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by _ihaque 908 days ago
Level 2? Certainly not.

A typical L2 charger will provide in the range of 6-10kW (AC, marginally less ends up going to the battery after conversion losses). 10kW is only 13hp; forget acceleration - the car draws more than that at highway speeds.

(You can come at this result another way too - an L2 charge may take 6-10hr to refill the battery from empty. But the car would not be able to drive 6-10hr at highway speed starting at 100% charge! So the L2 must be delivering less power than the car consumes at cruising speed.)