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I was monitoring the charges and a it was at 95% a moment before the notification came five minutes late to say my supercharging stopped at 96% (again before my limit that was set to 100%). I disconnected and moved my car immediately (in under ten seconds because I was waiting with my car...

So I had an opportunity today to chat with a technician working on some Tesla superchargers. I can't attest to the accuracy of this info other than who said it. He said that if your car's limit is set to 100% and is struggling for some time to get there, superchargers can stop their charging of...

In the first post I said "projected." In the second post, someone pointed out this is the same as "estimate." Yes, I too have never had a problem until very recently. In this post users are indicating that premature stopping has happened...

The entire premise of your argument seems to be either there are no problems or they are too few to bother with. I think there are people reading this that will realize that you are trying to claim I things that I've never indicated, such as that my car finished charging early, that I am trying...

Don't let a few voices fool you that are trying to say that this post is about encouraging people to park at charger without charging. The purpose of this post is to bring to light that Tesla is making many errors in their application of idle fees and to offer a suggestion that would alleviate...

I reported it the simultaneous charge and idle fees racking up to the Tesla Charging rep at the main number who then waived that idle fee. No explanation on that one. On the one that stopped, when I first started charging it gave the 80% limit notice, I then reset it to 100%. It then stopped at...

I have no idea how how often it occurs, but once $18.50 for an idle fee occurred for me when the supercharger failed to recognize that it should not accrue idle charges for me while at the same time my car was charging. Or when the time when my car stopped charging before the limit that was set...

Yes, everyone will be happy. I said with the way idle fees are applied. I never said people will be happy with cars parked while not charging. Please don't try to twist around my words. Everything would work exactly as it does now, but idle fees will only be charged if the car has been idle...

Here is a simple way to make everyone happy with super charging idle fees: don't charge them unless the initial projected time to charge has passed. If we hookup to the supercharger and it initially says 45 minutes to charge to the rate set, what excuse could we possible have if idle fees are...

This is good to know. My car stopped supercharging at 96% tonight and although I disconnected as soon as I got a notification, somehow that was six minutes after the charging stopped (late notification?). When I called supercharging support, they suggested a service call because the battery...

This is not my understanding. The supercharger will immediately warn you that you will be limited to 80% and you can immediately after that reset it to a higher percentage. You should not have manually restart later.

You might want to read the second to last update at end, before hearing this story. So I am on the phone with Tesla Roadside Assistance and what the rep is saying is blowing my mind. He has indicated that the third paragraph at https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharger/idle-fee...

There is all sorts of problems with the idle fees. Most recently I started supercharging and got the 80% warning. I immediately increased the charge limit to 100%. At 96% the charging stopped (no I did not stop it). I got a message that it stopped and immediately disconnected from the...

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