Hi folks, I've had my M3P for 3 years now and have extended my lease for another year. In that time I've never used a Supercharger. My reason being that I mostly charge from home and when I need to charge in public I tend to go for a 50kw charger from Pod Point or similar rather than a 350kw Supercharger from Tesla. I always figured that I'd rather wait an extra half an hour whilst I check emails and eat lunch and also keep my battery healthier by charging at a slower speed.
Is that thinking right? I'm going to be doing close to 800 - 900 miles over the next 3 days so was wondering if I should try a Supercharger or if it's better for the battery to just carry on with the 50kw.
As much as people on the internet seem to think Tesla has some special sauce battery management in their chargers, I suspect that nothing they can do will actually prevent the inevitable harm that comes from charging your car 7 times faster. I also suspect all the chargers from all brands have some degree of battery management that monitors things and does it's best to keep your battery happy (or that the car's BMS will do that regardless of whether you're on a Tesla charger or another brand's charger).
Am I correct in that thinking? I know the act of Supercharging a handful of times will probably have a negligible impact on the battery, but I figure that if I'm stopped checking emails etc anyway, I might as well be as kind as possible to the battery...
Is that thinking right? I'm going to be doing close to 800 - 900 miles over the next 3 days so was wondering if I should try a Supercharger or if it's better for the battery to just carry on with the 50kw.
As much as people on the internet seem to think Tesla has some special sauce battery management in their chargers, I suspect that nothing they can do will actually prevent the inevitable harm that comes from charging your car 7 times faster. I also suspect all the chargers from all brands have some degree of battery management that monitors things and does it's best to keep your battery happy (or that the car's BMS will do that regardless of whether you're on a Tesla charger or another brand's charger).
Am I correct in that thinking? I know the act of Supercharging a handful of times will probably have a negligible impact on the battery, but I figure that if I'm stopped checking emails etc anyway, I might as well be as kind as possible to the battery...