Alright, which one of you yahoos is this that lives 3 blocks from me?? I drive by a lot on my way to the store, and there's always a couple different Fits out front. And now there's one just like mine. I love it.
We've had a 2017 Leaf for a couple years now, and we charge it at home with a L1/L2 charger I picked up from AMZ. We use the adapter that came with the charger to plug it into a standard 120v/20a receptacle, and it charges at 8 amps. The Leaf is only used by our daughters to get to school, cheer practice, and shopping centers nearby, so they don't run it down very fast.. and the L1 charging has always been fine.
About 3 weeks ago, I bought a 2023 Bolt EUV for myself to use primarily for commuting to work 5 days a week. The distance is around 75 miles per day, and it is 90% on the freeway. I have been using the charger that came with the Bolt and just plugging it in to a separate 120v/20a receptacle. I noticed the car's setting was to limit to 8 amps, but I changed it so when I'm home it charges at 12 amps. This morning I checked and it had added like 55.2 miles overnight, which is fine to get me to and from work all week (based on having a fullish charge on Monday morning), then I can let it charge up over the weekend since it doesn't get used.
My main question here is, would it be better in terms of efficiency or anything to pull some 10 gauge wire to the garage and set up some 6-20R receptacles to charge at 240v? I realize the 6-20R is limited to 20 amps still, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that it is more efficient to use the higher voltage.. or would it not make much of a difference in this situation?