Charging 101 - Or What You NEED To Know To Get Your Electric Car Charging!

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When you're new to thinking about, or driving an EV, one of the biggest questions is "How do I charge this thing?" And as we see more and more people thinking about getting behind the wheel of an EV, we're seeing those same questions that we answer in our consultancy, over and over again.
How do I charge it?
Where do I charge it?
How do you plug in?
What kind of charger do you need?
How do you charge on the road?
What are all the different kinds of connectors?
Today we answer all of that along with tips and tricks for getting the best out of your charging experience and more.
Its a video you can share with your friends and family who're thinking about - or who've just got - an EV.
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00:00 - Start
01:35 - North American charging inlets
03:27 - European Charging Inlets
05:30 - Can you charge when the weather is bad?
06:49 - How we measure power and energy
08:17 - Marker 8
14:43 - Destination chargers
17:28 - Fast charging
18:20 - NACS
22:31 - Road-tripping in an EV
23:41 - Charging etiquette
26:00 - Paying for public charging
27:37 - What happens after you plug in the car?
29:05 - Thanks and goodbye!
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Script: Kate Walton-Elliott, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Michael Horton
Presenters: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Kate Walton-Elliott
Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
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@robingoergner725 4 месяца назад

Inform, educate, entertain. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. You're the best!

@10lawngnomes37 4 месяца назад

Another excellent overview to bookmark and share to those looking to enter the EV ownership experience

@SecondLifeDesigner 4 месяца назад

I have owned an EV for two years now and thought I knew everything about charging. Turns out some of the new developments I didn't and so I learned a few things. So glad I didn't skip this video. :D 👍👍

@AnonymousFreakYT 4 месяца назад

A corollary to charging etiquette: As stated in the video, don't use a "higher-power than your vehicle can make use of" stall if a "lower-power, but still more than your vehicle can make use of" stall is available. If a charging station has two 150kW stalls and two 350kW stalls, and your vehicle tops out at 75kW, please use a 150kW stall, saving the higher-power stall for a driver of a vehicle that can make full use of the higher power. The corollary: If you come upon a charging station, and see a lower-power vehicle using a higher-power stall, don't get mad at them. You don't know the situation when _they_ arrived. For all you know, when they arrived, all the lower-power stalls were in use, and that higher-power stall is all that was open. As someone whose first EV was a "lower power" (50kW max) EV, I had this happen to me a few times. A 350kW was all that was available, so that's where I plugged in. Now owning a >200kW-capable vehicle, I try not to get annoyed when only a 150kW (or even a

@Russwig 4 месяца назад

Keep Evolving both of you! Thanks for the charging overview.

@Beesno 4 месяца назад

Awesome!! I love these videos for sharing with my EV-curious friends and family. :-D

@ccibinel 4 месяца назад

Yep this video is a really good orientation video to be shared by your viewers to family/friends. Most regular viewers of their channel already know these things

@chrisb508 4 месяца назад

This video made me think of the journey we made since we got our first EV in July of 2021 which involved a lot of research and trial and error. We started with a 110 trickle charger that came with our 2014 BMW i3, to sharing the dryer plug (NEMA 14-30) using a Split Volt splitter and Split Volt EVSE to charge our 2018 BMW i3 that did not come with an EVSE, to having a NEMA 14-50 plug installed via a Qmerit recommended installer when we bought our 2022 Chevy Bolt (GM covered $1000 of the cost which left us with about $900), to my son charging our old 2014 BMW i3 with an EVSE with a NEMA 10-30 plug. We've DC fast charged using Electrify America, EV Connect, and ChargePoint and destination charged using ChargePoint a couple of times. I'm really looking forward to trying out the Tesla V3 Superchargers which are supposed to open up to GM vehicles at the end of this month. (which is next week BTW) I'm not holding my breath on it happening this month, but fingers crossed it won't be long. There are still some stretches around where we live that are difficult for my Chevy Bolt because of gaps in the non-Tesla public EV charging infrastructure.

@flyordieinafire 4 месяца назад

Glad to see a slower duo informational video. Etiquette was a good break too.

