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Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut
I know how DCQC's work. Where is the info that you can charge as fast as you are saying? The plug BMW is using only holds 240 so I guess I am missing something.
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I really dislike quoting wikipedia and I know bmw already made a press release about this but I can't find it so here goes nothing.
"SAE is developing a Combo Coupler variant of the J1772 connector with additional pins to accommodate fast DC charging at 200–450 Volts DC and up to 90 kW. This will also use Power Line Carrier technology to communicate between the vehicle, off-board charger, and smart grid.[10] Seven car makers (Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen) had agreed to introduce the "Combined Charging System" in mid-2012.[11] As of Spring 2013, there are no production cars using the J1772 Combo plug although the Chevrolet Spark EV scheduled for summer 2013 and the BMW i3 scheduled for late 2013 will use the SAE Combo plug . In Europe the combo coupler is based on the Type 2 (VDE) AC charging connector maintaining full compatibility with the SAE specification for DC charging and the GreenPHY PLC protocol.[12]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAE_J1772#cite_note-12
So the i3 is capable of level 3 fast charging.