How Long Does It Take To Charge An Electric Car: EV Charging Explained – DrivingElectric

It’s no secret that it takes a little longer to top up an electric car than a petrol or diesel-powered model. But exactly how long does it take to charge an electric car? How quickly can you top up at home? How fast are the rapid chargers at service stations? DrivingElectric's Grace Webb explains all in our latest EV explainer video…

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Working out charging times
00:50 - Charging at home
01:30 - Rapid chargers
02:40 - What can slow down your charging session

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[fleshwounds]

So if your in an area with blackouts, I guess your screwed. Happens too often. Plus I'm not rich.

[kab]

Actually you need to charge to 100% on a slow charger at least once a month or so, it’s for battery to recalculate the batteries and balancing. This is what the owners manual states for the Hyundai/Kia.

[yorriamo]

The sad part is, there’s not many fast chargers in your state. Not only that most charge stations cost $.20-$.50 per watt

[marcmarc]

The EV car commercials make it look like you pull up to the charging station, connect the nozzle, and 40 seconds later you're all ready to go...

[julianlawrence-ball]

I’m a rural taxi driver and do about 100 miles a shift, 5 nights a week. If you called my firm at 3am because you needed to get to Plymouth hospital 60 miles away and I only had say 70 miles left on my battery I’d turn the job down and you’d have to wait until the day shift started at 5am or the trains started running. Or you’d have to pay the extra time to recharge my EV to get me back home

[just_chris]

Great video but I think it is important that people to highlight the main 2 differences between filling with petrol and charging. The first is when charging you don't stay with your car, you go and do something else. This means a lot of the time you don't even think about how long it will take. The other thing is, IMO, when buying an EV you need to think about the place you'll charge 80-90% of the time not the once a month (or less) rapid charge. Home is the best place to charge but work is also ok. The ideal place is somewhere the car is parked regularly for long periods. I charge at home on an 8A plug. I got a less powerful charger to stop tripping the fuse in my house. In theory it would take more than 24hrs to charge my car from flat but that's fine, I plug it in every night sometimes the car is full in the morning and sometimes it's not quite full. Super easy and convenient even if really slow.

[shaungregory]

We charge our Volvo C40 at home as fixed tariff still. 250 miles each day no increase in Electricity bill ! If we charge at BP pulse for example after a long journey we put on charge for 10 mins or so to get home, its expensive . Don't forget about 1 peddle driving it adds mileage as you drive. We wouldn't go back to fuel again.

[sam-nnlj]

How long take nissan leaf 24kw 2012 model?

[anthonybabonas]

20 minutes eh? When the EVs are numerous and there are 5 ahead of you; that's simple math.

[Beristw]

Here is the average rub in a petrol station there are 4 to 6 pumps. I am imagining waiting being car number three in the line. (one other before) A terminal which delivers 350Kw means a hours wait. At present. One will definitely need a unit which is 11 hours at present those numbers mean to me charging times are a massive hurdle to jump. At present the grid has a problem every one making a cup of tea during the cup final. that's 700w let alone everyone pulling 350Kw. Big hurdles to jump.

[meinasalon]

Eventually, EVs will make up 10% of the market. Beyond that, long charge time and lack of range will find EV's an unacceptable option for motorists.

[Brian-omhh]

How long does it take to charge an electric car? I'm not sure, as I'm normally asleep when mine charges. The last public charger I used ( over a year ago now ) took around 50 minutes to top my car up after a 200+ mile

[keithleeuwen]

Know what else ?
Theft of Service Leaders in an educated opinion.
I was a field service tech for Cummins Allison 852 Feehanville Drive Mount Prospect, IL 60056... They make money counting equipment however, this is what ya deal with, half assed refurbished parts and to top it of they told me not to do the preventative maintenance anymore at customer sites just run the vacuum a little bit and wipe down the machines (make it look good). I was like "But that is gonna make the service call numbers go up and is >theft of service< WHY ? Well they wanted to keep selling new equipment every 3 years or so as the stuff would have lots of problems see ? With At Will, I was fired...SAD HUH ? Country is in TROUBLE...INVESTIGATION is needed asap folks. I thank you. BTW

[stevenbarrett]

Had to get the Range Rover topped up for an early morning start. Drove 6 miles to the petrol station, queued for 8 mins then filled up for 3 min’s then queued for the one kiosk open to pay (just the one kidney) then drove home again, total time wasted was about 40 minutes and well over a hundred quid. Got home to see the Zoe quietly sat charging for free off our solar systems full battery, only 230 miles of range but for free and no time wasted going to gas up.

[peterjones]

I think in the video you should have made clearer the ability of different electric cars to accept different rates of charge. The Ioniq you showed has an 800 volt system, others have 400 volt systems and will accept a maximum of say 150kw, some will only take 50 to 80kw. However with current development of batteries and capacitors in the next five years rates of charge could be potentially much faster, around the same time as filling a car with petrol, the limiting factor being the charge rate of the chargers.

[hdjksa]

I can spend an entire day (noon to midnight) driving. This vehicle will be a huge inconvenience for me.

[PTE]

If you know how long it takes your phone to charge, than you might the kind of person who cares about how long your car takes. Otherwise, you'll never know and you'll never care.

[yossarian_lives]

Got an EV rental. Never again. Shorter range and sitting in darkened parking lots while waiting for an hour or more. Hairshirted masochism - who really digs this crap?

[NoizyBearBearOfficial]

Cons - still have to pay for some charging stations

Have to pay car off in order for it to start paying for itself after that then you can start adding up your savings from not buying gas but have to subtract what you payed for charging from the savings you saved from not buying gas 😂

Have to wait for charging when you’re in a hurry or really busy

Have to waste more money on other stuff while you’re waiting

Have to spend a lot more on a home charging station

You’re not doing any better pollution than a normal gas combustion car instead you’re doing a lot worse because of the lithium mining/refining for your cars batteries 😂

You’ll end up needing to replace the battery which would be the same amount of a good used gas car that would be more reliable

It’ll be 10+ years before you start seeing savings

Everything manufacturers stated was all lies

Still needs normal maintenance like a normal gas car

Overheating can damage battery or slow charging time permanently

Cold temps can drain battery or not start

Evs are luxuries and you gotta accept that.

[julianlawrence-ball]

Regular use of a 350kw charger will destroy your battery