A record? Max Supercharger: +275 mph!

[JoshG]

Anyone been able to beat this?

370v @ 230A = +275 miles of range per hour! Yee-ha!

Just now at Tejon bay 1B (no one else here, all the power for me).

In last 24 hours, I've been at Gilroy, Harris, Tejon twice, Hawthorne twice. Never gotten above about 220 mph.

 

[JoshG]

Makes me wonder what speed it would have been if I were closer to empty. Probably even faster.

 

[fiksegts]

nice, so this is before they make the updates to charge even faster?

 

[mitch672]

That's 85.1KW, should be able to get to nearly 120KW, once the SuperChargers are upgraded from 90KW to 120KW
You might see 370V @ 324A, if the Model S connector can handle that amperage, or you might only see it at a very low SOC

 

[Trnsl8r]

Are you on Rated or Ideal miles?

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

I saw 88 kW @ Folsom

 

[JoshG]

That record didn't last long. Beat my own record at Harris Ranch just now.

285 miles/hr.

Again it's undoubtedly helped substantially by me being the only car in the bays now.

And yes, a moment of panic since many of the chargers ARE still down here tonight. The two bays on the right ( the ones you back into rather than the standard setup) ARE working. And fast as you see. One at the shell station must be working too as someone's using it.

 

[johnbr]

at Hawthorne a couple weeks ago..

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[spdntckt]

I have been able to get the advertised 300miles per hour charge rate @ harris ranch

 

[Todd Burch]

Wow, it's encouraging to see these rates at 50% SOC! I'm looking forward to losing my Supercharging virginity.

 

[JoshG]

I have been able to get the advertised 300miles per hour charge rate @ harris ranch

Wow... ok, record-holder is "spdntckt" now with +300mi/hr.; JohnBR holding silver medal with +291mi/hr.

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

Why are people looking at mi/hr? this # varies depending on your driving!

switch to kW then compare
at 30% SOC I saw 245A / 361v ~ 88.45 kW/hr which is > 300 mi/hr
I'm sure it was charging faster but this is the only time I happened to look at it and take a pic

the 300 mi/ hr above is only 86.7kW/hr

 

[swaltner]

I saw 245A / 361v ~ 88.45 kW/hr

Grammar (unit) police here...

You meant 88.45 kWh per hour or 88.45 kW, which is just below the max of 90 kW of power the current Superchargers can provide.

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

Grammar (unit) police here...

You meant 88.45 kWh per hour or 88.45 kW, which is just below the max of 90 kW of power the current Superchargers can provide.

err, ya...tghanks, my bad
I was complaining about units and messed mine all up!

report on V*A (or kW) not mi/hr when you are at a Supercharger :smile:

 

[Trnsl8r]

Why are people looking at mi/hr? this # varies depending on your driving!

switch to kW then compare
at 30% SOC I saw 245A / 361v ~ 88.45 kW/hr which is > 300 mi/hr
I'm sure it was charging faster but this is the only time I happened to look at it and take a pic

the 300 mi/ hr above is only 86.7kW/hr

Because saying "300mph" just sounds so much cooler...

 

[Todd Burch]

Why are people looking at mi/hr? this # varies depending on your driving!

Pretty sure it only has to do with whether you're in ideal vs. rated mode.

 

[hans]

Why are people looking at mi/hr? this # varies depending on your driving!

I display mi/hr because I am a math major and I can multiply the V*A and divide by 1000 to get the kW/hr.

I also love saying to people that I've had my car up to 300 mph!

How do we get to 120 kWh? Is it 255A @ 470ishV?

 

[cinergi]

Pretty sure it only has to do with whether you're in ideal vs. rated mode.

It was in fact based on your driving.
It's been fixed -- but I'm not sure which version fixed it.

 

[brianman]

Pretty sure it only has to do with whether you're in ideal vs. rated mode.

There's a running theory that (in at least some firmware versions) the charging rate is reporting something more like the original Projected than like either Rated or Ideal.

Edit: Didn't see cinergi's post 'til now.

 

[actualsize]

Cool, and all, but I want to know is this: how does that rate taper down as the battery approaches full? Anyone got a graph or a screen shot of this? 300 mph implies an empty 85 kWh battery will be full in about an hour, but I know from experience with other EVS that the charging rate tapers off greatly during the last 25% or so. Most of these examples represent an instantaneous "speed" at a given moment around about the half full mark. What does the charge rate display read when you get to the point where you're at 90%+ full (in extended mode) and are about to unplug and leave the Supercharger?

Meanwhile, I'm racing along here at home at 3 mph on Level 1. The 30-A Level 2 is at the office and the 100-A HPWC is in a box awaiting permits and the electrician.