As anyone here knows I'm a big EV proponent. We own 2.
But I wouldn't buy one of these. The range just isn't there - probably 80% of my rides exceed it's range..and fast charging is fine and all, but they're not plentiful at this point. For example, heading east out of Oshawa to Montreal (for example) the first fast charger is Belleville. You wouldn't make it unless you took something other than the 401 to get there. From Kingston to the next one in Prescott is 105KM - again, you MIGHT make it if you took the 401, but you'd probably have to take the backroads at lower speeds.
Not for me. It would work for the Hortons Choice riders I guess - no problem getting to you nearest Timmies and posing in the parking lot all day.
It's also not really efficient. It has a 15KW battery and only goes 113KM on the highway? Our Ioniq has a 28KWH battery pack and will do ~200KM on the highway..and it's a full sized 4 door CAR.
Guessing some smart person will come out with an aftermarket fast charger for 1/3 the price.
It uses the "Level 3" SAE DCFC standard for fast charging. That's not a sort of charger you'd have at home as they are tens of thousands of dollars and require a LOT of AC power (upwards of 400 Amps alone just for the station) to run them. In short, these are only in use in public charging locations.
The much more standard "Level 2" chargers are far more common - thousands of them across the province. I have 2 in my driveway. They are drastically cheaper but are comparatively slower - a full charge for the Livewire on Level2@6.6kw would be a little over 2 hours.
An hour to charge on what type of charger? Does that come with it?
As mentioned above DCFC is typically commercial installations only.
The charger it comes with is likely a "Level 1" - plugs into a standard 120V receptacle, so anywhere you have a plug, you can charge. Problem is, it's really slow - you get about 1.2kwh in the battery every hour you plug into a 120v plug, so one only need to do the math on a 15kwh battery to see that you're looking at 12.5 hours roughly to charge up. Fine once you're home, or if you're parked at a hotel for a night or something, but not practical for road trips where time is important.
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