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Eh, it's Tesla. I've given up being pissed off over stuff like this.
Canadian deliveries aren't beginning yet (not until "mid 2018"), and Japan deliveries are a really long time away. Who knows when Chademo will be enabled, but it could easily be before then.
diamond.g
Active Member
The safe assumption is that the adapter will work when the Japanese 3's start shipping. If it works beforehand that would be seen as a bonus... Or at least that is how I am taking it all...It's inexcusable for Tesla not to make basic info like this available to owners and prospective owners.
(And so is not having basic software features like this finished 7 months(!) into production, but I'll stick to one complaint at a time.)
How is it not available? They don't list it as a feature, and in the store it clearly lists that the CHAdeMO adapter is for the S&X. (For things that are compatible with the 3 they have updated the store to reflect that.)
If what you are referring to is that they aren't letting you know when/if CHAdeMO support will be available for the Model 3, maybe they don't know when that will be yet. (It is probably a much lower priority than everything else they need to get added/fixed/working on the Model 3.)
davewill
Active Member
Yeah, if the japanese market hadn't practically required CHAdeMO capability, I don't think there'd be an adapter at all.
For me the question is not "WHEN" but simply "do they plan to support chademo ? "
People just assume it is their intention but I've never seen any official comment or document from Tesla saying Model 3 will support chademo. They must tell us if they intend to do it or not. This is a deal breaker for me.
People just assume it is their intention but I've never seen any official comment or document from Tesla saying Model 3 will support chademo. They must tell us if they intend to do it or not. This is a deal breaker for me.
roblab
Active Member
I just kind of assumed it would be available. Absolute deal breaker for us. Glad we have some time to our potential purchase.
What possible reason would they not enable Chademo? Inquiring minds want to know.
@Webeevdrivers Certainly understandable if chademo is your only local quick-charging solution, but I’m pretty confident that it will be available/enabled in the next 6 months or so.
Probably just like the lack of WiFi or control over the rear seat heaters: They just haven't finished the software and testing yet.
Or in the case of CHAdeMO it is possible that they are going to make a new adapter that can handle more than 50kW, and that is what they will make the Model 3 compatible with.
vdiv
Chief Grump
Someone should keep a list of the differences between the S and the 3. Many people look at the 3 with S goggles on for better or for worse, perhaps we shouldn't. The 3 has enough space to have a CHAdeMO plug on the car, and there was speculation that the reflector on the right side would be used for that (similar with GB-T in China, CCS Type 2 elsewhere). That means the Japanese market entry does not guarantee CHAdeMO adapter compatibility. Tesla needs to be more forward with the specifications, present and planned.
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