Charging at non Tesla charging stations

[Chris Lin]

Will charging at non-Tesla charging stations (DC chargers excluded) damage the battery?

Thanks!

 

[doggy1]

Can't see any reason that would occur. In general, AC charging is going to be less impactful than high rate DC charging. I think most/all of use what we can find consistent with our journeys whether Tesla or Third Party.

 

[meloccom]

Will charging at non-Tesla charging stations (DC chargers excluded) damage the battery?

Thanks!

Every charge session of an EV, be it slow AC charging or fast DC charging starts with a handshake between the charger in the car and the Charge Connector on the wall or the portable Universal Mobile Connector (UMC) or the DC quick charge station. These are known collectively as Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment (EVSE). The handshake between the EVSE and the charging equipment in the car determines things like battery voltage, state of charge, the capacity of the on board charger if being used for this charge etc.
For AC charging the on board charger communicates via the handshake to not pull more than the maximum load allowed by the EVSE and for DC quick charging the on board charger is bypassed and another device negotiates with the DC quick charger to select the correct voltage and amps to suit the car and its state of charge, battery temperature etc.
The worst thing that can happen is the handshake fails and it doesn’t charge, it won’t hurt the car charging at a non Tesla charging station but it may not be compatible, but compatibility has improved vastly compared to a few years ago.
Then there are different plug standards , but that’s improving too.

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

AC Charging: No
AC chargers are little more than a controlled-access power point. The car takes the AC power from the grid, and it decides what to do with it. If it likes the power available, it'll run it through the onboard inverter, converting it to DC, and charge the battery off that DC.

DC Charging: Also no
DC chargers only do what the car tells them to do. The DC charger tells the car what it can offer, and the car will tell the DC charger what it can accept, and they'll agree to something and it'll start being delivered.