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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
I don't understand why most electric vehicles only come with 120v only chargers.
If you can't charge at work your realistic range is only around 50 miles per work day that's if you give the car 10 hours of charge time.
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That's the standard for gen I EVs with <100 miles of range. If the Leaf only has a 75 mile battery, it's unlikely that it's completely discharged when it's plugged in, so most people are likely to get sufficient charge on 120v. Still, it costs practically nothing to build a dual voltage EVSE as evidenced by the ease in converting Leaf units.
The Bolt comes with an EVSE that can run 120v or 240v. Makes sense, as the car has 240 miles of range (60 kWh battery). Don't know what Teslas come with, but are there any >100 mile range EVs that don't include a 240v EVSE?