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		kuschku on Aug 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BMW: All Models Electric Within Decade German residencies have 240VAC as standard, and 400VAC available. Normal stoves usually end up using around 18kW here. For permanently installed chargers, this will be a lot more power.

sokoloff on Aug 30, 2015 [–]

Learned something today; thanks!

Note that the J1772 charging standard won't supply 400VAC-3phase, but IEC 62196[1] will allow that super-fast AC charging.

1-https://xkcd.com/927/

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