To be fair, the Canadian Tire stores I've charged at that DO have fast chargers have most staff unaware of the existence of the chargers.
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To be fair, the Canadian Tire stores I've charged at that DO have fast chargers have most staff unaware of the existence of the chargers.
What??? Where are you located?
I think he is more speaking about the TransCanada fast chargers, some at Canadian Tires and Petro-Canada. Just a suggestion, but I’d say wait until summer before venturing out to those locations, because construction probably won’t start until then.
There were 20-25 Canadian Tire Gas+ locations in Ontario included in the first round of Federal funding (2016-2018).
And he's right, local staff are often the last to know about charging projects.
These were in Calgary/Red Deer/Edmonton. I agree, though, that construction is probably still a ways off for the SK/MB chargers. I'm just saying that the staff at the Alberta locations for the most part have no idea there is a Chademo/CCS charger in their parking lot.
mknox
Well-Known Member
You would probably get more timely and accurate information simply by following PlugShare either by their web site or app. It is a crowd-sourced repository of charging station info and you can bet that as soon as a station pops up, someone will create an entry there.
No. If there's a wrench it means that it's coming soon, but there is no way to filter them
No, but it would be a helpful feature. Let's all write Plugshare and ask them to add it.
It is now possible to uncheck "Coming Soon" to filter those sites out. At least in the Web version. Not sure for the mobile apps.
mrElbe
Active Member
Europe CCS adapter to Mennekes receptacle on Tesla Model S and X is different from Tesla connector in North America. No CCS adapter announced yet here.
Yes, but hopefully it will be eventually and given that CCS usually shows up at the same charging stations as Cademo but is a faster way of charging I'm thinking of waiting since I don’t need Cademo urgently.
mknox
Well-Known Member
I have a CHAdeMO adapter that works just fine with my X, so I don't really have a lot invested here, however, the compact nature of the European CCS adapter sure looks a lot nicer than the kludge which is the Tesla CHAdeMO adapter!
Two CHAdeMO/CCS for Whitehorse and one in Carcross. Unknown date for project completion. Once the one in Carcross, YT is ready, it will only be 1,600 km to the next DC Fast Charge station to the South in Prince George. 
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Has anyone had a chance to test one of these S/X adapters with the 3? I assume the Tesla end of the plug is the same, but I've read the car needs the programming to handshake - which the 3 does not have?
