Electric vehicles

EV charging

How electric vehicles are charged at home, at work and on the road.

Terms

3 terms

  • AC charging

    AC charging supplies alternating current to an electric vehicle, whose onboard charger converts it to direct current for the battery at up to about 22 kW.

  • Charging curve

    A charging curve shows how an electric vehicle's charging power changes with battery state of charge, and it decides real DC fast charging times.

  • DC fast charging

    DC fast charging feeds direct current from an off-board charger straight into an EV battery, adding hundreds of kilometers of range in about half an hour.