In the city of Boston there are hundreds of public L2 chargers, however there are probably 5 in the entire city which are greater than 6 kW. I see the same trend for pretty much all of New England and New York and Ontario. There are Superchargers and other L3 chargers like Electrify America and EVgo which are more expensive and typically located along highways, but the more affordable L2 chargers in public parking areas are almost always 6 kW. It would be such a huge benefit to have 19 kW L2 chargers in all these places so you could actually get more than 5% when you are out doing errands.
I know that L2 AC chargers can get as high as ~19 kW, so why is it that only 6 kW chargers seem to exist? 6 kW chargers are useful and better than nothing but they take so long to charge your car that people who rely on them often sit on them for 8-10 hours which means they are never free. I can totally understand a 6 kW in your personal garage because it would be perfect overnight, but I can't understand why the city would install these at public locations when faster chargers exist.
Were there technical limitations years ago when these stations were installed and that's why today we have so many slow L2 chargers (I've only owned an EV for a year)?
Are there limitations of the infrastructure that can't support more than 25 amp power?
Are L2 chargers at >6 kW just ridiculously expensive? Interestingly I still see ChargePoint selling more 6 kW systems than anything...
Does anybody know of a city have newer public L2 chargers which are > 6 kW? Just curious if this is happening anywhere...
The city of Boston is apparently planning new wave of L2 infrastructure in the city, modeled after NYC, but that does not give me much hope because NYC has way too few L2 chargers (for example 4 in all of the upper west side with 200k+ people living there) and of course they're all 6 kW so people park there for 8-10 hours and they are never free.
I know that L2 AC chargers can get as high as ~19 kW, so why is it that only 6 kW chargers seem to exist? 6 kW chargers are useful and better than nothing but they take so long to charge your car that people who rely on them often sit on them for 8-10 hours which means they are never free. I can totally understand a 6 kW in your personal garage because it would be perfect overnight, but I can't understand why the city would install these at public locations when faster chargers exist.
Were there technical limitations years ago when these stations were installed and that's why today we have so many slow L2 chargers (I've only owned an EV for a year)?
Are there limitations of the infrastructure that can't support more than 25 amp power?
Are L2 chargers at >6 kW just ridiculously expensive? Interestingly I still see ChargePoint selling more 6 kW systems than anything...
Does anybody know of a city have newer public L2 chargers which are > 6 kW? Just curious if this is happening anywhere...
The city of Boston is apparently planning new wave of L2 infrastructure in the city, modeled after NYC, but that does not give me much hope because NYC has way too few L2 chargers (for example 4 in all of the upper west side with 200k+ people living there) and of course they're all 6 kW so people park there for 8-10 hours and they are never free.