u/radelow

Hi. We currently have one EV charger in our garage for my wife's BMW. It is a 9.6kw charger on a 50amp circuit. I also had an EV (BMW ix). Up to now we have just been sharing the charger as she doesn't drive many miles but I want to add a separate charger on my side of the garage so we don't have to play musical cars. We still don't need to be charging at the same time as we both don't drive a ton of miles but just want it to be easier to deal with. We don't have enough capacity in the panel to add a new circuit so I wanted to know what my options were. I know there are some Level 2 chargers that talk to each other and load manage but that would mean I would have to buy 2 chargers. My new car (Cadillac Vistiq) has a built in 11.2kw charger.

With this setup I think I would just need a 2nd 60amp circuit (we have plenty of space in the panel itself) and a load management panel. If that is correct anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

Hi everyone. Taking delivery of a new Vistiq Premium Luxury. Couple questions... I have been in the Carplay sphere now for years so losing that has me a little concerned but not enough to not buy the car... There aren't many good three row all electric options and the Vistiq definitely was the top for us...

1. Does the Apple Music app in the Play store work well? Any issues accessing playlist etc.?
2. How do I listen to the Podcasts in my Apple Podcast library? Do I need to use a different app? I prefer not to have to use bluetooth audio and open them on my phone.
3. I assume for streaming the above you have to use the built-in cellular connectivity? Is it pretty robust? We live in San Diego so cell coverage is solid.
4. I assume if you are somewhere with spotty cell phone coverage the backup would be switching to bluetooth audio and streaming from my downloaded songs on my phone?
5. How does texting work? You just use the google assistant and it works through the phone like any other bluetooth connected phone?
6. My previous car was a BMW iX and my wife drives a BMW i4. I assume that the BMW charger should work fine to charge this car? It has a CCS connector so should just plug right in. Correct?

Thanks! Excited to get the car. We got a crazy deal on it (18% under MSRP).