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How fast EVs really charge

Real-world EV charging speeds.

Charging speeds and curves from real charges by PlugLog drivers, by make and model, and by the weather. Not the spec sheet's peak: what the car actually took, all the way through the charge.

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Shared by PlugLog drivers

charges
352
charges
EV models
19
EV models
kWh added
11,667
kWh added

Every number comes from a real charge, measured by the car itself, and grows as more drivers share.

Updated · from 352 shared charges

Make
  • Every make
  • Cadillac
  • Chevrolet
  • GMC
  • Honda
  • Polestar
  • Tesla

Showing Every EV

DC fast peak
178kW
Typical peak · best 349 kW
DC fast average
122kW
Typical over a whole charge
DC fast charges
94
4,908 kWh added
DC fast charge time
25m
Average, plugged in and charging
Level 2 and home
9.3kW
Typical average · 258 charges

Charging curve: Every EV

How fast it charges at each battery level, from 30 DC fast charges: about the best seen at each level, so a slower charger doesn't drag it down.

0%Battery100%

Up to 318 kW

DC fast charging by outside temperature

A cold battery takes charge slower. Each charge's average speed, typical for the temperature it started in.

  • 32–50°F89 kW average6 charges
  • 50–68°F109 kW average38 charges
  • 68–86°F134 kW average40 charges
  • Above 86°F194 kW average9 charges

Longer bars charge faster.

By vehicle

Every year of a model together. Tap one for its own page: its charging curve, where it charged, and more. DCFC 10–80%: estimated from its charging curve and battery, at a charger as fast as the car; the distance at its real-world efficiency.

Only charges from drivers who chose to share their efficiency and charging data, with no names, places or times. DC fast is a charge that averaged 20 kW or more (faster than Level 2 can go). How it's measured

Chargers that work

The most reliable chargers

Public chargers where PlugLog drivers' charges worked, ranked by how sure that is: a charger that worked 19 of 20 times ranks above one that worked 3 of 3. From their charges and ratings in the last 90 days.

Not enough ratings yet.

A charger shows here once 2 drivers have charged or checked in there, 3 times or more.

How it's measured

Real charges, straight from the car.

Spec sheets give a peak. These come from the plug: every charge shared by a PlugLog driver, recorded by the car itself.

From the car itself

The PlugLog car app records the charging power and battery level many times a minute, from the car's own readings, for every charge.

Shared on purpose

Charges count only if their driver shares their efficiency and charging data, and then all of them do. No names, no places, no times: just how the EV charged.

Every charger

Fast and slow chargers, hot days and cold ones. The curve keeps about the best seen at each battery level, so it shows what the car can do.

Track your own EV

Get numbers like these for your car.

PlugLog logs every drive and charge, works out what your EV really gets, and lets you share it to help the next buyer.

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The PlugLog dashboard: average efficiency, energy added, charging spend, cost per mile and efficiency by drive
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Your EV's dashboard

Your own efficiency, energy added, charging spend and cost per mile, drive by drive.

PlugLog navigating in the car: the next turn, a trip card with its charging stops, and live speed, battery and this drive's efficiency
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Live in your car

On Android Automotive, PlugLog navigates, plans your charging stops, and records every drive and charge on its own, with this drive's efficiency on the map.

A drive's page: efficiency, distance, energy used, route and battery power through the drive
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Every drive, second by second

Where the energy went, driving, regen and stopped, with the route, speed and battery level.

The Garage: each vehicle's real efficiency beside its EPA rating
04

You vs the EPA rating

See how your EV compares with its rating, and share your drives to add to the numbers above.

Showing 1 of 4: Your EV's dashboard

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