Charging Standards

Here's a thread for pictures of parking lots with many chargers (>=20). I'll start: at Tesla Fremont Factory parking lot:

Hmm... an interesting turn: ChargePoint Appoints Former General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner to Board of Directors

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Although the European SuC network is growing constantly, the Northwestern part of Spain, meaning the provinces of Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia are void of any SuC. This makes travel to Northern Portugal and the city of Porto very difficult. Those who want to travel further South, such as...

Needed a room for the evening to avoid severe weather on I-44 and wanted one that had charging to save some time on my trip. Booked a room at the Best Western Plus Springfield Airport (Missouri), confirmed with front desk that they "rarely" see anyone use the chargers. I get here and both spaces...

We are now three months into 2017. In the state that holds, by far, the largest number of registered Teslas there is currently not a single supercharger under construction (Fremont-2 doesn't count). There is not a single supercharger permit listed at supercharge.info. I still return from long...

Get them while they're hot! Tesla — NEMA 14-30 [Sorry if this is a repost, tried to search first]

Hi - Has anyone found a good, strong outdoor cord cover that will fit over the 24-foot cord of the High-Powered Wall Connector? Thx! -Scott

Preparing for a recent road trip with plugshare.com I came across a level 2 charger (green) icon where several posters had stated that since Feb. 25th 2017 it was an operational Tesla supercharger station. No photos had been posted, so the treasure hunt was on. To my pleasure, I confirmed their...

The manual has trouble shooting tips for every combination of lights except for no light. Charger is working fine, but the green light is gone. Tried resetting - turning power off and on (something that Bill Gates has taught all of us to do) Has anyone had this happen? I'll call Tesla tomorrow...

Recharge electric vehicles from under the road

So here's my dilemma... I have a Model S showing up in a month or so which will only have the 48A charger, and I have a Model 3 hopefully showing up sometime later this year that I'm assuming will also be a ~48A car. These charging rates will meet my needs easily, since I rarely drive more...

When looking at the map Find Us | Tesla I noticed that there is no real easy solution for city dwellers for finding a plug for their EV car (mostly future Tesla M3 owners). - Superchargers are principally located outsides major cities. - Destinations chargers are mostly...

Elon tweeted in December that 350 kW would be a 'a children's toy' for the Supercharger V3 So what do you expect the power for this to be? 350-400 would give 100 miles in about 6 mins & 1000 would make that about 2 mins Tesla raised the bar by 240% with the Supercharger, so could they be...

I am aware modern Model S charge only 24A (16.5kW) but AFAIK there is no 24A-only wall charger, all such chargers are already capable of 32A (22kW). I am aware of these charging options (there is also http://www.teslaclub.be/teslachart.pdf). 3-phase 16A 11kW with Tesla cable shipped with the...

I've read through the installation guide for the new Wall Connector, and I just can't wrap my head around what the actual wiring would look like to utilize the power sharing feature. Currently in my garage I have a 14-50 outlet that's connected to the main breaker panel outside with 6-2 NM...

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I am in the process of installing solar panels on my roof. And would like to create a system, where the car is charged on excess electricity and it is exported to the grid only if the car battery is charged. The solution that I have found is to add Sunny Home Manager to the SMA system, and use...

Hi, I'm a new Model X owner and am making my first long(ish) trip - Vancouver BC to Seattle WA....is there any easy way to find hotels that have reliable charge stations? I'll be attending a conference out of the downtown area on Greenwood Ave. Thank you!

Hi All, I am in the process of going under contract for a new construction home, and am trying to figure out what I should do in my garage to prepare for getting a Model 3 when it finally comes out. Is there a definitive thread on this? I am not even sure what my options are at this point...

I just feel a need to rant, sorry in advance. My wife and I were at a horse show in Thermal, CA, about 15 miles from the Indio Supercharger. We stopped by last night, and supercharged there while eating dinner at La Casita, which was a cheap but good mexican restaurant in the same mall. We...

Hi there. Filming a Tesla Ad with a professional crew and studio on March 25th. The Tesla that we had was recently involved in an accident (truck run up the back). I wanted to reach out to the Tesla community to see if anyone would be interested in having their car professionally photographed...

Most of the charging systems I have seen for electric cars involve a pedestal and a fuel pump like hose that connects to the car the same way you fuel a petroleum powered car. It would seem to make much more sense to have a plate that slides under the car like a floor jack or installed in the...

Interesting article, this looks like they actually have a finished product that has been tested. 3x the density and longer life cycle. Inventor of Lithium-ion Batteries Develops First All-Solid-State Battery Cells > ENGINEERING.com

i have a tesla, and want to install a charging station for my parking space at my office. as this is a long term office lease, i'm thinking about installing a charging station that can accommodate other models besides Tesla if i ever decide to switch. what model is best that i can currently...

