Kia Niro EV Long-Term Review, Part 13: Station to Station
As we’ve seen previously, a Level 1 charge corresponds to the current provided by an ordinary 120V household outlet.We go to 240V with Level 2, which is easily available at home. You can buy the charging station from an authorized distributor, have it installed by a certified electrician and don't forget to take advantage of government subsidies , both for the charging station and for its installation.
Given the 128,599 EVs registered at the same time in the province, that figure gives us one station for every 18 EVs. It turns out that all batteries in all EVs store DC energy. So, when you direct alternating current to them, it stops at the car's inverter, which transforms the alternating current into direct current. This way, the battery is happy.Some charging stations are free, notably those installed by commercial businesses in their parking lots, just to encourage you to patronize their store and, hopefully, spend money there.
Photo: YouTube Examples of charging capacities for each level You will also have understood from all this math that a 100-kW or 150-kW Level 3 terminal is substantially faster than a 50-kW terminal. So even if I plug my Niro EV and its 64-kWh battery into a 100 kW or 150 kW public charging station, it will work because the car is still managing the charge. The Kia says to the charging station: “I can take 64 kilowatts and no more. No point giving me more.”
The same goes for your EV's battery. If it overheats, its capacity will suffer. To prevent this problem, the charging station and the car decide on the ideal charge.
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