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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Or three years of charging at Electrifying America stations for either Level 2 or Level 3 DC fast charging. Details are on the VinFast website with easy steps to order the charger and arrange for installation and how to download the app and use the public chargers. SiriusXM is not available.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. In reality you would pull less than 20A and the charging circuit is not 100% efficient so you would be lucky to add 2KW to the batteries Most houses also have 220V service which is used for high power devices.