charging speeds

A charging station, also known as a charge point or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a piece of equipment that supplies electrical power for charging plug-in electric vehicles (including electric cars, electric trucks, electric buses, neighborhood electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrids).
There are two main types: AC charging stations and DC charging stations. Batteries can only be charged with direct current (DC) electric power, while most electricity is delivered from the power grid as alternating current (AC). For this reason, most electric vehicles have a built-in AC-to-DC converter, commonly known as the "onboard charger". At an AC charging station, AC power from the grid is supplied to this onboard charger, which produces DC power to charge the battery. DC chargers facilitate higher power charging (which requires much larger AC-to-DC converters) by building the converter into the charging station instead of the vehicle to avoid size and weight restrictions. The station then supplies DC power to the vehicle directly, bypassing the onboard converter. Most fully electric car models can accept both AC and DC power.
Charging stations provide connectors that conform to a variety of international standards. DC charging stations are commonly equipped with multiple connectors to be able to charge a wide variety of vehicles that utilize competing standards.
Public charging stations are typically found street-side or at retail shopping centers, government facilities, and other parking areas. Private charging stations are typically found at residences, workplaces, and hotels.

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  1. jwaldock

    Charging Speeds

    Hello to you all. According to the brochure at the time we purchased as well as the most recent version, the reported max charging speed of the car is 94kW and between 0 and 80% the average is 82kW however we've never seen speeds of this despite using 150kW and 300kW chargers both in the UK and...
  2. L

    MG4 in Australia

    Hi all. Not sure if there are any Aussies here but I guess I'll try. So the MG4 EV just began selling in Australia 2 weeks ago. Took one for a test drive yesterday and really liked it. Looking to get the base model 51kW. Do we know if this batch is identical to the ones UK/EU got last year or...
  3. S

    Charging Speeds (Pre Facelift)

    Anyone else seem to have been getting faster than the advertised 50kW peak from the new Tritium chargers? I'm currently at South Mimms and charging at a steady 63kW!
  4. TheApeVine

    Charging speeds and software updates.

    We've had our new LR for a few weeks and we're assured by the dealer it has had all the updates available. Today I was out on a long drive, I plugged into a 22kw charger, but only managed to pull 6.9kw at most for the duration. Then went to a Tesla Supercharger and got no joy, Tesla said it...
  5. D

    Charging speeds (CCS)

    Has anyone else seen weirdness with charging speeds on CCS, Went away at the weekend and used Ionity Leeds, was only getting 41KW at around 30% SOC Used the exact same charger on the return journey and got 71KW+ although I started around 12% SOC, also the site was full whereas the first time...
  6. T

    MG4 AC Charging speeds

    Anyone able to advise if i've got unrealistic speed expectations on public, AC, 11kw charging on my MG4 Long Range? I was super impressed at rapid charging rates above 100 kw. But when I plug into our local SMOOV 11kw charger I am getting only 3.5kw and it takes sooooo long to charge. I...
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