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Fully juiced. haha. Well, I think many people are jealous of you, me included. I actually live in a single family house, but my electric panel is all the way in the backyard. I don't have a sub-panel in the garage. The quotes I got are all around $2000 total to install home charging for me. I wanted to install one and share with people, but so far haven't been able to pull the trigger.

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Do you currently just use level 1 charging, or not at all?

Most EVs charge at about 3mph from L1, and if you're on-plug for 10 hours overnight, hey, that's longer than a lot of people commute in a day. Might be able to keep your SoC pretty high with that alone.

Of course L1 is too slow to be useful for sharing, but for a resident it often works out quite well.

Yes, that is my fall back option. I still keep the charging cable that came with the Leaf in the trunk, just in case!

So far, I haven't needed to go to the fall back option. I charge at a l2 host place near my work, and once a week I go to a fast charger near some restaurant.

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