to need a "full charge", you only need to charge what you used from the last time you drove, so unless you routinely drive 100+ miles a day, the standard outlet will probably be enough. [1] https://www.tesla.com/support/home-charging-installation/wall-connector https://www.tesla.com/support/home-charging-installation/wal...
  - Kirby64 6y ago
    A "standard" wall plug (i.e. 120V, 15A, which is actually 12A continuous) charges at 5-6 miles of range per hour for a Model 3. You don't get 11mph of charge unless you use a 240V-15A outlet. The 11mph you quoted assumes a 240V outlet. In practice, as you state, even with 5mph of range, taking multiple days to charge isn't actually an issue since you aren't fully filling up your car from empty every day.
    - Klathmon 6y ago
      Thanks, I'm all kinds of wrong today!

dylan604 6y ago

3 miles per hour of charging. so for the stock 250miles per full charge would take 3.5 days to get a full charge? why do we not hear more about this in the discussion?

Klathmon 6y ago
Whoops, I was WAY off, it's 6 miles per hour with a "standard" wall plug. You can see charging speeds for the different models and power at [1]. But even still most owners get a higher power plug installed as in the US our standard plugs are pretty low power and limited. We need higher power outlets for all kinds of things like water heaters, dryers, ovens, and EVs. Also keep in mind that it's extremely rare to need a "full charge", you only need to charge what you used from the last time you drove, so unless you routinely drive 100+ miles a day, the standard outlet will probably be enough. [1] https://www.tesla.com/support/home-charging-installation/wall-connector https://www.tesla.com/support/home-charging-installation/wal...
- Kirby64 6y ago
  A "standard" wall plug (i.e. 120V, 15A, which is actually 12A continuous) charges at 5-6 miles of range per hour for a Model 3. You don't get 11mph of charge unless you use a 240V-15A outlet. The 11mph you quoted assumes a 240V outlet. In practice, as you state, even with 5mph of range, taking multiple days to charge isn't actually an issue since you aren't fully filling up your car from empty every day.
  - Klathmon 6y ago
    Thanks, I'm all kinds of wrong today!