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Oh right. I feel less of a chump for buying a Leaf now with its "betamax" Chademo rapid charging. At least I'm not alone in being unable to use the 22 kw charging to its full extent.
From what I've read about that why would anyone pay for that? Surely it'd be better to sell and buy another car.
Yes their business model is a bit of a mystery, I suppose some people really like their Leafs.
22kW was a bigger deal when you could charge for free at Tesco. Now that has gone, so long as you wake up to a full charge in the morning, who cares how fast the fast-charging is?
Still loads in Scotland on the CPS network and mostly priced the same as 7kW units. A bit of an oddity...?
A few months back in Whitby they fitted the first public charger of more than 7kw and it's a 22kw one. North Yorkshire council have announced they are putting in "rapid chargers" in some of their car parks including Whitby and it turns out they will be 22kw chargers.
In my ten months of ownership of a 2018 Leaf I've not been far in it so it's been fine for me.
Just out of interest, and may be of benefit to other potential purchasers, when did you understand the nuances of rapid charging standards and that the leaf couldn't charge on all networks? Presumably the sales person didn't make particular mention as they'd be losing a sale if they raised the subject of Chademo vs CCS! Would you have bought the car if you had been made aware of it?
I didn't imagine driving the car long distances much if at all so clearly I wasn't thinking enough about rapid charging. I didn't know that the Leaf's way of rapid charging was on the way out when I bought the car. It is niggling that there might come a time when I want to do a round trip of 200 miles in a day and it isn't possible in this car.
3 phase is standard in most of Europe, so many European cars (including the Corsa I have on order, and I think most Stellantis and VAG cars) can charge faster than 7kw, with the right cable. The Corsa can charge at 7kw single phase, or 3x3.6kw for 11kw at a 22kw charger, though I don't know if it'll come with a thicker 3 phase cable. I'm not bothered either way - at home I'll charge at 7kw, and on long journeys I'll use DC charging at 50-100kw.
Doesn't that do 43kw AC charging? Barely slower than the 50kw max DC charging the CCS equipped Zoe can manage, so on paper it seems fine. Though I'm not sure I've ever seen a 43kw AC charger, which shows that reality isn't quite the same as theory, and research is important. I discounted the Zoe early on in my search, mainly due to the 50kw max, but also due to the EuroNCAP score. Having driven a 50kw max short range MG5 650 miles in a day, it turns out 50kw is fine, and I could have had it almost a year ago. If I hadn't already agreed a superb price for a Corsa, I'd cancel and buy an MG4 instead, but that would cost an extra £6000, so I'll be patient. I've only waited 10 months so far...
It is all part of the journey. We seem to have ended up with AC charging limited to 7kW single-phase or 11kW 3-phase to be used for overnight charging at home or a hotel. And 100kW+ rapid-charging while you’re on the road for long trips.
Precisely, same here! Home charging is fine for us. In the event that I wanted to go on a long journey, I'd either research the hell out of working Chademo fast chargers, or more likely take our diesel car.
