PLEASE HELP! Home Charging Options for Prius Prime

120V, 12A = 5.5 hours
240V, 12A = 2.5 hours
240V, 16A = 2 hours

 

If I had it to do over... Install a 30amp 240 volt outlet that matches your charger plug, not the dryer outlet, unless your dryer is in the garage near the car.

At the ESEV link above, they also have adapters to go from dryer plugs to charger plugs.

My recommendation would be to install the 240v as close as possible to the charge port. Get the dryer adapter, and take it and the charger with you on trips. The 120v can charge it overnight, but you may find a 240 outlet on a trip, like to a relative's house, and it may be a dryer type. You may only have an hour or two somewhere to charge. Never hurts to get a charge.

 

i notice the new nissan leaf 2018 evse charger, it connect directly to dryer. rated 32A. Would that work on the prime?

 

I believe so, I put 50 Amp CB. At 220V and 6.2 KW so I= Power(watts/ E or 6000 Watts/220 Volts = 27.3 Amperes of current. Your 32 Amp CB should be sufficient.

 

There over 20 companies making public charging stations, are they all approved?

 

That score is totally stupid and useless. "Good HVAC settings" They were off, that's not a setting. One trip I got in the vicinity of 115mpg for a 38 mile trip and it it gave me a score in the 60s. 123mpg "Good steady driving" score of 64. It goes on and on this was on my 16 Prius 2.