Do any PHEVs have DC Fast Charging?

[ChasingCoral]

Half of the thread on the Cuautitlan plant seems to have been hijacked by an interesting tangent -- Level 3 DC Fast Charging in PHEVs. However, I don't know of any PHEVs with DCFC. Do you?

To my knowledge, all PHEVs are Level 1/2 charging only.

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[silverelan]

Half of the thread on the Cuautitlan plant seems to have been hijacked by an interesting tangent -- Level 3 DC Fast Charging in PHEVs. However, I don't know of any PHEVs with DCFC. Do you?

To my knowledge, all PHEVs are Level 1/2 charging only.

i3 with the Rex can DCFC on 50kW

 

[dbsb3233]

Just doesn't make much sense to me. Imagine taking a road trip and stopping at L3 chargers every 30 miles just because you don't wanna use gas. Why buy a PHEV that uses gas, then?

The whole point of a PHEV is to charge overnight at home for the next day, where 30-40 miles covers all or most of the typical driver's daily miles. And for those infrequent longer drives, they have the gas backup.

 

[ab13]

Others include the Mitsubishi Outlander Phev and Japanese Honda Clarity Phev.

This is likely due to Chademo stations being more common than L2 in Japan.

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

My Prius PHEV only has a 6.8 ish kW battery and takes about 1 hour 45min from 0 to 100% on the maximum charge rate of 3.2kw. That gives me approx 35miles - which considering I only do an 8 mile commute each day works perfectly for me.

A 7kw charge capacity might be nice - but I have got used to it now. Can’t imagine rapid charge would be much use for this model.

 

[Henry]

The new Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport both support DC charging.

 

[jgillmer]

Others include the Mitsubishi Outlander Phev and Japanese Honda Clarity Phev.

This is likely due to Chademo stations being more common than L2 in Japan.

I owned a Honda Clarity PHEV (17 kW batt) - it was not compatible with fast charging. Good car though - had 50-60mile range.

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