I'm not an EV owner, but currently doing my research to see whether I can switch over the coming years.
One question I have is, does the leaf allow the possibility of limiting the charge current to around 1kW?
Reason being, most small portable generators deliver around that much power and it would make a great emergency supply for one-off long road trips to carry one in the boot in case things really, really go belly-up in the search for charging points.
My generator weighs around 15kg, delivers 1kW continuously (4.16A @ 240V) and runs 5 hours on 5 liters of petrol, so that's theoretically enough to take the 20kWh battery from 0% to maybe 20-25% - i.e. enough to get a stranded leaf to a charger!
Also, many portable solar panel/battery/inverter combos can generate 1kW continuous, so this question might be relevant to such a setup too.
One question I have is, does the leaf allow the possibility of limiting the charge current to around 1kW?
Reason being, most small portable generators deliver around that much power and it would make a great emergency supply for one-off long road trips to carry one in the boot in case things really, really go belly-up in the search for charging points.
My generator weighs around 15kg, delivers 1kW continuously (4.16A @ 240V) and runs 5 hours on 5 liters of petrol, so that's theoretically enough to take the 20kWh battery from 0% to maybe 20-25% - i.e. enough to get a stranded leaf to a charger!
Also, many portable solar panel/battery/inverter combos can generate 1kW continuous, so this question might be relevant to such a setup too.