Charging Standards

What is the best way to place a charger on property that I own? Are there certain EVSE vendors that are easy to work with? Anyone know any contact people? How do I check on governmental incentives at the various levels of government? Any helpful websites? I may not be able to achieve this...

Not sure if this is the right sub-forum to post this. I couldn't find one dedicated to the "mobile app". I just got a new alert from the Tesla mobile app that I've not seen before. I usually get 3 messages on my phone will Supercharging: 1. Started Charging 2. Almost Done 3. Completed/Done...

My electrician just arrived at my house to install the NEMA 14-50 outlet in the garage. I took a peek at the outlet he brought and wanted to make sure this is a good/right/legit one. Can anyone here confirm please? It's a Leviton NEMA 14-50R, and looks just like this...

Hello. I'm about to get my first electric car, MS 60, this week and was wondering if anyone has a list of charging stations that use renewable energy. I had a discussion at work with some coworkers about reducing carbon footprint. And one of the things that came up was even though we drive...

While this may not be exciting news for many members, I have just received notice that the Sun Country charger my wife and I sought to sponsor in 2013 in the Grand Forks area has finally found a home. Good afternoon , I hope you are doing well. I am happy to advise you we have secured a...

I live in the South (North Carolina) and during the summer my two car garage can reach as high as 92 degrees. Out of curiosity, is there a concern charging an electric car within that temperature range?

I was looking at PlugShare, there is not much near where I live. Has anyone joined up on PlugShare and let people charge at their house? Any wisdom to share?

I read that this might have ended, but does anyone know if there is a tax credit if you were to install a 14-50 charger outlet in your home? I will be installing two 14-50 outlets in my garage from my fuse box in the basement, which will cost around $2300 and was wondering if anyone got a tax...

Apparently Apple has added Tesla Superchargers to Apple Maps. You can also search "ev chargers" and they have at least ChargePoint, EVgo, Blink and SemaConnect networks. Apparently they pull pictures from Yelp for those sites.

Tesla — NEMA 14-30 Faith restored!

I plan to make a 30A extension cord for temporary charging at vacation rentals. I most likely will go with 50 foot length, but I may need 75 or 100 feet. On one end I will use an L6-30P, and I will make adapters for the various 30 and 50 Amp outlets to an L6-30R. On the other end I will use a...

I'm looking into setting up some 75-80 amp charging units in remote locations in Wyoming, Does anyone know of good solutions for taking credit cards for payment like newer vending machines or car washes? I was hoping to use some Juice Box Pro's or maybe SCH100 EV Chargers. I haven't had much...

So I have a 220 Chevy Volt setup that I have been charging my Tesla with the j1772 adapter. I get 8 to 9 miles per hour. I have a friend who gets 15 miles per hour using the Tesla charger that comes with the car. If I change the outlet and use my Tesla Charger would I get the same rate? Only...

I already have an RV plug installed at the house. Do I still need to get a new outlet installed or can I just get an adapter or something? Getting my model x in October. I didn't get the high amp upgrade.

Looks like I only have a 100 amp panel in my home and will have to upgrade. Along with digging a trench to my garage, it will cost me about $3K. How was everyone else's experience?

I've done some reading on here, relative to a few member's experience in getting a supercharger developed at a particular location/site. I've reached out to those members directly for some information, but would like to reach out to the forum as a whole for any experience or direction on...

Right beside a supermarked caled Planica, there is a 22KW charger for free! Just connect and charge. To unconnect push 1 several times till you see a menu with 1.Stop. Choose it and you will be able to disconnect. Needs a Mennekes cable.

This past weekend we took our first road trip in our new model S, from Los Angeles to San Diego. We were disappointed by what seemed to be the absence of a SC infrastructure in San Diego. We rented a house in La Jolla and spent what seemed to be a significant amount of time on PlugShare...

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Full article at: EV Hub To Provide Full Service Fast Charging Stop With 10-20 Stations, Gym, Food, Groceries & More This is a pretty good idea actually, I think.

I'm considering building a full size replica of a Supercharger (the newer red, gray and white design) to be placed in my garage just for fun. I'll probably use wood and dense sculpting foam, but I wonder if it's possible to buy the colored plastic panels from Tesla, even slightly damaged ones...

If this poll already exists please forgive me :confused: I totally understand why Tesla would have been hesitant to add HPWCs initially... unless I'm mistaken the Superchargers use 480v and HPWCs used 240v so you would have needed an additional transformer to power the HPWCs. Now that HPWCs...

I'm in the process of installing two of the new wall chargers in my garage, and of course wanting a clean look with nothing exposed I am trying to do a rear-entry install. Some quick facts: 1. I went the subpanel route in the garage to maximize my flexibility. I'm running #3 wire from the...

Last night, I was somehow stranded for over an hour at a supercharger...unable to charge...at 4 AM...because other owners had left their cars plugged in while sleeping overnight at the hotel next to the supercharger in Mt Shasta, CA. Only one of the four chargers was open, and a few cars...

