Charging efficiency of car batteries

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CITROËN C-ZERO

From the information leaflet, to fill the 16 kWh battery of the Citroen C-zero, you need a lot more than 16 kWh of energy, depending on how fast you do it:

Connection Duration [h] Energy In [kWh] Energy Stored [kWh] Efficiency (stored/in)
230V, 10A 8 18.4 16 90%
230V, 16A 6 22.08 16 72.5%
400V, 125A 0.5 25 12.8 (16kWh*80%) 51.2%