Time is Money!
Factors that impact your charge speed:
BATTERY SIZE: The bigger the vehicle's battery capacity, the longer it will take to charge.
BATTERY STATE (empty v full): if you are charging from empty it will take longer to charge than if you are charging from 50%.
MAX CHARGING RATE OF VEHICLE: You can only charge a vehicle at a maximum charge rate the vehicle can accept.
MAX CHARGING RATE OF CHARGEPOINT: The time it takes to charge is also impacted by the max charging rate of the chargepoint being used.
See the chart below for examples of how much it costs to charge your vehicle at home using the Fast Charge EV Chargers as supplied by ADDCharge Ltd.
| Vehicle | Battery Size | Approx Range | Cost to fully charge* | Cost per mile |
| Nissan LEAF 2018 | 40 kwh | 168 miles | £6.12 | 4.3p |
| Tesla Model S 100D | 100 kwh | 388 miles | £16.15 | 4.7p |
|
Mitsub Outland PHEV (2019) |
13.8 kwh | 28 miles | £2.11 |
8.9p (elec mode) |
*Calculation for cost to fully charge you own vehicle is:
Tariff * Battery size/100 = Cost to fully charge
Example: 17p/kwh * 100kwh/100 = £17.00
The below chart shows how long it can take to fully charge your car with examples of different chargepoint speeds.
VEHICLE WITH EMPTY TO FULL CHARGE RATES DISPLAYED:
| Model |
Battery kWh |
Range miles |
3.7kW Slow |
7kW fast |
22kW fast |
| Nissan LEAF (2018) |
40 |
143 | 11 hrs | 6 hrs | 6 hrs |
|
Tesla Model S (2019) |
75 | 238 | 21 hrs | 11 hrs | 5 hrs |
| Mitsu Outland PHEV (2018) | 13.8 | 24 | 4 hrs | 4 hrs | 4 hrs |