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No I wouldn’t. And I wouldn’t really care about B either. Truth is, I don’t even look at mileage numbers anymore. I look at the size of the battery, weight of the car, and (un)aerodynamic shape, and get a rough estimate of how far the car would be able to go, and get a rough number. As of...

I guess I sort of get what's going on here. If carmaker A advertises their car as 300 mile range, but the car can only get 150 in the real world, vs carmaker B says their car can do 100 miles but also gets 150 in the real world, people who bought car B would be ecstatic and people who bought...

I unwillingly fell into a test, by arriving at a supercharger 5 minutes before the free charging time was up. It was one of those promotions where Tesla was offering free supercharging at certain hours due to holiday weekend. If I got charged or not was how I was going to find out-and the good...

The best short-term solution is an adapter with an attached cable so that doesn't happen. Yeah, its not going to be a very elegant looking cable, it might be chunky, and probably even heavy, but it's better than the alternative you stated. The long term solution is obviously NACS charging...

What about Nissan? I didn't see anything about them going to NACS or otherwise.

I bought three CHAdeMo adapters (and a CCS adapter) from the korean place where people were buying CCS adapters a few months before Tesla USA started selling them. Sold two overpriced so the third was basically free. How often was the CHAD adapter used? Just once and it was at a charger that...

Walmarts are different in different parts of the country. Many Walmarts here have fast food restaurants inside, like McDonalds, or Subway. I have been to Walmarts with bathrooms in the back of the store, and I’ve been to some with those in the front. I’ve been to Walmarts that only sold...

Trying to guess what 3-phase power is, is it the one where: J1772, plugged into a charger at work, and get only 208V vs 240V at home? If it is, that's not a big deal either. 208V vs 240V is only a tad slower on L2. Hardly enough to make a difference on the charging end.

Don’t forget the wiring. It’s not a simple cut-the black-wire-then-join-it-to the-green one. Or the charging hardware/software compatibility. Not to mention having to relocate the charge port door to the driver’s side rear area. I’m pretty sure all of this to be ironed out or a whole year’s...

-800V is desirable, but if someone needs a charge, they will use 400V if it is available. Charging speed is not a huge deal as.... -Reliable chargers. I use CCS1 periodically, and have gotten the *stops charging after 10 minutes* errors. Honestly, I think anyone who thinks CCS1 is superior...

Compared to traditional auto dealers, there's not enough Tesla service centers for the amount of Teslas on the road. When that happens, there's simply going to be a LOT more Teslas at a given service center at any time than auto dealership service center. Not only that, the service centers...

They absolutely do not-they value their cheapness above all else. Unfortunately, there’s enough of these people to make this an issue. It’s why we can’t have free things.

So people can just unplug and replug their cars at 1 hour, 55 minutes and continue getting $0.20 per kWh? People who hog these chargers are used to this sort of game. Volta tried to limit charges to two hours but people did exactly the above to get around that.

there’s a Volta charging station near here. And it’s always taken by the few asshats who live close by and use it as their personal charging space. You can always tell (not just because it’s the same damn car), but also because two vehicles pull up and once the charging starts, the driver...

Of course not! That would take…..work. And money.

It does, but SC’s and DCFC’s are not always near each other, heavily depending on the part of the country you live. Exactly where I live, the nearest SC is 12 miles away but the DCFC (electrify america) is 200 yards away. How often? Often enough to be inconvenient. Murphy’s law takes over...

I agree. The software needs a place where you can select “I have the CCS adapter” and then unlock all the CCS charging stations in the area on the map.

Until someone offers some hard evidence to the contrary (besides the sticker), they are the exact same part, made in the exact same factory, sold by Tesla, in different markets.

It was just bad timing. Had the i3 been released in 2020, right when pandemic struck, BMW would’ve sold every single i car AND have a waitlist. There would be no outrageous low priced $99.00 lease deals, no dealer markdowns, no begging for customers. The CEO and i design team would be hailed...

Just EIGHT units sold for the quarter??!

Why is there such a huge hole over by Wyoming, Montana, North & South Dakota?

Hmmm….. I have the korean one, and its 1 lb, 12.9 oz. So yeah, about 1.81 lbs. same weight. I’m wondering about the power rating labels though. Doing the math, 500V x 300A = 150kW. The US model states 250kW right on the adapter. Then again, I’ve pulled a little over 180 for brief...

We gotta get comparisons of the stickers/model numbers to find this out.

I agree with this one, after plugging into many L2’s at work, strip malls, and lately, movie theaters. The amount of V2 heads available vs a single DCFC (50 and above) is a lot more desirable. I’d venture to say on the order of maybe eight to ten L2’s vs the one DCFC. I keep hoping that...

Oh yes it is. Before the CC1 adapter was available (from SK) i was charging from CHAdeMO all the time due to credits and free chargers. Most of that was sitting around for 45 mins to two hours. People forget that when it says 50kw, that’s 50kw MAX! The stupid things are usually pushing...

