New 2026 Prius XSE owner. The included charger comes with an adapter for 240V, yet the owner's manual only list 120V as an acceptable plug. Will the charger work with 240V? Also, the charger did not come with a cover for the plug, I'm assuming this was missing or does it not come with one? Also, at home, I will be charging outside, and I need to have an external outlet installed by an electrician. I am thinking housing the charger and cable in a cabinet. Has anyone else managed their cabling this way? Any recommendations for a cabinet?
can you post a pic of the adapter? it's kind of odd, because the evse can use 240v, though toyota doesn't recommend it. what kind of cover is missing? you can just put a weatherproof cover on the outside outlet, the evse plug is fine in any weather.
This is the charger. I talked to the dealership today and the charger does support 240V, which makes sense. Why else would it have a 240V plug.
That's because in the EU and other countries they never went down to 120V AC for safety so pretty much all electronic products mass produced on a global scale are designed to work on both 120V AC and 240V AC which doesn't change the power output just accommodates different inputs for different countries.
yes, it will cut the charge time in half. the charger is in the car, the evse provides the electricity and communications. if you have a 240v outlet at 16 amps or higher, use the adapter. prime can charge at higher amperage than 120v can supply
Gen1 plugin Prius (2012-2015) never had 240V AC charge ability in a home system according to my research... Can you clarify? Or maybe you found a charging station that had that ability when you owned it?
Getting a dual Level 1/Level 2 EVSE with an EV is probably the norm these days. It was an option for the Bolt EV and standard with EUV before sales ended. Maximum AC charge speed is limited by the charger installed in the car. The 'Primes' all have a faster Level 2 charge rate. Supply anything over 120V 15amp will reduce the time. Which is why the gen4 EVSE can adapted to using 240V 12amp, and it will reduce the charge time. Plenty of people here have done so, and have reported that.
