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2023 Primes At Public Level 2 Charge Points

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Fuel Economy & Prime EV Range' started by tovli, Jul 19, 2023.

  1. tovli

    tovli 2023 Prius Prime replaced 09 Prius

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    Since "everything is new" with the 2023 Prius Prime (to me at least), creating a thread to post your 2023 Prius Prime at public chargers.

    (Also of interest is the power delivered and recharge time)

    My first public Free! charge: 1.82 kWh in 0h 47min $free!

    First Free FPL Charge Point.JPG

    The charger says it delivers "5kW Shared" - It delivered 1.82kWh in 47 minutes which is 2.34kW rate (roughly half of the "5kW Shared"). (The Prime claims to charge at up to 3.3kW rate.)

    FPL Free ChargePoint At Intracoastal Park Boynton Beach FL.JPG

    Of course the app has a totally bogus charge energy value of 0.5kWh.

    My estimate is 1.6kWh (1.82 * 90% efficient)
    - Level 2 charging is more efficient than Level 1 charging
    (My charging at home is only 74% efficient)
    - This gives an actual miles/kWh of 4.1 for an "vehicle indicated" 4.4 miles/kWh
    - (Values for Tesla charging range from 99% down to 85% efficient)

    App_Free_Charge.jpg

    Please reply with your public charges (or discussion)
     
  2. PriusPrimetime

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    maybe on the free public chargers it doesnt ramp up to the full 3.3kw. It is free afterall.

    I know on the public chargers i use here in town it does max out at 3.3kw and a full charge of the traction battery costs $1.82USD
     
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  3. tovli

    tovli 2023 Prius Prime replaced 09 Prius

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    I did my second ever "free public charge" this week at a charge point that showed 7.4KW available to the two stations or 3.7kW available to charge my 2023 Prius Prime XSE.

    I charged from 16% to 66% with 5.7965 kWh in 1h 35m which works out to about 90% efficiency like before, but free is really, really efficient!

    For some reason I can't upload any photos/screenshots.