Reply To: Ordered an ID.3 Max Pro

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    Hi  Mark

    congratulations on ordering your new car.

    the cable show. Is a type 2 cable, but it’s important to understand the difference in cables and charging speeds.

    type 2 cables use AC power, the maximum power on AC is 22kW, but is dependant on the onboard charger and how much the car can handle. In your case 11kW, then it’s how much power a charging station can deliver, so a 7kW charger will deliver around that to your car, while a 22kW can only deliver 11kW as that’s the maximum your car can take.

    faster charging is carried out by DC chargers using a CCS cable (these are fixed to the chargers, you don’t need one), these can deliver up to 350kW, but again this is restricted to the maximum your car’s circuit can handle,in your case 125kW. Also note, you will only get close to the max charge rate for a limited time, charging usually starts slow, ramps up to the maximum the charger can deliver (or the car take) and slows rapidly towards the end.

    you will soon get used to it, but what I do is only use AC if it’s free, and DC I never charge past 80% unless I have loads of time as it becomes so slow it’s not worth it

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