I didn't see Mark's original email come in and I checked my Trash, Spam and Promotion folders and it was not there.
I own a Chevy Bolt and as the Bolt is charging, the charge rate falls off. The 55kwh in an hour is almost a full pack. A search on Chevy Bolt Charge Rate came up with this article segment from insideevs.com: The Bolt reached its highest charge rate of 53 kW at 20% state of charge and bounced between 53 kW and 52 kW until about 50% state of charge when it began slowly ramping down the rate. When it reached 80% SOC the car was accepting 24 kW. We suspect it would have taken another hour to charge it from 80% to 100% I have an earlier version Bolt and while at a Chevy dealer who had a "weak" Level 3 charger, the indication was that it was going to take about 3 to 4 hours to fill from "empty". On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 9:02 AM Steves via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I’ve had variable charge times with our bolt as well. Fast charging also can > be extremely expensive . I don’t mind paying a surcharge for speed, but at > times it’s been way too high. > > On Texas , the key word in you paragraph is ‘regulated’. The utilities there > are essentially unregulated. People sign up for cheap (in good times), > variable rates that, evidently, have no maximum. Be interesting to see how > the political winds blow there over the next year. > > -Steve > > > On Feb 23, 2021, at 8:05 AM, Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > Hi folks > > When I fast charge on the Road to 80% with my Bolt EV it takes about an > > hour to put back 25KWH. The manual says it should be 55kwh in an hour. > > Does anyone know why it’s not charging at the 55KW rate? Is there an > > aftermarket kit to boost the KW acceptance rate? Electrify America fast > > CCS chargers operate to 350KW. Also I paid 43c per kWh at Sheetz near > > Charlottesville Va (home is 12c). I assume they split the take between > > Sheetz and Electrify America (VW)? > > I saw on the news that folks in Texas are paying $100s per KWH and > > utilities cleaning out checking accounts $10k-$16k since direct link to > > accounts. How is this even possible to charge that much per KWh? Aren’t > > utilities regulated for a max per kWh they can charge? I have a direct > > link to my checking account with my utility to pay the monthly $31 service > > fee (net zero solar customer ) but maybe I should discontinue my checking > > account number with them and go back to monthly billing/paper checks so > > they couldn’t clean out my checking account? > > Have a renewable energy day > > Mark in Roanoke > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
