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The i3 can always be recharged with the 120vac cable it comes with, or with the 240vac at a level 2 charger (IF it is the right plug and protocol - needs to be J1772). It will only be able to be recharged with a DC fast charger IF you bought that option. Now, whether a fast charger will also have the lower-powered connectors, I do not know...there aren't very many of them out there right now. There are lots more 240vac chargers out there, but some have CHAdeMO connectors (won't work on the i3). The connector used on the i3 is recently approved, and agreed to by many manufacturers, but not all. So, the existing chargers are a somewhat mixed bag.
The charger 'talks' to the car to agree on the proper charge rate and level, so it needs not only the right plug, but the right protocol. In the future, this may not be as big a deal, but right now, the largest electric fleet is of the Nissan Leaf, and it does not use the same plug...the Japanese haven't gone to the J1772 connector and protocol...time will tell.
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