@stephenadams9211 4 месяца назад

Thank you all for the information provided. It was not only helpful but also confirms what I've been reading/exploring as a new EV owner. (Bolt) This helps me go beyond the boundaries I've put up for myself as I learn about charging, charging stations, as I'm becoming more familiar with owning an EV. Love it and ready to ditch my gas car as soon as my Aptera reservation is ready! Go electric! 🎉

@nettlesoup 4 месяца назад

Love this much needed starter video. It's the kind of video I can share with my family if they're thinking of going electric. Btw, I don't know if US is different to UK but as far as I know, you have to press the button on the Supercharger plug to open your Tesla's charge flap and it opens less than a second later. People just get used to pressing the button as they remove the plug from the holster so it feels/looks like your charge flap opens magically as you approach it.

@k34561 4 месяца назад

I believe NACS is being regular used at 750 KW. Thought not at any public chargers yet. The NACS chargers installed at Pepsi for Tesla Semis operate at 750 KW. Basically Tesla installed eight 375 KW cabinets powering 4 NACS cables, for an average of 750 KW. They might output at higher levels like 1000 KW.

@AlainODea 4 месяца назад

Great, practical guidance Kate and Nikki. I will definitely be sharing this with curious folks in future.

@mondotv4216 4 месяца назад

A couple of corrections. In Europe and Australia, a 230/240V 10A EVSE is actually classified as level 1, not level 2. And we still call them granny chargers. Also you can't always just "plug your car in". There are plenty of gotchas with Level 2 EVSE's. Eg with lots of EVs if you plug into a Tesla wall connector it won't work depending on the generation of the charger, whether it's been firmware updated and whether your EV is compatible. Remember in Europe and Australia modern Teslas come with the same plug as every other current EV - type 2. Or you might have scheduled charging on.

@jenkinseric2 4 месяца назад

Educational and entertaining. I know most of what you were saying but I watched for the presentation. You two together do a terrific job on the entertaining. thanks again.

@Pottery4Life 4 месяца назад

Excellent content. Thank you.

@bellshooter 4 месяца назад

Nice one Nikki/Kate, truly worldwide.

@milohobo9186 4 месяца назад

I am a new owner of an electric vehicle amd while I knew tons about this, i didnt know much about the state of things across the pond and didnt know how to explain some of these details to others when they want to know. This will be a good video to send them.

@DrewNorthup 4 месяца назад

Something I recently discovered with my PHEV is that the manufacturer of the GFCI outlet or circuit breaker matters. Some of them appear to have inadequate EMI/RFI filtering and therefore tend to trip immediately upon the start of charging (ahem…eaton…). Replacing the GFCI device with one known to have greater EMI/RFI immunity resolves the problem.

@kRaCkrrjAcK 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the added info.

@lyledal 4 месяца назад

Extremely useful information! Thank you!

@williamblue9996 4 месяца назад

always good to go over the basics thank you for the good advice

@eddiedelahoz 4 месяца назад

As always VERY useful information. I ALWAYS learn valuable valuable stuff. A Better Route Planner app is what I am limited to. I really like how much Kate likes preforming with you...SUPER POSITIVE GRIN.

@ChristopherHolmquist 4 месяца назад

I have a Kia Soul EV with Chademo. Yes, Kia actually made one! Nobody knows that but they do!

@michaeldew7904 4 месяца назад

@28:17 Bachelor chow and Slurm. Sounds like a healthy meal.

@baldylockes 4 месяца назад

😀 Great Info. Ignore the easily bored.

@JJomoro 4 месяца назад

I really love this. Comprehensive!

@slowercuber7767 4 месяца назад

Great vid! Thank you for the great refresher.

@markburnett9085 4 месяца назад

Great video!!!!!

@stansunderwirth41 4 месяца назад

Just a correction on the etiquette segment. Some ID.4's like mine can charge up to 180+ kW so using a 150 kW charger is not the right charger to use. In fact, the EA 150 kW chargers only produce 150 kW for 800V architecture cars. For 400 V architecture cars like the ID.4, you can only get about 110 kW max on them. For my Bolt, I try to use the 62.5 kW ChargePoint chargers instead of EA, especially since EA raised their prices so much.

