How to Charge

This blog will give you an overview of the key ways to charge to your EV, ranging from a standard 10-amp 240V wall socket to a state-of-the-art supercharger.

Before discussing the different types of chargers, we first need to take you back to high school physics and introduce the concept of alternating current (“AC”) and direct current (“DC”). Batteries store energy in DC, or direct current, whereas the Australian grid, and most household appliances, are AC, or alternating current.
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Despite the car battery storing DC, EV’s can charge off of AC as they have an onboard invertor that turns the AC from the
grid into DC prior to charging the battery. However, when an EV is charged directly with DC, and not AC, then the onboard invertor is bypassed and the battery is charged directly. DC chargers charge EV’s far quicker than AC chargers but they are expensive and complex, and not available for home installation.

Types of chargers