I just moved, and I'm dealing with getting a charging circuit in my new garage. In my old house, I had a circuit installed for powering my main panel with a gasoline generator. (Properly done, with an interlock on the main panel to avoid electrocuting linemen, and an external breaker.) In my...

So, I am spending the week on the Gulf of Mexico. I drove around (in an ICE) checking out all the charging options. Nothing was being used, anywhere. But it brought a question to mind: if I ever used a charing station close to a body of salt water, should I be concerned about any effects of...

So should we be notifying anyone? or just letting it continue? I did a write up this morning with pics, but twice I've seen this at the Truckee Supercharger location. It didn't impact me personally so I just took my pics and moved on. Aren’t Tesla Supercharger Spots Sacred Ground?

I had an electrician install a new panel and the wall charger today. It was his first Tesla wall charger install, anything specific I should check before my car shows up?

For setting the dip switches, the wall connector came with both set to up and said this was the "normal" position. (I'm located in CA, USA - single phase power). They didn't specify what "normal" was, but with position 1 set to down its 240v line to line. Seems to work now with that first...

ABB Sells First Order For 15-Second Bus Charging

Reading about the congestion at some superchargers in California on high travel days got me thinking... Obviously installing HPWC's is far cheaper then supercharger cabinets, but at the same time, the charging is much (much) slower. Tesla has standardized on the single charger that for most is...

Comment on where you live and fire away: I live in Charlotte, NC. As of 7/31/2016 1. Hickory, NC 2. Beckley, WV 3. Columbia, SC 4. Florence, SC 5. Birmingham, AL 6. Johnson City, TN 7. Decatur/Athens, AL 8. Jackson, TN 9. Tupelo, MS 10. Memphis, TN What's yours?

My nephew just sent me pictures of this New I-80 construction!

I've heard Tesla say that they will not need a large number of superchargers because most people will charge up at home. This is partially true. As Tesla's become more common, eventually there will be increasing numbers of used Tesla's for sale. Since electric vehicles should last longer there...

On the off chance someone from Tesla is reading this, there are several pissed off tesla owners waiting in line to get a Supetcharge this morning from the just opened Reno Supercharger at the Atlantis hotel. In particular there is one tesla with manufacturer plates that is occupying a slot and...

Federal Government Aims to Develop a 500 Wh/kg Battery, 350 kW Charging System - HybridCars.com

its been quite hot in California the last week or so. Still 100F outside at 8:30pm. Supercharging starts out very fast at 120kw the. Very quickly drops to 36kw. Repluging raises back to 60kw then drops to 36kw again. Is this due to pack temperature?

Disclaimer: I don’t have a Tesla yet, but have a couple of Model 3 reservations and read quite a bit. This is the only destination charger on the island. Charger was sent to them by Tesla They have a nice Café. A bit spending but very good. Nice landscaping – They grow a good deal of...

I'm not an electrician, but this video of a 240V outlet install seems to have several code violations: The one that jumps out at me is the fact the he didn't use an outlet box and installed it straight-into the drywall. That can't be legal, can it? I'm going to bet that there are 3 or 4...

I'm not sure if Tesla would use this information to decide where to put future Superchargers in Oregon but let's see if we can get a poll going on locations that you would use. My vote would be: #1 Klamath Falls, Oregon #2 Chemult, Oregon My rational is that many people in Bend regularly go to...

I live in a city and will be installing my Wall Connector outside in a publicly-accessible space. Is there some sort of locking feature on the Wall Connector cable that would prevent others from surreptitiously using my charger "for free" while I'm away? If not, it looks like I'd be looking at...

As the post says I will be relocating to the UK for work. Only just got the car so selling is not an option and the company will move it for free. What I'm looking for is a US Tesla charge port to EU port adapter. Any help would be appreciated

Response from Tesla received today.

We owned a Models S 60 for 2 years without supercharging. We did our very first SuperCharge yesterday in our new X90D in East Brunswick, NJ heading to Palidades Center in NY. The four charge spots were unoccupied and we only needed a 10 minute charge. I was very impressed with the speed and...

My hometown of Monroe, LA finally getting it's supercharger right off i20! • /r/teslamotors Not mine

White House Targets 350 kW, 10-Minute EV Fast Charging "Department of Energy (DOE) will partner with National Laboratories to explore the feasibility of fast charging up to a rate of 350 kW, which could charge an electric car in as short as 10 minutes." Current Tesla's rate is 120 kW in the US...

Interesting article in The Washington Post about funding chargers. From the article - "The White House on Thursday announced an array of new initiatives aimed at clinching one key goal in a transition away from burning fossil fuels — switching the nation’s millions of drivers from gas...

White House unlocks $4.5 billion for electric vehicle infrastructure and announces new EV programs

Just a notice to Tesla. Need to service 4a at Randers in Denmark. Charges fine, but cable damaged.