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One of the early Renault Zoé with the Continental power train did. It had up to 43kW charging on AC, which was a bit unique. So unique that very very few charge

• ender341341 4y ago
  Level 2 connectors are only rated to ~19kw[1] so I imagine that must have had it's own custom connector, and I don't particularly see the 80amp chargers becoming particularly common for home use, newer homes generally only have a 200amp main breaker, so 2 of those would take 100% of your continuous power load [2]. I have a 48amp charger and if I need faster than that I go to one of the local fast chargers and worst case wander around a store for 15/20 minutes. [1] 80amps at 240v, at least in the US, not sure about the type 2 connector used in EU [2] code in the US says you should only draw 80% of the rated current if the load is continuous
  • supergeek 4y ago
    There are a handful of them at businesses and it's wonderful if your car can support it. We get about 60mph on those chargers, so even a quick food stop gets you 20-30 miles of range. 50% charge in about 2 hours! Most public AC chargers around me are 6.6kw and it's truly a useless amount of power. It's about 20mph, so a 20 minute food stop is giving you ~7 miles of range. To get a 50% charge takes about 6 hours. Even in a 9-5 full work day you're not able to get a full charge.
    • ender341341 4y ago
      Yeah, I generally assume the AC chargers at business's are for employees cause it's just not worth it to plug in if you're running in to shop for less than an hour.
• alex_duf 4y ago
  I had one of these and indeed it was noisy. But only marginally noisier than a more recent Zoe.