I guess that would be ideal for anyone with two EVs, which seems to be more common these days.I'm building a new house, and had the option to run a 100-amp dedicated circuit in the garage and upgrade the breaker to 300-amp service for fairly cheap. That being said, most use cases are probably not going to need that much power frequently enough to be worth the cost of putting it in an existing house
We've got 2 Bolt EV's, planning for an E-AWD crossover/suv (likely an EV6 or Q4 E Tron), and eventually the Silverado. We've got 3 9.6kW chargers installed, two in the garage and one outside.I guess that would be ideal for anyone with two EVs, which seems to be more common these days.
Will the Silverado EV be joining another EV in anyone's garage here?
What was the cost of the Ford unit, installed, if you don’t mind my asking?My wife's Mach-E finally arrived a couple of weeks ago. For most daily commute driving, she can recoup her charge overnight with a simple 110 volt outlet. We put a hard wired Ford charging unit in at our vacation place, as it is a longer drive to get there and we need the full charge to make it home, it can bring the battery to full from around 40-50% in just a few hours. So far happy with this arrangement. I am happy to see the same plug will work on the Silverado.
Prices for installation will vary a lot. It could be as cheap as a couple dollars to install a new outlet on an existing dedicated circuit, to thousands to run across the whole house for a new sub panel and hardwired installation. My installation was unfortunately closer to the latter category, but we needed an upgrade for the garage anyway. We had one 120V outlet on a circuit that was shared with our laundry room, and I was tired of popping a breaker every time I kicked on the air compressor and forgot the washer was running.What was the cost of the Ford unit, installed, if you don’t mind my asking?
The unit itself was around $700, install for the 220V/240V? unit was about 950 before I had to pay for an additional service panel since mine was fully maxxed out.What was the cost of the Ford unit, installed, if you don’t mind my asking?
So until the new panel was a thing, not too bad really. Thanks for getting back to me! I think once the order is placed and this becomes really REAL we will get this going.The unit itself was around $700, install for the 220V/240V? unit was about 950 before I had to pay for an additional service panel since mine was fully maxxed out.
Oh man I hear that… we just moved into a brand new home after living in 1940’s construction with ancient electrical. No way would any of this be realistic in our last place. Hoping this is an easy deal for us but man I wish I would have had the foresight to handle this during constructionPrices for installation will vary a lot. It could be as cheap as a couple dollars to install a new outlet on an existing dedicated circuit, to thousands to run across the whole house for a new sub panel and hardwired installation. My installation was unfortunately closer to the latter category, but we needed an upgrade for the garage anyway. We had one 120V outlet on a circuit that was shared with our laundry room, and I was tired of popping a breaker every time I kicked on the air compressor and forgot the washer was running.
Are there any specific chargers you're thinking of getting for your home @jcactus101?Oh man I hear that… we just moved into a brand new home after living in 1940’s construction with ancient electrical. No way would any of this be realistic in our last place. Hoping this is an easy deal for us but man I wish I would have had the foresight to handle this during construction
Had the chance to test out the EV6 yet? I hear the bZ4X is a nice rival and probably one of the best when it comes to build quality.We've got 2 Bolt EV's, planning for an E-AWD crossover/suv (likely an EV6 or Q4 E Tron), and eventually the Silverado. We've got 3 9.6kW chargers installed, two in the garage and one outside.
We looked at the ev6 on a lot, but haven’t driven it yet. It’s nice, headroom is low and the “frunk” is a joke, but my wife likes it. I was excited to see the bz4x/solterra until they announced the range. 220 miles is pathetic for a family adventure vehicle, I would have liked to see 275-300 miles.Had the chance to test out the EV6 yet? I hear the bZ4X is a nice rival and probably one of the best when it comes to build quality.
Very good question. I asked my electrician the other day about putting a 240v outlet in my garage, and his first question was, "How many amps do you need?"I understand it’s a 240 volt charger but how many amps need ? I don’t think I can get much more than 40 amps form my service? Does anybody know what is need to charge this truck .
I think the real question is “how long do you want it to take for a full charge?” To figure that out, find divide the battery capacity by the power rate of your desired charger. So a 200kWh battery would take over 20 hours to charge from zero on a 40amp charger (200kWh/(240V*40A)).Very good question. I asked my electrician the other day about putting a 240v outlet in my garage, and his first question was, "How many amps do you need?"