[Jacobscottm]

Hi All!

I haven't seen a poll for everyone's charging situation, and I'd love to know where the community is charging. Personally I have no garage and charge outdoors on L2 (JuiceBox 40 EVSE).

Thank you

 

[Spin]

We do L2 in our garage but mostly DC at EA

 

[rth121]

Installed a L2 Wallbox outdoor, haven't used it once besides testing it for 5 minute... Mainly charging at DCFC at EA.

 

[NeoFrank]

It's become an obsession for me: I haven't paid for a charge since taking delivery of my FE on March 20th.

This includes an 1800+ mile road trip with my son, on which we did virtually all of our charging on the EA network. There are an abundance of public chargers at shopping centers - but at ~7kWH you'd have to shop quite a while to get anything meaningful. A few of the libraries here in Baltimore City have free 50 kWH chargers (I carry a book in the car out of respect for the library's services). I suspect this wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the diminished driving that COVID has resulted in.

I live downtown, have no garage, and a utility pole blocks access to my rear yard. Having just gotten the local electric company to agree the pole is their responsibility, I've decided to purchase a ChargePoint charger, and will have it installed next month. (The utility offers a $300 rebate, which of course, they've run out of funding for 🤔 )

My obsession will end, and my freeloading will come to an end. It's been fun!

 

[Eric Nay]

I have a cheap, Chinese-made 32 Amp charger I got three years ago for my Chevy Bolt EV. I know the VW can handle more (up to 48 Amp) but I think the 32 amp will be "good enough" with no need to upgrade at home. We usually plug it in when we get home at night, and unplug in the morning, so 6 hours vs. 4 hours really isn't worth buying a new 48 amp charger.

 

[gtwhitegold]

I mostly charge at home, but I do charge at EA and other public charging stations when the need and / or opportunity arises. I try to stick with level 2 or level 1 charging unless I need the extra range that DCFC provides. At home, I have two L2 EVSEs connected to a NeoCharge box and that works a a splitter where I can charge both of my vehicles on a regular basis.

 

[Froggy]

40 amp Clippercreek at home. 48 with a 60 amp breaker and 60 feet of heavier wire was just too expensive to save maybe an hour on a full charge.

 

[Nai3t]

I voted twice!

Like @Froggy, 40 amp Clipper Creek at home for the ID.4, and 120 volts / 16 amp daily plugging it at work for the i3.

I wouldn't mind the flexibility of having 48 amps at home, or even maxing out at 80 amps for future use, but (a) gotta be practical and (b) I'd really rather prefer to charge the ID.4 at a lower, slower rate (maybe 32 or 24A) most of the time and only "amp it up" when needed. 40 amps is great, but usually unnecessarily fast.

 

[JPG685]

I have a 40amp at home in the garage, but my work has lots of L2 chargers, so mostly I just plug into one of them.

 

[voxel]

Trying 100% public charging (had the car less than two weeks) with EA, EVGo, and Chargepoint. Will most likely be charging at the office once that open up.

 

[Stinsy]

It's become an obsession for me: I haven't paid for a charge since taking delivery of my FE on March 20th.

This includes an 1800+ mile road trip with my son, on which we did virtually all of our charging on the EA network. There are an abundance of public chargers at shopping centers - but at ~7kWH you'd have to shop quite a while to get anything meaningful. A few of the libraries here in Baltimore City have free 50 kWH chargers (I carry a book in the car out of respect for the library's services). I suspect this wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the diminished driving that COVID has resulted in.

I live downtown, have no garage, and a utility pole blocks access to my rear yard. Having just gotten the local electric company to agree the pole is their responsibility, I've decided to purchase a ChargePoint charger, and will have it installed next month. (The utility offers a $300 rebate, which of course, they've run out of funding for 🤔 )

My obsession will end, and my freeloading will come to an end. It's been fun!

Free 50kW+ chargers are hen's teeth where I live. Free 7.4kW chargers are commonplace, but I don't spend 4hrs at the supermarket. 20mins @ 7.4kW is hardly worth the bother of plugging in.

 

[Huey52]

Not surprising that although EA DCFC is free for 3-years the majority of us most often prefer the convenience of home L2.

I'm sure VW did this demographic assessment before offering same.

 

[ericy]

Not surprising that although EA DCFC is free for 3-years the majority of us most often prefer the convenience of home L2.

And there are some that are just using EA as a stopgap until they get their L2 installed at home.

 

[Ray Noneya]

I used EA for a few months (15 miles awat) then I installed a Juice box 40 amp in my garage. Used 6/3 with a ground and a 50 amp breaker but still use EA when I can only charge to 80% sometimes 70%

 

[Ciscovet]

Just moved into a new house this time last year. Put in a dedicated 220v outlet with 50a breaker in the garage. Bought a Mustart 50a level II charger on amazon and it has been a great little charger. The only issue now is that my ELR had the charging port in the front drivers side and the ID4 has it in the back passenger side so now I have to get an extension and move the charger so that it reaches the back of the car.

 

[Ray Noneya]

Well I guess you don't have a 25 foot cord on your charger. I planned ahead made sure it's 25 feet and portable ...just lift it off the wall and take with me. (Juice Box) Most all campgrounds and nation parks have 50 outlets I even found some businesses with them. I used it in a camground twice and if I road trip I'll take it with me.

 

[Ciscovet]

Well I guess you don't have a 25 foot cord on your charger. I planned ahead made sure it's 25 feet and portable ...just lift it off the wall and take with me. (Juice Box) Most all campgrounds and nation parks have 50 outlets I even found some businesses with them. I used it in a camground twice and if I road trip I'll take it with me.

It's about 23 ft I think and it's portable. I placed the outlet in the center of my 3 car garage. Unfortunately for me, my wife drives a Q7 so she get the large garage and I get the small garage.

 

[Don]

I'm glad to see there are some members charging at home with 120 volt outlets. For the average driver, on average days this could be all that's really needed. You can get enough kilowatts most nights that you don't fall too far behind and there may be days when you don't need the car and will catch back up

I installed a 32 amp on a #8 circuit mostly because its more than I really need and there was already a 40 amp breaker I could share with my wife's kiln which almost never gets used. I would have spent more (installing my new outlet set me back $70 total) for a 50 or 60 amp outlet and that 'extra' would have never been needed

Don

 

[Ray Noneya]

It's about 23 ft I think and it's portable. I placed the outlet in the center of my 3 car garage. Unfortunately for me, my wife drives a Q7 so she get the large garage and I get the small garage.

They always win!!! Sorry

 

[Froggy]

It's about 23 ft I think and it's portable. I placed the outlet in the center of my 3 car garage. Unfortunately for me, my wife drives a Q7 so she get the large garage and I get the small garage.

Just like closets and sinks.