Iāve used the fast charger in Naas a few times and e.g. in 25-30 minutes Iād have had it go from ~20% to 94%. I havenāt been too nerdy about tracking the stats. The one in Naas is handy as itās near Tesco, Boots and Argos etcā¦ so if you need to pick up some stuff park the car, plug in, walk off and by the time youāre back itās charged.
I only just charged in work today for the first time. So I expect that to be fully charged in about 2-3 hours. It would have been starting at about 60%. Will be setting off from 100% on the way home.
The battery comes with a 200,000km warranty. So Iām not too concerned there. That should do us for a good 5 years anyway. My expectation is that by then the tech will have moved on and youād hopefully be able to just replace the old battery with a new one and essentially refresh the car. Weāll see how it works out. As long as I can get to and from work on a single charge Iām not too worried. At the moment Iām able to do that comfortably enough, even in colder weather.
Never, I donāt think. Maybe once. Not sure it would be a problem. I did see a Leaf clamped at a station before but it was there for at least 10 days without moving and Iām not sure it was even plugged in.
@Rocko seems to contradict what I said about Dart stations. Heād probably know more about it. My understanding was that if you are parked in a dart station you need to pay for parking while you are charging. But I may be wrong.
Iād say overnight is less of an issue than all day. But not every dart station has a formal car park to add further confusion to things. Everything points towards me buying another diesel glugger.