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Charging at 39-40 amps here. Love it! Chargepoint on a 50 amp circuit.
UK spec is 145Kw for CCS (DC) charging 11kw for 240v (AC charging)11 kW is the Level 2 (AC charging) capacity of the onboard charger. You can give it any of 40, 50, 60 or 80 amps and none will harm the car as it will only accept 11 kW. The higher the amps the faster the charge - but the car will not accept any more than 48 amps.
Probably not a lot, and it is a heavy weight to carry around, but it can be used with the adaptor if you're somewhere (e.g. relative's house, vacation spot) and want to charge overnight using house current. It also can be used to charge directly from the 240V socket if your ChargePoint isn't working. I'm assuming that's plugged into a socket and not hard-wired.This is probably a really stupid question, but ... I have a ChargePoint station set up in my garage, and public stations of course have cables provided. So, is the charging cable provided by Volvo of any use to me?
Our first EV was in 2012 (Nissan Leaf). Our first Tesla came to us in 2014. Since then we’ve had just about every EV you can think of in our garage (yes, EVERY!). And at times (right now!) we’ve had a Tesla HPWC on the wall. So yes, I’ve used the TeslaTap (in my case the “J-Dapter”) to allow my non-Tesla vehicles to charge at home. That said, I have take it on road trips, but can truly say I’ve really only used it once or twice. Most of the Tesla destination charger sites going up these days have J1772, as well. And there are more J1772 chargers than there are Tesla Destinations you‘d use the adapter. It is nice to have as a security blanket, but it prob provides a false sense of security that truly is not needed. For the current prices (< $200) it isnt a bad investment, but it’ll prob collect more dust than anything.Debating sending my teslatap converter head back . . . How often do you find a need for it in the world where there are no other options. . . I am trying to fight against my pac rat mentality with this car. . . I have a feeling the Tesla tap converter is primarily for home use if you had an existing Tesla charger but I could be wrong.
I'm a little confused - I understand the P8 comes with a charge cable that has both a 240/120 adapters. So, with the 240 plug, can I just plug into a 240 outlet and it will charge at 11KWH, or do I need to have an actual charge station? Maybe the cable w/240 adapter is for charging at a lower rate than a charge station?Mine came with a cable with 240v and 110v adapters. Charged via 110v last night to top off before a drive today. 10 hours boosted me from 52% to 64%. Yikes, that's slow!
I've been able to charge at Chargepoint J1772 6.6kW and EV Connect SAE 7.2kW with no issues.
11 KW is the vehicle's max for level 2 charging (240 volts x 48 amps = 11,520 watts), regardless whether a dedicated charging station or not. You should be able to get 11 KW with the provided charging cable - IF it's connected to a 240V outlet AND your outlet has at least a 48 amp circuit-breaker.I'm a little confused - I understand the P8 comes with a charge cable that has both a 240/120 adapters. So, with the 240 plug, can I just plug into a 240 outlet and it will charge at 11KWH, or do I need to have an actual charge station? Maybe the cable w/240 adapter is for charging at a lower rate than a charge station?
With the supplied cable max you can get is 9.6kW not 11.511 KW is the vehicle's max for level 2 charging (240 volts x 48 amps = 11,520 watts), regardless whether a dedicated charging station or not. You should be able to get 11 KW with the provided charging cable - IF it's connected to a 240V outlet AND your outlet has at least a 48 amp circuit-breaker.
EDIT: as noted elsewhere on this forum, the car's actual charging rate will depend on how full the battery is. The closer to full, the more it slows down the charge rate. To see the full 11 KW charge rate, your battery would probably have to be down in the 10-20% range.
Level 2 charging will hold that rate of charge (“speed”) up to the very end. If you are charging to 100% you’ll still see it taper down but only at the very end when the car reaches 98% or higher. If you charge to 90% daily (as recommended) you will see the full rate of speed/charge from start to finish; exceptions might be if the battery was extremely hot, or extremely cold; more likely the latter, as it ramps with heat added.Is the 9.6kW only when it is at a low charge or is it better at maintaining this rate over a larger range?
Correction noted, thanks. So 40 amp max draw for the supplied cable, regardless if car is set higher to 48 amp.With the supplied cable max you can get is 9.6kW not 11.5