EV6 Charging and Range -> Yes, I can live with an L1 charger at home.

Day to day, running around and keeping the EV6 charged up to around 80% hasn't been an issue.  I bought a level 1 portable changer with the intention of letting the car soak up juice over night. So far, that's been a pretty successful adventure.

The 110v 12 amp charger can put ~3.7 miles per charge hour into the car. Day to day, I put an average of 21 miles under the wheels. I can easily recover that charge over night while sleeping, topping up to up to ~80% charge. (~235 mile range). I usually won't bother putting the car on the charger over night if I'm over 70% charge at the end of the day. 

But what does that actually look like? Well...Like this.

The circles are bubbles around my house ranged at 20, 100, and 200 miles, respectively.  Most of my driving happens in the center bubble. For the most part, I can recover that range over night. (12 hours on the L1 charger gets me ~44miles of range) For the most part, I happily do occasional trips out to the extent of the middle bubble without needing to use a fast-charger though it will take a few nights to build back up to 80% on the L1 charger. Almost any trip I make outside of the middle bubble will require me to top up at a fast-charger to get myself back home.

This is completely fine. Getting 22 to 44 miles (6-12 hours) back over night is just fine.

I've developed an opinion on batteries...as long as your EV can manage between 220-250 miles on 80% charge, you're golden.  That's enough range for occasional long trips without having to buy and cart around an excessively massive battery for daily use and won't really save you anything on long trips.

For example, comparing a Lucid Air Grand Touring to my EV6 on a planned route from San Jose to Portland, A Better Route Planner estimates that both cars will do the trip in 11.5 hours. (Both starting from 80% and ending at 25%) The only difference is the number of stops.  The Lucid can do it in two stops, the EV6 takes four...but it's a wash because of charging times.

My battery/range takeaway from a month of EV Life is this...

• Range is important up to an extent.
• Charge rate is more important than range.

2025 Lucid Air Grand Touring

2022 Kia EV6 GT-Line (RWD)