Hmm, that is not my experience. Our Leaf delivers a full charge in about 4 hours, vs. 5 for the Karma. Or, 18 miles per hour of charge for the Leaf vs. 10 miles of charge per hour for the Karma. I can't give more exact numbers, we haven't had the Leaf long enough, or been paying that close of attention. I suppose, as we have 2 chargers, the charger we use for the Leaf could be faster, but I don't think so.
Here us how the 2013 Leaf charges vs our Fisker
well.. not sure why leafs are doing that, but check out this graphs that compares between the a brand new 2013 Nissan Leaf (no plates 2-3 weeks in use) and my Fisker.
Leaf:
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Fisker:
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it seems that the 6.6kw onboard charger on the Leaf is "full on" for 80% of the battery capacity, after that the charger ramps down very slowly over an hour.. that kinda disappointing isn't it?
in our Karma, it's the same "speed" from start to finish!
bottom line here is that instead of the Leaf giving x2 speed over the karma, it is hardly 10% better!
Leaf:
Fisker:
it seems that the 6.6kw onboard charger on the Leaf is "full on" for 80% of the battery capacity, after that the charger ramps down very slowly over an hour.. that kinda disappointing isn't it?
in our Karma, it's the same "speed" from start to finish!
bottom line here is that instead of the Leaf giving x2 speed over the karma, it is hardly 10% better!
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