Prius Plug-in L2 charging current

To get the terminology straight, the charger is inside the car. The L1 cord w/the brick (aka charging cord set) and whatever L2 units you used are EVSEs.

 

Yes, most likely because the on board charger Toyota went with is only 2KW, not 3.3...
Typically I see 1.9KW on the PiPs display, if you watch a ChargePoint EVSE carefully, you will see about 2.2KW being drawn.

 

Yes is kind of depressing seeing the Chargepoint charger reporting 2.27Kw on my PiP, while reporting 3.2Kw on the Leaf sitting next to it

 

For many Leafers, they wish their charger were 6.6 kW instead of 3.3 kW. That's supposed to be coming in the next model year of Leaf.

 

I have charged at Free Chargepoint Stations, and it has worked wonderfully for me

 

Yes, on the east coast the ChargePoint EVSEs are just starting to be deployed, most of the venues have free charging the first 2 years, after that ownership reverts to the venue, and they can set the price... This is for EVSE's that where installed with government/public funding, National Grid applied for the program and installed about 30 sites worth at local restaurants surrounding the suburbs south of Boston.

When/if they start charging to use them, will have to reevaluate based on the cost at that time for gasoline and cost per hour or per KWH or however they set it up.

 

I noticed today when I was at a BLINK station that the car charged L2 at 1.8-1.9kWh for about an hour. THEN, it dropped to 0.5kWh. At the hour, the charge showed 13.6miles EV. Since the most I've ever seen after a charge was 14.3miles, I decided that half an hour for less than a mile wasn't going to be worth the time spent waiting, so I unplugged and left.

But my real question is… does interrupting a charge before it's 'completed' cause some kind of internal problem later on?

 

No.

 

You will be able to tell us....

 

No, but if you charge at a Blink or Chargepoint station, you will receive an email saying that the charge was interrupted. Before you unplug at either of these stations your are suppose to rewave your ID card in front of the sensor, so the system knows not to send you the warning email.

 

... at which point my PiP sends me an e-mail message that charging was stopped before complete. This is available on the Advanced and can be configured.

 

It all depends upon terrain, speed, and driving style. The car will adjust things up or down based on your actual usage. Also, if you have the A/C or Fan on, it will lower the estimated miles by about 10 percent. I'm getting 10.4 miles typically with the fan/AC on. A lot of my commute is at freeway speeds, or is up a big hill, so I get less estimated range. While I'm not getting as many EV-only miles, my tank MPG' is up significantly from my 2005 Prius (25 to 40 percent increase).

 

Had my PiP for 4 days, and still experimenting with many things. Got over 15 miles on 1 charge: flat local route with lots of traffic lights.

 

Great mileage on a charge. I get anywhere from 13.3-13.8 on a charge. Been very happy with mine. Congrats and enjoy your new car.

 

I have only been seeing avg of 9.8 miles with full charge from my PIP and have. Leviton 240v charger. Took it to dealership and they say they got 11 miles and no diagnostic errors. Sales mgr admits he gets 13.3 avg on his own PIP, but they won't do anything for mine. Dealer claims 11 miles is in the expected range. I don't have ac or lights, etc on when powering up car. Any advice? We just keep getting the run around and they won't agree to replace battery. Sounds like most users are seeing in the 13 mile range for initial charge display. Not sure what to do, but very unhappy.