The media has made a great deal of recharging time vs. time to pump gasoline. The original 8 amp i-MiEV EVSE was widely reported as taking 20 hours to fully recharge the battery at Level 1, 120v charging. A fact that was repeated to prove the impracticality of the vehicle. The media has never reported, and probably rarely understands, that what matters is watts not volts, i.e. charging should be the same for 120v/20a as 240v/10a. They do understand time, and presume that less is better. As one blog recently explained, it doesn't matter if recharging from zero takes 4 hours or 8 if the car is parked from 8pm to 7am while you watch TV and sleep. Not everyone get's a good night's sleep, and I suspect they want 4 hour charges, even if their battery is nowhere near fully discharged. But that's the American way, bigger, stronger, faster must be better, right? :roll: