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.
it came with an L1 evse, but could handle L2. and the L1 could be converted for about 20 bucks if anyone so desired. on the prime, you just need a plug adapter, it's already set up inside
And L2 had a higher charging amp output? Or just same charging amps output but more energy efficient because it starts with a 240V AC input?
Don't know if PriusCamper will see this, he may still have me on "Ignore" - - - Yes it does. An EVSE does not transform the input voltage, but just passes it right on through to the output. So the car receives the higher voltage, slashing the charge time. On my 2024 RAV4, with an older Toyota EVSE without interchangeable plugs, its unofficial / off-label L2 (240V) mode is limited to the same 12 Amps as the L1 (120V) mode. But with twice the voltage, the power flow is doubled, thus halving the charge time. Though for my vintage, bring your own 'pirate' 240-120V adapter, readily available on Amazon (no reputable hardware or supply store will carry this code-violating item). I also have a separate third-party portable L1/L2 EVSE that can pass considerably higher current (and user set-able by mobile phone), though only in L2 mode. It has several outlet adapters, and a much heavier gauge cable than the Toyota EVSE, to safely handle the higher current. But when taking in 120V, it is internally limited to 12 Amps to conform to code and safety requirements for common 120V 15 amp home circuits and outlets.
