Brisbane

The main issue is I don't have a BYO cable yet. I've ordered one (now), but that's the missing link in opening up charger options.

There's a few different standards but the most common is Type 2. The trouble is there's not many chargers with the charging lead provided that are Type 2 - you'll have a row of six charging slots, but it'll be 1 X Type 2 and 1 X Chademo with cables fitted, and 4 X BYO (they provide a Type 2 socket, but you need to bring your own cable to plug from car to socket). In our case last night, you'd find the Type 2 is always already taken, the Chademo is always empty (cause no one uses it much anymore, just the Nissan Leaf and the like), and I couldn't use the BYO options cause I didn't have a cable.

Ended up using the Jolt charger at Carindale which gives you 7kwh free a day, then a relatively expensive charge over that. I put in 20kwh and called it a night which was like $2. Didn't really need to charge as we still had >50% battery but I wanted to work out how it all works.

The car comes with a "granny charger" which plugs in to your standard home power socket, but at 1.5kw it's a slow old process to charge a 85kwh battery pack. Probably enough for the daily commute though if you plug it in overnight, we use 3% battery to work, 3% to home so someone can work out the maths in kWh.

I also have a 7kw charger ready to install, I just haven't got around to it. That'll smash our weekly usage overnight, or during the day when the solar is pumping.