{"id":98801,"date":"2026-04-22T06:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=98801"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:53:12","slug":"do-you-need-another-ev-charger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/do-you-need-another-ev-charger\/","title":{"rendered":"So You’ve Bought Another EV – Do You Need Another Charger?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"As the petrol crisis encourages more and more Australians to go electric, we’re increasingly seeing the rise of the two+ EV household. So how do you go about charging two cars?There’s no straight answer to charging an EV because what works for you won’t always work for your neighbour.<\/p>\n

However if Mum and<\/em> Dad have both gone electric recently, it’s reasonable to ask how to manage fuelling everyone’s mobility. If employment, cheap electricity and after-school sport schedules aren’t very flexible, getting your car charged could be a challenge.<\/p>\n

But there’s more than one way to skin a cat, and with any luck you won’t need to spend $1500+ to double up on the wiring.<\/p>\n

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment<\/h2>\n

In the eternal war of jargon against useful communication, the techno babblers have decided EVSE<\/em> is how we should describe car-charging hardware. Common terminology might roll off the tongue better but “car charger” is so general it can become confusing.<\/p>\n

In reality these things are a glorified extension cord, but if you’re new to electric vehicles, it might be worth reading some of our Frequently Answered Questions<\/a> because we’ve been helping people and writing up the examples for years now.<\/p>\n

There’s 3 basic types:<\/p>\n

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  1. The “granny charger”<\/strong> which just plugs into any one of a few million power points anywhere in the country.
    \nThey’re the slow but universal device that doesn’t always come as standard with your EV.<\/li>\n
  2. Type 2 AC charging<\/strong> which many people have at home or you’ll find in car parks for shops, wineries, motels etc.
    \nThey’re the medium speed “destination chargers” which you may need to bring your own cable to use.<\/li>\n
  3. DC chargers<\/strong> featuring a big heavy cable that’s always tethered to the station. Usually found in public fast chargers, these can put out enough electricity to power 20 houses at full load, which means you can be back on the highway in about 20 minutes. While smaller DC chargers are available, there’s seldom a good use case or budget for them at home.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Granny Is Good<\/h2>\n

    Last I checked, the majority of Australians are applying the KISS principle1<\/a><\/sup> to EV charging – they’re just using a standard power point.<\/p>\n

    Plugging in and trickling 2kW (or about 15km range per hour) appeals to tight arses like me<\/a> and provided you’re not doing astronomical mileage, it works pretty well.<\/p>\n

    In the case of multiple cars, the challenge might be reaching the second car with the length of the car charging cable – using an extension cord isn’t out of the question, provided you’re careful.<\/a><\/p>\n

    You can also add a some basic smarts by switching the granny charger on or off using a timer to align with a “free hours” retail deal or a sunshine circuit<\/a> to harvest solar. For a retiree or stay at home worker who does the school run, you’d need little else.<\/p>\n

    Proper Charging<\/h2>\n

    A type 2 AC car charger is really what we should be aiming for in every driveway or <\/span>daytime<\/a> parking space.<\/span><\/p>\n