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Can I charge multiple electric cars at home?
My wife and I both need new cars. We both want to buy electric cars, but since we both work during the day, we would both need to charge overnight. Can I charge both our electric cars at home at the same time?
Bellina Gaskey · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Congratulations on your decision to buy two electric cars! Most multi-EV homes will be able to get away with one charger.
Electric vehicles (EV) are becoming more popular all the time. Being able to charge your car in your home overnight like you do your smartphone rather than stopping for gas is a huge benefit of EVs. Most people will use their home charging stations much more than public charging
stations
.The average person drives 26 miles a day. The average EV will hold a charge for 181 miles. That means you should be able to go roughly 5-6 days before needing a charge. This makes it easy to coordinate charging between two vehicles, since they won’t need to be charged every night.
However, if your commute is significantly longer or it’s otherwise important to you to charge both vehicles, you can have two home chargers installed. Be aware that this will split the current. Sometimes this means one vehicle charging fully while the other barely charges.
The best option in this scenario is to get home chargers that can
load share
. This means the chargers will communicate to evenly split the current between vehicles. If the average current a home can produce is 7kW, this means each vehicle gets 3.6kW, which translates to roughly 10 miles of range added per hour.We know you want to save time and money with your electric vehicle, and we want you to save time and money with
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