Here’s hoping that owners with slower charging cars (bolts/leafs/50kw) know this and not charge at the 350 when a 50 is available. But it’s going to happen.

So it looks like EA is redesigning the labels on their cabinets…..

This is true. If we look at gas stations more as “a stop for motorists” than strictly a “gasoline fill up station” then we can change what they offer without having to remove them entirely. They still have much to offer other than gasoline. I think (could be wrong on this) they profit more...

As much as I hope that is coming soon, I don’t think it will unless more effort is put into charging infrastructure than selling cars. The amount of electric cars sold every month is much more than the amount of charging station installed. This applies to both Teslas & other electrics...

They could if they had cameras installed at all their stations. I know-that would incur more expenses and people would have to then spend time watching videos. So, it will be a very long time until (and that’s if) EA gets to where Tesla is now with charging infrastructure.

Gimped L2 chargers that pull only 3kw are just as bad, if not worse than, gimped DC chargers. We’re talking about 5% charge per hour. And I’ve hooked up to plenty of those!! It’s all about leveraging the amount of chargers vs the charging rate vs the price. $0.20 per, 20 L2’s that charge...

If IKEA were smart, they’d drop the KW rate to 50kw instead of 150-350. That way people will have to spend a little more than half hour to fast charge (hour to two hours). By dropping the rate, they can have more charging stalls too! Which is preferred- six 150-350’s or 18 50KW stalls? If...

I looked right after I read this….. A hundred bucks!!!! For a case! I guess having the words SEXY on it plus having both J1772 and CCS1 molded compartments in it make this attractive but a hundred bucks……insane.

I haven’t seen evidence either way, but I do find this hard to believe. It’s just not sustainable to be keeping the chargers running by only selling cars. Especially since more Superchargers are popping up every few days!

A dealer network adds nothing of value for Tesla. If you break down what a dealer network is, well, that’s land, buildings, people, and parts distribution. Tesla would rather buy some low-rent industrial warehouse to fix their cars-that’s pretty much where they are now and continue to be...

The picture of that chinese adapter confuses me. First, I don’t see the extending safety pin that Tesla has on its adapter, which locks the CCS1 plug and prevents it from being unplugged while charging. The second, is this one, I don’t know if it means it is identical in function to the...

I don’t think permanently connecting the Tesla CCS1 adapter is a good idea, especially since not all Tesla’s can use it (at this time). I do see the words 2020 and newer only but there’s that fall into that year range but don’t support the use of that adapter due to missing parts. Seeing how it...

They already have, just need a LOT more of them.

Not in plugshare, but in EVGo’s own phone app it shows you which plugs the station has, and if its currently being used, either CCS1 or CHAD/Tesla (notice the / because those two are actually on the same outlet). I use EVGo a lot because I have a ton of credits off a program that ended a few...

EVGo stations have built-in adapters. It even show you in your car, if you select the single lightning bolt option when navigating for charging, the EVGo stations with adapters will show up in there. CCS stands for Combined Charging System, so the word “Combo” is probably comes from shortening...

I’ve used EA a lot, with the Tesla CHAD, the Setec CCS1, and Tesla CCS1 adaptors. None of those ever took longer than a few minutes to start charging. I can say the credit card swiper is almost always broken, so I don’t use that. But it’s pretty even 50/50 whether I use the phone app or the...

Could it be possible this station is a new Siemens charger install? Earlier picture from someone else’s post of Baker CA EA station…..

I agree with the first part, CHAd seems like an early attempt at a DCFC standard and is huge and overweight. For the second, I’ve seen the opposite at some stations where the CCS handles were broken (latches) but the CHAd was fine. So this one can work both ways. I guess: cary both Setec...

If the Tesla doesn’t support CC charging, I recommend the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter (slightly) over the Setec CCS, having lots of experience using all three adapters. -The Setec CCS has a separate internal battery, which basically means it has to be charged before use. While you can get around...

See, that kind of comparison is the problem, and one that continues to be made about Tesla's, (and EV's in general). totally reliable and well-featured cars that costed low $$$ have always been around, and always will be. If one was to go for ownership cost comparisons with those types of...

Going back to the original subject, I think PHEV’s (plug in hybrids) would work great for most people, more than EV’s and they’re not too much of a step backward, if any at all. Electric for around town and gas when you need it. Yea, i do get the compromises of complexity, multiple...

Which also affects the staffing and availability of people able to go out and repair such stations. I’m guessing Tesla has a solid crew of people ready to respond quickly to minimize downtime at their SC’s, where EVGo and EA probably have just two guys operating over a giant 50 mile radius...

That would be the same as saying paying an extra $20k for a Benz or BMW over a Honda or Toyota. This isn’t how most people think. They look at how much they want to spend, say $46,000 and then see what car they can get for that price. Two years a ago, a model Y did fall into that range as...

DCFC charge companies aren’t going to be as good as Tesla. One of them happens to be spending money as imposed punishment, so you can already imagine the issues there. Looking back as recent as 2018, I remember *fast* chargers were simply labeled as such, there wasn’t a 100, 150, 250 or 300...