I have seen somewhere that in addition to the motor power and battery capacity increase, that the Leaf Plus will have a faster charging rate. However, I thought the Chademo system was limited to 50 kW which is the max I have seen on a charger. In the press release, photos of the charging ports look like Chademo but I see no mention in the release of an increased charging rate?
Can someone either confirm the 50 kW inherent limit on Chademo or discuss what the limit is? And how does that interact with the new Leaf Plus.
It is disconcerting that the 1st Electrify America station I stopped at has 8 CCS chargers and only one Chademo. It looks like 15 CCS but there a two CCS plugs with different ratings and I think you can only use one at a time. The larger capacity plugs for CCS are 150 kW! Of course the lone Chademo is only 50 kW.
Oh well, Electrify America is a VW project.
Also pet peeve is why charge by minute instead of kW-hr? At a fixed cost per minute your resulting cost per kW-hr can be highly variable based on your battery capacity, charge level, temperature, and the vagaries of individual chargers. One EVgo charger says it is 40 kW and did pump out about 100 amps at about 400 V. Now I'm lucky to get an initial charging rate (with battery about 20%) of 85 amps.
Can someone either confirm the 50 kW inherent limit on Chademo or discuss what the limit is? And how does that interact with the new Leaf Plus.
It is disconcerting that the 1st Electrify America station I stopped at has 8 CCS chargers and only one Chademo. It looks like 15 CCS but there a two CCS plugs with different ratings and I think you can only use one at a time. The larger capacity plugs for CCS are 150 kW! Of course the lone Chademo is only 50 kW.
Oh well, Electrify America is a VW project.
Also pet peeve is why charge by minute instead of kW-hr? At a fixed cost per minute your resulting cost per kW-hr can be highly variable based on your battery capacity, charge level, temperature, and the vagaries of individual chargers. One EVgo charger says it is 40 kW and did pump out about 100 amps at about 400 V. Now I'm lucky to get an initial charging rate (with battery about 20%) of 85 amps.