[fabrice]

Hello all,
Being a newbie in EV and waiting for my P2 to come, I am reading and learning...btw thanks for this great Forum!

I live in Belgium but go quite often to France and I read (from Chargemap) that I need a different cable to use most of the charging station in France as they are using plug type 3c. Is that true?
If so, I found this:

Câble Type 3c / Type 2 pour voiture électrique (T3 / T2)

Achetez votre câble de recharge Type 3 / Type 2 pour votre voiture électrique au meilleur prix, avec une longueur au choix de 2 à 12m.

www.mister-ev.com

Is that what's needed?

TBH, I find this crazy all these different type of cables and plugs!

Thanks.

 

[GDank]

Hi, in the EU you get two cables with the car.

The first is a "Wall Socket" to a Type 2. This is so you can use any plug socket in a house/building to charge the car. This is 2.6kW. It's the slowest of them all.

The second is a Type 2 to a Type 2, 3 Phase 16A, 11kW cable. This will be used for any untethered wall box at home, local shops, etc...

The only issue if you can't get an 11kW 3 Phase wall box for home - if that happens I'd recommend a 32A Single Phase Tethered Cable Charging box for Home only.

Traveling around anywhere in the EU (not the UK) the supplied cable is the best for you


Finally there is CCS (or Combo) for DC charging - these are always Tethered cables so you don't need a thing.

 

[fabrice]

So you believe Type 2 would work in most public chargers in France? I guess you are in the UK, if you did come to France, was Type 2 sufficiently spread over the network?

 

[GDank]

So you believe Type 2 would work in most public chargers in France?

Yes, if they are 11/22kW.

The other connector is a CCS for rapid DC charging of 50kW or higher.

 

[fabrice]

Ok, clear Thanks!