The electric car as well as bike can be easily plugged into homes and charged with the use of an EV charger. It is found that over 80% of the electric car users charge their EVs overnight at home or at work. It requires a dedicated parking space with access to electricity along with sockets. With the existence of a setup, all one need to do is plug it in and wait for a couple of hours.
The home private chargers are generally used with 230V/15A single phase plug which can deliver a maximum of up to about 2.5KW of power. Thus, the vehicles can be charged only up to this rate. The billing for the power is part of home-metering.
Slow AC charging is the most common method of charging electric vehicles. An EVSE supplies AC current to the vehicle’s onboard charger which in turn converts the AC power to DC allowing the battery to be charged.
Normal AC charging
As mentioned above, electric 2-wheelers, 3-wheelers and 4-wheeler vehicles in India has on-board charger that charge at rate of around 2.5kW to 3kW.
Fast AC charging
This enables AC charging at a faster rate, from 7.7 kw to 22 kw.
GHG emission can be reduced by charging the EV from renewable energy based charging station or purchasing RE based power.
Depending on the nature of battery and vehicles used, different sizes of DC fast chargers are required. The DC charger voltage Rating at which charging has to be carried out i.e., 48V/72V for 2W, 3W, small and medium 4W.
Combinations of EV Chargers as introduced by Ministry of Power
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