Slow home charging.

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nick.turton@me.com
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Post by nick.turton@me.com »

I have an XC40 Recharge and a 7KW home charger set to charge at 32amps. The charge setting in the car is also set to 32amps, despite this the car will only charge at a max of 16amps. My son has a Polestar 2 (the same basic battery and drive train) and it will charge at 32amps on my home charger. Any ideas why my XC40 won’t charge at the max rate?

lovelyvolvo
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Post by lovelyvolvo »

The low rate of charge is one of the more disappointing features of the XC40 PHEV. The Type 2 connector will accept up to 22kW, but the system in the car is designed to a maximum of 3.7kW (about 16amps). Maybe it improves the battery life??
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nick.turton@me.com wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:12 pm I have an XC40 Recharge and a 7KW home charger set to charge at 32amps. The charge setting in the car is also set to 32amps, despite this the car will only charge at a max of 16amps. My son has a Polestar 2 (the same basic battery and drive train) and it will charge at 32amps on my home charger. Any ideas why my XC40 won’t charge at the max rate?
When I first got my car (pure electric) my charging was disappointing (5+ KW), but I changed the amp setting in the car to 32 (it was at 27 I think) and now get 6.8-6.9 KW consistently (a couple of times it has reached 7 KW). What charger do you have? I have Andersen EV.
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Post by nick.turton@me.com »

I have a Shell charger, they were New Motion. It’s really weird because it charges my son’s Polestar 2 at 32amps. The XC40 is essentially the same battery and drivetrain set up and even set to charge at 32amps in the car it will only achieve 16amps.
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