This article might have been already posted, but just in case I found it quite interesting:
How to Supercharge a Tesla Semi
How to Supercharge a Tesla Semi
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No chance that’s for a semi, you really think the property owners or the store owners would want semis coming through the parking lot blocking cars? Also navigating that with a trailer would be highly risky.@Watts_Up, as I posted in the CyberTruck thread I thought I would repeat here for those that missed it.
I have noticed that some new V3 Superchargers seem to have this island of 8 chargers, 4 back to back, that are set up away from the rest of the chargers. I think this might be for charging Semis until the Megachargers start to open. You could pull your Semi into this parking lot (this is the unopened San Jose Supercharger) and plug in 4 250 kW plugs giving you a Megawatt charger. Don't worry about unhooking the trailer, you are not blocking more chargers than you need.
I said in that thread that Elon specified the CyberTruck would allow 250kW+ charging (information on what the + means was not forthcoming) and wondered if this was some similar trick where the 500 mile range cT could plug into two chargers and charge at 500kW. Others nixed my idea, but it would help get the cT back on the road in a timeframe similar to the Model 3. Just like the Semi, each battery pack could be fed by a single supercharger cord...
Risky why exactly? The picture hardly shows what the layout is. Are you a truck driver? I am and I can say his theory is very possible. I pull in to small parking lots all the time. Given all the cameras surrounding the cab on the prototypes I see no issue backing in a 53' here from the limited photos.No chance that’s for a semi, you really think the property owners or the store owners would want semis coming through the parking lot blocking cars? Also navigating that with a trailer would be highly risky.
Risky because it’s clearly a parking lot designed for cars, do you not see the clearly painted parking spots? It doesn’t take a truck driver to know that maneuvering a 65+ foot vehicle in that lot would be risky.Risky why exactly? The picture hardly shows what the layout is. Are you a truck driver? I am and I can say his theory is very possible. I pull in to small parking lots all the time. Given all the cameras surrounding the cab on the prototypes I see no issue backing in a 53' here from the limited photos.
If anything I would disregard the possibility due to the complexity of plugging multiple cables into the appropriate pairs to create a mega charger. More links create more resistance. If Tesla wanted to make the consumer version of the truck this complicated to charge then why did they not utilize multiple ports in the past? The early gen Model-S with dual onboard chargers for example. They could have upped the L2 output by having a second charge port on the passenger side (Sharing two Chargepoint 6.2 kW posts for example back before superchargers were even an idea).
I don't see Tesla selling the Semi with a 4 cable junction box. If anything a separate pedestal with one plug but tied into the existing array via underground conduit to a junction would be the method. When in use it would be similar to the current shared pair method. 4 car SC plugs would be limited until the semi began to taper or vice versa.
I figure when the Semi comes out it's gonna be like when the Roadster came out. Lots of people looking for places to charge. Since there won't be Megachargers on day one (likely anyway) I thought an adapter might be exactly what they come up with, or even multiple places to plug supercharger cables into the semi, but they are pretty short, that's why I thought it would be an adapter to reach 4 V3 chargers to get the Megacharger output. I know there aren't a lot of V3 chargers yet, but they are being built, which is more than I can say for the semiI don't see Tesla selling the Semi with a 4 cable junction box.
Risky because it’s clearly a parking lot designed for cars, do you not see the clearly painted parking spots? It doesn’t take a truck driver to know that maneuvering a 65+ foot vehicle in that lot would be risky.
I was talking about this specific location, look at the parking lot in the photo, no way you’re pulling up in a semi with a trailer to that.Clearly painted parking spots? That retort alone tells me you've never been in nor driven a Semi. We park along rows all the time doing store deliveries as well as when we visit stores in our rigs. I presume you must be under the impression truckers buy everything they need from truck stops? I see RVs and pickup trucks towing boats do the same thing we do with our rigs. When a driver delivers to a store do you think they always just go straight from the dock to a truck stop? Know anything about federal DOT HOS regulations or E-Logs? I doubt it. A decent driver can fit a 65+ foot truck in any location with the dimensions to fit the vehicle. 45, 90, 180, whatever it takes.
I was talking about this specific location, look at the parking lot in the photo, no way you’re pulling up in a semi with a trailer to that.
I know a lot about trucks, I’m a fleet manager at a trucking company. And yes I know about HOS regulations, what does that have to do with the fact that this specific location is not designed for a semi?