I searched and didn't find a thread about this topic, though individual Supercharger location threads have noted that the chargers are located at at Fred Meyer store. This article Charge it: Tesla stations come to Klamath quotes a Fred Meyers "store manager" as saying: ------------- “They’re...

this supercharger was down last week. I ended up running out of juice trying to get home (first time in 140k miles) bc this site was down and I did not have enough to make it home. Side note: I can personally vouch for there being absolutely no reserve when you hit 0. In fact, right after it...

Anyone know what's up with our neighbor to the South? At present, there appears to be but one (1) SC in the entire country, and that is south of Mexico City, at Cuernavaca, over 500 miles south of the U.S. border and about 600 miles from the next SC, in Texas!!! So is this a token "island" to...

Hi all I'm toying with the idea of converting a relative's property, which is currently rented out, into an AirBnB, and of course I would want to offer guests destination charging. I remembered that there was a Tesla/AirBnB programme that gave hosts free chargers and gave travellers the option...

I write this knowing there is little sympathy for Californians complaining about Supercharger locations, but here I go. We need another Supercharger on I-5 between Corning and Manteca. They are 173 miles apart and the head winds on I-5 can reduce range such that range anxiety prevails. For the...

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Hi , Is there like a template in word format that I could download and print out to place on my dashboard when I'm charging at a public place with my details so people can contact me? So when somebody urgently needs to charge they can call me so I can move my car. I can just print a small...

So if your Tesla is charging at a Chicago school, it looks like you won't be bothered by the ICE patrol. Lets hope ICE cars stay away too from the charging spots! LOL! "Chicago public schools say they will keep ICE agents out!"

Take a look at this photo. Nice to see that police forces are working diligently to extricate non EV cars from charging spots

On February 21st , Youxia travel tourism and Baiyue tourism group sincerely invite Tesla owner of southern China group to hold their annual meeting in the republic of Palau, this is the largest party of Tesla car owners in the world . After 30 days of preparation, we have received nearly 4...

I seem to spend a lot of money on drinks and snacks at my local gas station. I often wonder if it would be viable for these stations to offer a few car spaces for EV charging. I bet you the patrons charging up their EVs are likely to also spend money in the store while waiting.

I read an article that the official 10-30 adapter was recalled early Dec 2016 and that a replacement would be sent to affected Tesla owners. If true, will the 10-30 recall replacement adapter ever be available for purchase. I believe the Tesla adapter informed the car that it should only draw...

I have 2 Teslas on order and I have one Nema 14-50 outlet. Is this a bad idea? For the most part we plan to charge one Tesla at night, and the other during the day. Any downside to this other than the obvious that we may have a situation where we need to charge both at the same time?

This site: Tesla Supercharger Realtime Availability Map - EV-Prices - Tesla Price History & Modeler Has a real time map of all Superchargers with stall availability. Very interesting to see where the hot spots are. I won't leave you in suspense, the SCs around San Francisco, Los Angles, Orange...

Tesla is gearing up for its launch tommorow by installing superchargers in multiple locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

I'm a M3 reservation holder. I've driven but don't own a Model S. I was thinking about the problem of charger hogs, both at destination and superchargers. (where someone plugs in and wanders off longer than the car needs to charge up) The current solution is to simply fine the people who do...

Hey all, I'm looking at the Corded Mobile Connector as a semi-stationary charging solution while I keep my UMC in the car for the odd "emergency" use. I have some special circumstances that require me to use a lot of RV-30 amp connections for which I created my own adapter that uses the NEMA...

Did V8.0(17.5.28) software release change the charging rate? I have the High Amperage Charger Upgrade.. I noticed an improved MPH charging rate.. I at home I have a 100Amp circuit with the 72 Amp Charger.. Before the upgrade I was charging at a rate of 35 MPH - I remembered calculating that...

So, I hear these stories about a) "charger didn't work, and I moved to another charger, which did"; and b) "charging stall is close to busy traffic -- so pulled out slowly to switch chargers". I know that plugshare and these forums mention occasional ad hoc outages, but dammit, there has to be...

During January, I made daily observations using the dashboard Nav showing the U.S. contiguous states. These sites went down for the first time, during the month: Moosic, PA Gila Bend, AZ Birmingham, AL Milford, CT SB Supposedly, Tesla will not report any outages if they are beyond a 24 hour...

I want to install a charging station at my office. I am considering allowing others to use it as well? I.e. employees and clients and maybe anyone Does anyone have any advice for this? Has anyone installed something more universal than just a Tesla charging station? Is there a difference...

I'm awaiting my Model 3, and thought my charging situation was all set. (townhouse, 1 car garage, 200A service...I was just going to put in a 50A breaker to charge my Model 3 at 40A load....) But now the wife wants to move to a house with a yard. We've picked the house, which was built in...

so I stop off at Oxnard because I need a charge to continue from LA to Santa Barbara and I see this... every car empty. How many are actually traveling, and how many are just out for a Sunday shop at the mall??? I guess I've read about this plenty, but my first such experience. I'm sure some...

I reserved a Model 3, and like many, I live in a big city and don't rent or own a garage or parking space that could be outfitted with a charger. We park our current ICE-car in the street. The purpose of superchargers is to make long-distance travel comfortable. But I think, the components...