@rifterzc 4 месяца назад

Good overview!

@danielmadar9938 4 месяца назад

Thanks

@rp9674 4 месяца назад

Nice

@stuartj5520 4 месяца назад

“Nutrimatic machine” lol. Share and Enjoy! 😅

@rbdogwood 4 месяца назад

Educational and entertaining, thank you. The system is a mess, but unless the unlikely occurs i don't see the US system matching with the European. While it would be more work for your team it might be best to split the information into two or more separate programs. US and most of the rest. I'm a UK Chademo user at the moment so I'm going to be an outlier anyway.

@flyordieinafire 4 месяца назад

I wish you had added battery temperature to the factor of how fast you can charge.

@hilkokoetje404 4 месяца назад

A video I watched last night shows that my bmw i3 will charge significantly slower when the cabin heater is on due to the battery heating up more. Apparently the vehicle has to chose between heating the cabin or cooling the battery.

@steffenfrkjr1424 4 месяца назад

Nice one 🙂... I do think you forget one thing... the "if the plug fits it shut work"

@AnonymousFreakYT 4 месяца назад

With the move to NACS, and different NACS adapters for AC and DC, that isn't true. I have a "TeslaTap" adapter now that lets me plug my Ford Mach-E into a Tesla "Destination Charger". It works great for that. But it doesn't work at all if I plug it into a Supercharger. I'll need the upcoming separate "NACS to CCS adapter" for that to work, and _that_ adapter won't work with Destination Chargers!

@steffenfrkjr1424 4 месяца назад

@@AnonymousFreakYT Yes but the MOVE to NACS is still future..

@ashtaroth1975 4 месяца назад

Forget rapid or fast, use DC charging because it's what It is

@mikekuhl5155 4 месяца назад

Isn’t a better “sell” is to tell people they don’t have to sit a a public station for hours for normal day to day. Charge enough to get home and do the full charge at home.

@dropsqaud 4 месяца назад

Thank you just thinking of this since I will likely not be buying a Tesla.

@deanrhodenizer938 4 месяца назад

Thank you. As an EE I was expecting the distinction between AC charging and DC fast-charging to be fully explained. After listening to the full video, I agree it was not necessary for the majority of your viewers. Knowing this could be useful if the onboard charger failed and the user notices that they cannot charge from an AC source (Level 1 or 2 destination chargers) but can charge just fine from a DC fast charger. I was hoping you would have a lot more to say about the handshaking process between the vehicle and the charger, but I guess that is more complex than you believed to be worthwhile. You didn’t mention that there may be fees for overstaying the necessary time for your requested charging. I also think you should have mentioned the differences between 400V & 800 V architectures for some vehicles as this can also impact charging speeds at DC fast chargers.

@mikekuhl5155 4 месяца назад

Need to lean on local govt to press for permitting and building

@traceymeyer3826 4 месяца назад

I have a Kia Soul EV it has a Ji1772 And for fast dc Chademo

@patrickmckowen2999 4 месяца назад

👍

@teardowndan5364 4 месяца назад

The different connectors between NA and Europe have nothing to do with 120V vs 240V, NA has 240V L1-L2 in regular homes which is used for HVAC, electric clothes dryers, water heaters, stoves and other major loads like EV charging. It has to do with much of Europe having 3ph power more readily available everywhere so it needs an extra pin for L3. As for plugging into "car-appropriate" chargers, that whole concept needs to go away by using chargers with banks of DC-DC converters that can be allocated anywhich way between connected vehicles. Plug in wherever and your car automatically gets whatever the site's HVDC bus can spare, which is what Tesla is doing with v4.

@mark_5588 4 месяца назад

The multiple power levels will not go away for a very long time. Lower power units cost a lot less to purchase, install, and to operate. Those lower power units let more cords get installed for less money, which is always a priority for both companies and for governments.

