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Is DCFC always worse than AC charging? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by silvermoon82@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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So, my PHEV limits DCFC charging to 19kW, and recommends using AC charging most of the time as mostly-DC charging will wear the battery faster.

A dealership down the road from my Mitsubishi dealer advertises a public 19kW Level 2 AC charger; would using that cause the same wear and tear as a 19kW DCFC? It seems like that is probably the case, but OTOH the actual AC charging circuitry is integral to my truck/battery so it might be able to mitigate that somehow?

Or is the info in gmaps definitely wrong and a 19kW L2 charger is just silly?

Edit: it's a 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, with a 12.1kWh battery.

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[-] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 6 points 2 weeks ago

From this forum post your outlander has a ~3kW onboard charger which is way less taxing than 19kW.

https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/threads/charging-options.5257/

[-] silvermoon82@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, interesting! Thanks for that pointer.

I haven't tried an L2 public charger at all, so I'd never run into that limit. Most L2 chargers locally advertise 6-7kW, but it's good to know I probably won't see an advantage to those over the 3kW chargers common in smaller towns.

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