Fourdoor
Active Member
Watching one of Kyle Connor's videos the other day (he was driving a Rivian on a long road trip). He basically stated that the amount of charge you'll get from an EA station will be dependent on the guts of the machine (yeah, he said lots more. Too many numbers for my limited understanding of electricity to take in!). So, even at a 350kW EA station if plugged in with your CCS adapter you might max out at either around 130kW or around 180kW.
Rich
Yup, it all depends on the current that particular CCS charger (EA, or other brands) can provide. If a CCS charger is rated for 350 KW at 1000 volts that means it has a max current rating of 350 amps (about 130 KW on a Model Y) but if it is rated at 350 KW at lower voltage where it can provide the max current within the CCS standard (500 amps) you will max out at 188 KW on a Model Y. I really wish chargers had their current rating prominently displayed, but that would only be fun for tech geeks like me Your average EV owner doesn't know what the difference between 150 KW and 350 KW is, and assumes that their BMW i3 or Chevy Bolt will charge faster on the 350 than the 150 because 350 is bigger than 150...
I was watching youtube video from a channel I subscribe to where the guy just got a Hyundai Ionic 5, and on a road trip he encountered this situation twice, once with the BMW i3 (50 KW max) and once with a Chevy Bolt (55 KW max) using the 350 KW charger leaving several 150 KW chargers un-occupied.
Keith