@teardowndan5364 4 месяца назад

@@mark_5588 The expensive parts are all of the rugged AC-side input filtering, power factor correction and aggregation of alternate power sources. Once you are on the common HVDC bus, all you need between the common bus and each of the 20+ cables is a relatively simple, inexpensive and efficient DC-DC converter. Does Tesla make multiple charging speed variants of its v4 chargers? No, every v4 cable goes up to 350kW depending on vehicle capabilities and available site power. Having a 350kW DC-DC converter for each output is likely cheaper and more reliable than splitting the converter into eight bricks and then having switchgear route power from those bricks to each attached cable as needed. That also eliminates the scenario where someone with a 350+kW-capable vehicle gets 100+kW stolen from them when someone uses the other cable. I know I'd be pissed if I made a charging stop expecting to reach my charging target in 20 minutes, only to find out I'm half-way there because someone robbed half of my charging speed.

@wiltaylor 4 месяца назад

Do you guys know about "ecotricity" new Zealand using your footage? Just wondered if it was legit. It doesn't look tampered with but it seemed strange to see it on another channel.Great show and info as useful.

@transportevolved 4 месяца назад

We work with the folks there! it’s one of the few ways we make money - (and we still need to figure out other revenue streams!) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TwryPFR7Z38.htmlsi=8s0VE7QzX5oB--Lj

@dougkrogh2766 4 месяца назад

As I start on my first EV, and not as strong on computer language, I found your RU-vid "shows" well done for the newbie. As a retired older male I am aware of condersenting ass### that think all should know everything (or think they do)Sorry, my years of law enforcement effect my communication 😀

@dwftube 4 месяца назад

1:35

@Roddy451 4 месяца назад

It is pretty annoying when you want to buy an EV, and the fuse box/distributor panel box and the garage/driveway are on opposite ends of the house. Then you look at your "classic" box, and there are NO empty slots. I know, different topic, bigger problem ($$$$$$$$$$).

@mikekuhl5155 4 месяца назад

We also need to start telling people that NADA is not a friend to the EV industry. They make ooodles of $ on ICE parts and service. Many local communities have Car Dealership Owners on local boards who control how and when EV stations will be built. The money is out there we all just need to show everyone facts.

@darkwolfx333 4 месяца назад

I saw a subaru! Squeeeeeeeeeeeee

@JanRademan 4 месяца назад

Just like a parsec being a better measurement of distance than a lightyear, the kWh is an incredibly unintuitive unit of measurement for an amount of electrical energy. We need to invent something that makes more natural sense for the human brain. Leeeters? Electro-buckets? ZapGallons?

@Cyrribrae 4 месяца назад

Wait. Why? What makes it unintuitive?

@AlRoderick 4 месяца назад

I mean we have one, it's the joule. It's 3.6 megajoules to the kilowatt hour. It really isn't the Watts part that causes the problem. It's the hours part, people don't want to have to do the conversion in their heads from seconds to hours to figure out how long something's going to take.

@mondotv4216 4 месяца назад

Most EVs have reasonably solid route planning? Apart from Tesla and the new Polestar 2 I have to disagree. Most EV drivers use ABRP because most EVs have terrible route planning.

@transportevolved 4 месяца назад

You’re stating this like we’ve got zero real world experience ;)

@ezeJeff 4 месяца назад

EVSE

@HundTheHound 4 месяца назад

furst

@dadmezz4024 4 месяца назад

This is why EV will be slow to sell in America.

@brunoheggli2888 4 месяца назад

Still talking about EVs?Its getting boring!

@transportevolved 4 месяца назад

What do you want us to talk about?!

@shannonlawhorn1674 4 месяца назад

So you purposely commented on a channel that is dedicated to EV's that your bored with them talking about EV's? Have you considered maybe it's you who is boring?

@brunoheggli2888 4 месяца назад

@@transportevolvedAbout renovating the House with second hand parts!Talking about evs is ok but ones a week is more then enough!

@brunoheggli2888 4 месяца назад

@@shannonlawhorn1674I realy like to watch them,its just that they wont stop to talk alway about the same things!Its not a realy exciting subject to talk about every day for years!

@AnonymousFreakYT 4 месяца назад

@@brunoheggli2888 So don't watch the videos. This is a channel called *TRANSPORT* evolved. It's about *TRANSPORTATION* - cars, vehicles. Of the electric variety. Would you complain on the channel "Propane Daily" that they post videos about propane too often?