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I got a 2019 Volt Premier with the 7.2Kw on board charger, and it should be charging in 2.3 hours (about 20 miles/hour of charging) on my home 240 volt charging station, but it works the same as on my 2017 Volt (takes 4-5 hours). The articles say ‘240 volt charging station with supporting hardware’, but no further explanation. Does anyone understand how this is supposed to work, and if there is some setting on the car to make it happen?
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Ben S -
I have tried all sorts of combination settings in the ‘Energy’ app on-screen options, but no difference in charge times.
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As you’ve most likely figured out by now, in order to charge to full in 2.3 hours, the 240-volt charge needs to be set at 32 amps with the 7.2 kW charger. If your home charging station is capable of this (e.g., having been installed on a 50 amp circuit), you would be able to take advantage of the faster charger time. If your Level 2 portable EVSE is only 16 amps, then nothing would change; it would still charge to full in about 4.5 hours.
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