Vauxhall Mokka-e EV Charging Cable

British cars have had the 11 kW charger from the start

You will read that this car comes with 7.4 kW as standard and 11 kW as an option. That is the mainland European Opel arrangement, not the British one. Vauxhall has fitted the 11 kW three phase charger as standard since launch: its press release said the Mokka-e comes with a standard 11 kW onboard charger, and every price guide since repeats that it is fitted with an 11 kW unit and equipped with a Mode 3 cable as standard.

UK cars get the 11 kW three phase charger as standard equipment, which sounds like a win and mostly is not. Three phase power is a workplace and public car park thing in this country; on a driveway the car takes one phase at 32 amps and 7.4 kW is the answer. The benefit shows up at a 22 kW destination post, not at home. Vauxhall own times make the difference concrete: seven and a half hours for a full charge on a 7 kW supply against five hours on an 11 kW three phase one.

The battery grew in 2023

Cars from 2021 to 2023 have 50 kWh gross with 46.3 usable and WLTP range of 201 miles at launch, later restated as 209. From late 2023 the pack went to 54 kWh gross with 50.8 usable, 102 cells at 400 volts, and Vauxhall quotes 250 miles against EV Database 252.

It is the same pack the Corsa Electric, Peugeot e-208, Citroen e-C4 and Fiat 600e use, so if you have owned one of those the charging behaviour will feel familiar. The 2026 Mokka Electric GSE keeps the same 54 kWh pack, the same 11 kW AC and the same nearside rear port.

How long a full charge takes

The arithmetic is simple: kWh over kW, 13 per cent on top for losses, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. Range added per hour assumes a year round 3.5 miles per kWh rather than a best case figure. The two figures cover the 50 kWh and 54 kWh packs.

Seven to eight hours from empty is one overnight window, which makes this an easy car to live with on a cheap off peak tariff. Rapid charging is claimed at 100 kW, nought to eighty in half an hour, with EV Database measuring a 107 kW peak and a 79 kW average across ten to eighty per cent.

A trap that does not apply here

Worth knowing because it applies to some of the Stellantis vans. A car with only a single phase 7.4 kW charger, plugged into a three phase 16 amp public post, gets one phase and therefore 3.7 kW. That is a charge point problem rather than a car fault, and a UK specification Mokka-e with its three phase charger does not suffer from it.

Nor does it apply on a domestic single phase supply at all, where any of these cars takes 32 amps and reaches 7.4 kW. The 3.7 kW figure only appears in the three phase 16 amp column.

Which length for a Mokka-e

The inlet is on the nearside rear three quarter panel, where you would expect to find a fuel flap. Look to the nearside rear wing for the flap. It is the same spot a fuel filler occupies, on the pavement side of a UK car, and it makes reversing onto the drive the cheaper option in cable terms.

The car is 4.15 metres, which is short enough that five metres often does if you reverse in. Ten metres is the choice that stops you thinking about it. Pace it out from the socket to the flap with the car parked as it always is, then allow a little extra.

Vehicle to load, with a caveat

Later cars in the Vauxhall electric range gained vehicle to load, letting you run a mains appliance from the battery. Worth knowing that the adapter needed to use it is a chargeable accessory rather than standard equipment, which the price guide states directly.

How these cables are built

It is made to IEC 62196-2, CE marked, and sealed to IP55 across a -30C to +50C temperature range.

Three pin leads are made to IEC 62752, CE marked and IP67 sealed, with a -30C to +60C specification. Two year warranty from the manufacturer, free next day delivery in the UK, 30 day returns.

Related: Vauxhall Ampera EV Charging Cable, and Vauxhall charging cables for every other model we cover. For a wall box or public post the lead is the Type 2 to Type 2 charging cable.

Vauxhall Mokka-e charging cable questions

Does my Mokka-e have a 7.4 kW or an 11 kW charger?

UK cars have had the 11 kW three phase unit as standard since launch. The 7.4 kW standard arrangement is the mainland European specification.

Does the 11 kW charger help at home?

No. A British house has one phase, so the car takes 7.4 kW. Vauxhall quotes seven and a half hours on a 7 kW supply against five on three phase.

What changed with the 54 kWh battery?

Usable capacity went from 46.3 to 50.8 kWh and WLTP range from around 205 to 250 miles. The charger and port position did not change.

Where is the charge socket?

Nearside rear three quarter panel, in the fuel flap position.