On 7 Oct 2023 at 4:16, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > The rental agency expects the car to be returned with 80% charge. That > was the real challenge.
Rental operations can't seem to shake the fuel-tank mindset. When I rented a Dacia Spring from LeClerc, a chain "superstore" here, they expected me to return it "almost full." Fortunately we have an EVSE here and a trip from my house to there used only about 2% charge. > The Bolt fails miserably, as I think most people know, at level 3 > charging. It took about 1h20 to charge from about 25% to 85%. That is > substantially slower than most other contemporary EVs. I didn't know that, but then I'm not "most people." :-) What are the details? Why is it slow? Our Zoe is somewhat limited in the fast charging department with a max of only 50kW for CCS. Renault's official reasoning for that is that "most owners charge at home." Fifty kW means about 45 minutes for 20-80%. Faster would be nice, but we so seldom charge on trips that it hardly matters. And 45m is about right for a snack and coffee/tea at a highway stop. On the other hand, at 22kW, the Zoe's level 2 charging is faster than almost everyone else's here, if 3-phase AC is available. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Blow up your TV, throw away your paper Move to the country, build you a home Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches Try'n' find Jesus on your own. -- John Prine, "Spanish Pipedream" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
