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also, speaking off hybrid, I ran into a dude at the EA station who had a plug in hybrid RAV 4. I didn't know that you can't level 3 charge those cars.

Posted by judge amanda jones (aka amanda) Jan 9 '23, 11:11

all kia plug in hybrids the same?

it actually makes a lot of sense to me, but I never would have considered previously that you could not.

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I'm surprised he's charging at a EA station. I don't know that I'd charge outside of home with a plug-in. -- nm* - spamlet Jan 9, 11:40 3
- GAS IS FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY!!! - Spawn Jan 9, 12:27 2
  - I will say, my wife HATES putting gas in hers for many reasons but she wouldn't stop at an EA charger to fill up the electrons - oblique Jan 9, 12:29 1
    - Heh, Amy got 15 free miles yesterday!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 12:34
I still chuckle when I see the Walmart delivery vans charging outside the market rather than in their own parking lot. -- nm - Meg Jan 9, 11:36
Yeah, that would surprise me also. I don't think our Niro PHEV has the CCS level 3 charging option. -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 11:14
In theory I would think that they could use whichever charger they would want to, it should throttle to the limits of the car. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 11:14 9
- Chargers have two styles of plugs. Level 2 uses the top (round) part of the plug while level 3 adds an oval shaped connector below the level 2 -- (edited) - oblique Jan 9, 11:16 3
  - Must... refrain... from making... dirty.... joke.... -- nm - Baron, Vamp Champ Jan 9, 11:18 1
    - 7...7....7! - oblique Jan 9, 11:20
  - yeah I know, I hadnt looked up which plug it uses - tRuMaN Jan 9, 11:17
- "When using a public charging station (240V), RAV4 Prime can be fully charged in as little as 2 hours and 30 minutes with the 6.6 kW onboard charger" -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 11:16 4
  - 2/3 of an Ava2ar -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 9, 11:17
  - That would match what we can do at a Level 2 (non-CCS) charger on our PHEV -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 11:16 2
    - so the guy must have either had an adaptor (if that exists) or just made it fit... -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 9, 11:17 1
      - Could be the RAV4 has the CCS port. Our Kia PHEV doesn't. EDIT: Or that particular EA station has a J1772 charger in addition to CCS -- nm* - oblique Jan 9, 11:17
There's some EV word salad nerdspeak us normies cannot understand. :) -- nm - budice Jan 9, 11:13 4
- "plug-in hybrid can't charge as fast as full electric", which is news to me but I guess it sorta makes sense. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 11:14 3
  - True. Our PHEV on my level 2 charger is markedly slower than the EV. This is true between EV models also. A Chevy Bolt notably has slower top - oblique Jan 9, 11:19 2
    - I really like the look of that Kia EV9 concept from CES -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 9, 11:25 1
      - For sure. It's very much like a beefed up Ioniq 5 which is very nice, even better in person -- nm - oblique Jan 9, 11:27

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also, speaking off hybrid, I ran into a dude at the EA station who had a plug in hybrid RAV 4. I didn't know that you can't level 3 charge those cars.

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