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▲ Sohcahtoa82 5 hours ago

> Do you need several hours to charge an electric car? Yes you do.

No you don't. 20 minutes at a DCFC will get you to at least 80% for most EVs.

You need several hours to charge it at home, but it's gonna be at home for several hours anyways. With an L2 charger, you can go from 0-100% overnight.

▲apparent 4 hours ago | parent [-]

DCFC does not charge "most EV" to 80 in 20 mins. There are some new ones that can do 10-80 in that time, but if you're lower than 10, or if you don't have a better-than-average late-model EV, it's going to be longer than that.

L2 charging usually happens overnight, but larger capacity batteries won't fill if you don't plug in early enough.

▲rootusrootus 4 hours ago | parent [-]

More realistically it is 25 if you are starting at under 10. For a Model 3, at least, which is pretty much the very definition of "most EVs"