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Why will it take twice as long?
Why do you say that? The battery is going to be comparable to a 70, in the base version. It should only take a few minutes more. Certainly not twice as long, unless I'm missing something.
charge an 85D to 200 miles takes 45 minutes. Charging an S60 to 200 miles takes 85 minutes. Do the math.
I think he is talking about like for like since you didn't mention which battery. For example for a base S70 vs a base Model 3 (~60kWh?), the Model 3 shouldn't take anywhere close to twice as long to charge.Roughly twice as long. More precisely, more like 84%(almost twice as long).
To charge an 85D to 200 miles takes 45 minutes. Charging an S60 to 200 miles takes 85 minutes. Do the math.
Yeah, but this is a particularly bad case. You are looking at 95+% charge. There is a reason why Superchargers are normally spaced at 120 to 140 miles apart. I suspect the Model 3 pack arrangement is not going to be as bad for Supercharging as the 60 kWh Model S. If it were just slightly worse than the 70, which has a very different charge profile that can take 370 amp peak charging, we're talking 45 minutes for 160 miles. Design goal is probably 35 minute stop to jump to the next Supercharger. The most common Supercharge amount is 30-40 kWh or around 100 miles of range.
I think he is talking about like for like since you didn't mention which battery. For example for a base S70 vs a base Model 3 (~60kWh?), the Model 3 shouldn't take anywhere close to twice as long to charge.
Max safe charge rate is proportional to size of battery pack (safe for battery longevity)Why will it take twice as long?
Suggestion -
Future Model S's should not include lifetime free supercharging.
Supercharging should cost you equal to what it'd cost you to charge at home.
And enabling supercharging on your car should be as simple as entering a credit card# on your mytesla account.
Basically take away all incentive to leech, and remove all hassle of payment processing too.
And build LOADS of superchargers with that money.
And then if someone uses supercharger frequently - y'know they probably need to (cab driver/frequent traveller/condo dweller etc.etc.). We don't frown when someone uses the gas station a lot do we? (other then pollution of course)
Now that the Delaware Supercharger has been expanded, I suspect from now to end of 2017, I won't ever see a full Supercharger on the east coast.