CHAdeMO Charger DC Fast Charging Standard ,What is the CHADEMO standard ?
CHAdeMo is the name of a quick charging for battery electric vehicles. CHAdeMo 1.0 can deliver up to 62.5 kW by 500 V, 125 A direct current via a special CHAdeMo electrical connector. A new revised CHAdeMO 2.0 specification allows for up to 400 kW by 1000 V, 400 A direct current.
If you’re coming from an internal combustion vehicle, it might help to think of the different charging options as different types of fuel. Some of which will work for your vehicle, some of which won’t. Using EV charging systems is often far easier than it sounds and largely boils down to finding a charge point that has a connector compatible with your vehicle and picking the highest compatible power output to ensure charging is as fast as possible. One such connector is CHAdeMO.
How
CHAdeMO charging uses its own dedicated connector, as pictured below. EV charging maps like Zap-Map, PlugShare, or OpenChargeMap, display what connectors are available at charging locations, so make sure you find the CHAdeMO icon when planning your trip.
Once you’ve arrived at and activated the charge point, take the CHAdeMO connector (it will be labeled) and place it gently into the corresponding port on your vehicle. Pull the lever on the plug to lock it in, and then tell the charger to begin. Take a look at this informative video from charging point manufacturer Ecotricity to see it for yourself.
One of the main differences with CHAdeMO compared to other charging points, is that the charging points provide the cables and connectors. So if your vehicle has a compatible inlet, you don’t need to supply any cables of your own. Tesla vehicles can also use CHAdeMO outlets whenusing a $450 adapter.
CHAdeMO chargers also lock into the vehicle being charged, so they can’t be removed by other people. Connectors automatically unlock when charging is complete though. It’s generally accepted as good etiquette for other people to remove the charger and use it on their own vehicle, but only when charging is finished!
Where
All over the place. CHAdeMO chargers are located all over the world, using sites like PlugShare can help you find exactly where they are. When using a tool like PlugShare, you can filter the map by connector type, so pick CHAdeMO and you’ll be shown exactly where they are and there’s no risk of getting confused by all the other connector types!
According to CHAdeMO, there are more than 30,000 CHAdeMO equipped charging points around the world (May 2020). Over 14,000 of these are in Europe and 4,400 are in North America.
Post time: May-23-2021
