Short answer: on a Level 2 home charger, every mainstream EV fills overnight - 6 to 12 hours from empty, and 1-3 hours for a typical day's driving. On a regular wall outlet, a full charge can take two to four days. The details come down to three numbers: your battery size, your charger's kW, and your car's onboard limit.

The formula

Hours = battery kWh ÷ charger kW (add ~10% for losses and the slow top-up phase).
Example: 75 kWh battery on a 7.4 kW charger = about 10-11 hours empty to full.

Popular models, empty to full on a 7.4 kW home charger

Model (2025-26 versions)Usable batteryOnboard AC limitTime, 0-100% on 7.4 kWTime on 11 kW
Tesla Model 3 RWD~57 kWh11 kW~8.5 h~6 h
Tesla Model Y Long Range~75 kWh11 kW~11 h~7.5 h
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Standard~58 kWh11 kW~8.5 h~6 h
Ford Mustang Mach-E ER~91 kWh10.5 kW~13.5 h~9.5 h
VW ID.4 Pro~77 kWh11 kW~11.5 h~7.5 h
Nissan Leaf~40 kWh6.6 kW~7 h (car caps at 6.6 kW)~7 h
Ford F-150 Lightning SR~98 kWh19.2 kW~14.5 h~10 h
Plug-in hybrid (typical 14-18 kWh)~15 kWh3.3-7.4 kW~2-4.5 h~2-4.5 h

Times include charging losses and taper near 100%. Manufacturer specs, November 2026; trims vary, so check your exact model's onboard charger rating.

The three speed limits, in order

  1. The circuit. A 32A circuit delivers 7.7 kW; a 40A circuit 9.6 kW; a 48A hardwired setup 11.5 kW.
  2. The charger (EVSE). It can only pass what the circuit gives it.
  3. The car's onboard charger. Most EVs cap AC charging at 7.4-11 kW regardless of supply - a Leaf will never take more than 6.6 kW at home. The truck-class exception: some pickups accept 19.2 kW and genuinely use it.

The practical meaning: a circuit bigger than your car's onboard limit buys nothing today, but it is ready for your next car.

Why "how long" is usually the wrong question

Home charging is not a gas-station visit you wait through - it happens while you sleep. The number that matters is hours per day of driving: 40 miles of driving on a 7.4 kW charger takes about 1.5 hours to replace. Even a week of heavy commuting never touches an overnight window. Battery size only matters on the rare day you come home near empty and need a full refill by morning - and as the table shows, even the biggest consumer batteries make it.

Rule of thumb: on Level 2, every 10 amps of circuit adds roughly 2.4 kW - about 7-9 miles of range per hour of charging. If your overnight window is 8 hours, a 32A circuit puts back ~240 miles. Nobody commutes that.

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Sources: manufacturer charging specifications (Tesla, Ford, Hyundai, VW, Nissan, Rivian class vehicles), November 2026.