[brian-chamberlain]

Thanks for the reply. My bad for the Level 3 confusion ( I’m still a bit of a noob, the only ev I currently own is an ebike…😁). My challenge is I live in an apartment and if I need to charge at home, I only have access to an outdoor outlet (probably originally installed to provide power to engine block heaters of ICE vehicles). I do have access, however, to Level 2 charging since there happens to be a public charging station only a half a kilometer from my apartment. My regular commute to work is only 3km so a round trip commute would only be 6km, tops. Even if I ran a few errands on my way home from work and ended up with maybe, at most, 10 or 12 km total distance traveled, I could just swing by the Level 2 charge near my place for a top up, which shouldn’t take too long given how little range I would have depleted. Even with range reduction during winter, I should still be able to manage. If I was planning a highway trip in winter, I would probably have to sacrifice some battery power for preheating and conditioning since I can’t leave the vehicle overnight at a public charger. I could maybe than head over to the public charger and top up what I lost, since the charging station is only a 2 minute drive away.

Don’t know if all this would work in practice, but it’s something to think about.

[brian-chamberlain]

I was wondering how cold weather would affect the charging efficiency of the Aptera. Owners of evs that live in colder climates usually install level 2 or level 3 chargers so they can provide enough power to preheat both the battery and the car interior while simultaneously charging the vehicle during periods of extreme cold winter weather. A regular 110 outlet simply cannot provide enough current to do the job and what ends up happening is the ev has to dip into the battery to make up the difference. As a result, you end up with a battery that’s more depleted than when you began charging. Since th Apetra uses a much smaller pack than other evs such as Tesla, would you be able to both charge and warmup the battery (along with the cabin) using only Level 1 charging from a regular 110 outlet?