They typically deliver charging through a 120-volt AC plug, providing about 2 to 5 miles of range per hour of charging – a practical option for daily commuters with routine travel patterns.
Volts and amps deliver watts of power to your EV's battery. One thousand watts equals one kilowatt (kW). This means the kilowatt value listed on the charging station is the rate at which your vehicle will charge. Connected vehicles will only draw the maximum current allowed by their rated intake capability.
What is a charging station?
A charging station, also known as a charge point, chargepoint, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a power supply device that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles (including battery electric vehicles, electric trucks, electric buses, neighborhood electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid vehicles).
After one hour of charging, your EV will have an added 7.2 kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy. To calculate how long it will take to charge your entire battery based on your EV charging station, take the vehicle's battery capacity, in kWh, and divide that by the charging station's kW output.
Charging stations are rated in kilowatts, volts, and amps (i.e., power, voltage and current). But what do those terms mean?
After one hour of charging your EV at this rate, you will have added 7.2 kilowatt-hours (7.2kWh) of energy to your vehicle. ✎ Note: Standard domestic power supply in the UK will only achieve a maximum charging rate of no more than approx. 7.4kW.
For example, a 240 volt (240V) charging station with a 30 amp (30A) rating will supply 7,200 watts (7.2 kilowatts). After one hour of charging your EV at this rate, you will have added 7.2 kilowatt-hours (7.2kWh) of energy to your vehicle.