Sandiegodoug
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When I bought my x in 6/17, they forced me to bu the 72amp charger when I bought the 100 battery.($1500.00)
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My understanding is that all new Xs come with 48A chargers. That said, the SC quoted me $1,900 to upgrade the charger on my 2016 P100D from 48A to 72A. I have no idea if they're able to upgrade the chargers on cars manufactured more recently though.I’m asking based on an upgrade if you have 48amp... it’s confusing after simplification if 48amp became standard or 72 became standard
I think it’s for home charging using acSo when using a SC, will it take longer to charge?
No, as mentioned above, superchargers bypass the onboard charger. The 72A onboard charger has very limited use for most people. If you need to recharge quickly at home and can provide 90A to the HPWC or if you need to make use of level 2 chargers while traveling. Most commercial level 2 Tesla chargers are 208V, which means only 8-10kW of charge depending if they're wired to provide 40A or 48A (max) with the 48A onboard charger. If you find a destination charger marked as capable of 16kW, that means it should be able to provide the full 72A required for the high amperage charger to reach 15-17kW charge rate.So when using a SC, will it take longer to charge?
Wow
Going from 48 to 72 in model x
No gain. Definitely won’t update
That chart was updated when the Tesla stopped offering the 72 amp changer. Notice that the changing is the same for all amperage from 48 to 80. I found an older article that talks about at 72 amps the charge rate is 52 mph.
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