Randy
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Not sure if I'll get an answer, but I sent an email to Brian Verprauskus at Nissan last night to get more information about this issue. Brian is the person whose name is on the pdf or ppt Nissan Leaf files that many of us have downloaded as he makes various presentations around the country. You'll recall that his charging chart in that document shows the 6.6kW and 3.3kW charging rates for Level 2 charging. So I asked him if that capability would be available in the first generation Leaf models...
If it's not going to be included, it seems to me that Nissan should stop touting the charging time with those 4 hour 6.6kW numbers...The fact that they have them in there offer me at least some hope that it might be included. Twice I asked the Nissan Chat folks this question, and twice they told me that as long as the EVSE has the higher rated electrical connection and breaker, they will support 6.6kW charging. I know that sometimes the chat folks don't have the technical capability to answer questions like that, but they answered the question both times. And there have been plenty of other questions I've asked that they've declined to answer until more information was available...
For me, I could probably live with the 3.3kW charging, but I'm anticipating going to a Time of Use rate that has cheap power for 5 hours (midnight to 5am). So I could probably live with just charging at 3.3kW during that period, but will have to plug in every day and settle for less than a full charge sometimes if I want to stay within that 5 hour window...
If it's not going to be included, it seems to me that Nissan should stop touting the charging time with those 4 hour 6.6kW numbers...The fact that they have them in there offer me at least some hope that it might be included. Twice I asked the Nissan Chat folks this question, and twice they told me that as long as the EVSE has the higher rated electrical connection and breaker, they will support 6.6kW charging. I know that sometimes the chat folks don't have the technical capability to answer questions like that, but they answered the question both times. And there have been plenty of other questions I've asked that they've declined to answer until more information was available...
For me, I could probably live with the 3.3kW charging, but I'm anticipating going to a Time of Use rate that has cheap power for 5 hours (midnight to 5am). So I could probably live with just charging at 3.3kW during that period, but will have to plug in every day and settle for less than a full charge sometimes if I want to stay within that 5 hour window...