It's too bad that Tesla Model S/X are falling behind in the charging race. Both Audi e-Tron and Mercedes EQC charge faster than the latest S/X vehicles. Watch this video and look at the Raven's ridiculous taper compared to the Audi.
Tesla's antiquated system is not competitive w/ latest CCS charge rates. It was fine 6 years ago, but not anymore. The only advantage to Supercharger at this point is ubiquity in US. Once that's gone, Tesla has no advantage.
What matters in the real world is not kW charge rate, but the actual number of miles added to a charging car in a fixed period of time. Currently, Tesla's greater efficiency more than offsets the difference in charge rates.
e-tron: 40 minutes to charge 10%-100%. Since 100% = 204 EPA miles, 204 x 90% / 40 minutes = 4.66 mi/min = 140 miles in half an hour
EQC: 46 minutes to charge 10%-90%. Since 100% = 230 miles, 230 x 80% / 46 minutes = 4.00 mi/min = 120 miles in half an hour
iPace: 59 minutes to charge 10%-90%. Since 100% = 234 miles, 234 x 80% / 59 minutes = 3.17 mi/min = 95 miles in half an hour
Model X Raven: 61 minutes to charge 10%-90%. Since 100% = 325 miles, 325 x 80% / 61 minutes = 4.26 mi/min = 127 miles in half an hour
Yes the taper at high SOC may hit Tesla worse, but a real world Raven charge for half an hour is faster. I took my new Model S Raven to the local 150kW supercharger in its first week at 17% SOC and added 182 miles in half an hour. That would be 182 x 325/370 = 160 miles for Model X, still faster than the e-tron.
Then I went back to the video and paused it at the half hour mark:
e-tron had added 77% = 157 miles
EQC had added 58% = 133 miles
iPace had added 49% = 115 miles
Model X had added 53% = 172 miles
Porsche/VW/Audi have far superior 800v technology which allows for better performance and faster charging due to the vastly reduced waste heat from an 800v system compared with Tesla's 400v.
Porsche claims to add 75% in 22.5 minutes with the 350kW charger. Since 100% = 220 miles, 220 x 75% / 22.5 minutes = 7.33 mi/min. That's modestly better than my 6.07 mi/min (I did average 7 mi/min for the first 20 minutes) in the Raven S, and I'm guessing the Raven S might average 7/mi for half an hour at a v3 supercharger. If the Taycan has to use a 150kW CCS, it will probably be similar to the e-tron.
I think these Euro electric SUV's will do OK over there with shorter driving distances and a dense CCS charging network. But low 200's rated range and poor efficiency won't cut it for $70K SUV's in North America. The Taycan will sell here, but it's a low volume niche product.
