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It often isn't as good as an L2 charger, but it is usually better than an American L1 charger. Incidentally, I already see this effect in using an electric water kettle: in the USA they are really slow, but in Europe and Asia, they are much faster (because 230-240V).


A random search brought up a SMEG KLFO3 retro kettle at 3000w for the UK, the US get a Hamilton Beach 40869 - 1500 watts, so almost exactly half.

If you really want to it is possible to wire 220/240 to an appropriate outlet in the US and have a 240v kettle, but some will be industrial - https://www.webstaurantstore.com/13957/commercial-coffee-mak...


Ya, my next kitchen renovation is going to have a 220/240 outlet just to use a faster water kettle (well, an induction cooktop should already be able to boil water quickly, but just in case a separate appliance still makes sense).


L1.25 perhaps ;-)

Point taken, and conceded in my original comment - the larger issues are, to suddenly add a bunch of high amperage loads at everyones parking space requires additional infrastructure - infrastructure we probably dont already have.


I've never seen power outlets in shared parking in Europe, so I didn't really consider that case. I guess I'm just considering Europeans in SFHs, where they really don't need to worry about adding L2 wiring for most use cases.


On-street and public-car-park chargers are very common. Scroll around https://chargefinder.com/

I don't know about private parking, e.g. a car park reserved for residents of adjacent apartments. My building has two chargers, but it's not something I look out for elsewhere.




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