Please give the Model 3 CHAdeMO

[Lon12]

This is what it looks like if you have wishful thinking like myself.

Has anyone heard when we can expect it to work with the existing adaptor?
If the answer is never then I'll need to sell it.

 

[Silicon Desert]

hmmm, I should hope it is coming some day. Yet as a side note, in the almost 3 years of having a Tesla, I have never need to charge from anything other than a supercharger or at home and I have been across the USA to various locations 4 times. I guess things are different in Canada.

 

[happyzod]

There is a free chademo the next own over that I would love to use (for free). I agree with you!

 

[miimura]

There is a free chademo the next own over that I would love to use (for free). I agree with you!

If Free is your motivation, it will take a while to make back the cost of the $450 CHAdeMO adapter compared to charging at home.

 

[smatthew]

I'd rather they add a CCS port. Seems CCS chargers are becoming more widely available than CHAdeMO - although that doesn't help you if you've got a free CHAdeMO charger nearby. Adding a CCS port would also mean no more J1772 adapter to potentially leave behind.

 

[Webeevdrivers]

hmmm, I should hope it is coming some day. Yet as a side note, in the almost 3 years of having a Tesla, I have never need to charge from anything other than a supercharger or at home and I have been across the USA to various locations 4 times. I guess things are different in Canada.

Yep. Chademo and CCS are well developed and growing fast in BC at least. So yah. No longer a deal breaker for us but would be a huuuuuuge asset. I can not understand why it has not been enabled. Makes no sense.

 

[Lon12]

Sorry. I did mean sell the adapter. Not the car. Didn’t think anyone would come to that conclusion.
My long distance trip planning is easier with the adapter right now. Still waiting for the planned Supercharger network to be built out.

 

[Webeevdrivers]

Sooooo, any rumors lately on Chademo support, (or CCS, don't really care)

 

[RayK]

I've been patiently waiting since January 2018. So far all I hear are crickets.

 

[Knightshade]

Chademo adapter has been "coming soon" for the Model 3 since 2017.

meanwhile as noted CCS seems to be the future on the non-tesla side and no word on a US adapter AFAIK.

 

[KJD]

The Tesla superchargers will always be my first choice, but with all the new cars on the road it would be great to have a CHAdeMO or a CCS option in the model 3.

The CHAdeMO adapter I have did come in handy a few times with the model S.

 

[StellarRat]

I'd like it too, but if the adapter is $450 I'm not going to use it even if the car will eventually work with it. There are enough Superchargers around that a little inconvenience once in a blue moon isn't going to make worth $450 to me.

 

[RayK]

There are enough Superchargers around that a little inconvenience once in a blue moon isn't going to make worth $450 to me.

My use case is probably rare but for me it does make some sense to be able to use CHAdeMO. My work provides free charging for EVs. We are given four hour sessions on the twenty-something L2 ChargePoint stations (so basically 100 miles range) or 1.25 hours on the DC Fast stations (there are currently 2 of them). They already have the Tesla CHAdeMO adapters attached; on metal cables so they don't walk away. It would save me time and would also allow for more Model 3s to charge up during the day. By my calculations, 4 Model 3s can get charged on one L2 station during an 8 hour period, while 6.5 cars could do the same on a single DC Fast.

I would even buy my own CHAdeMO adapter because besides being an emergency charge provider, it supports Tesla with $$$.

 

[Ross Newhouse]

Tesla told me in a phone conversation that Model 3's will not work on a CHAdeMO adapter but I saw this post on electrek
"
Though Tesla doesn’t list the $450 adapater as compatible with Model 3 on its online shop, the plugs are the same. Either way, you are going to want to stop at a Supercharger instead of a CHAdeMO charger in most cases.

It’s simply a nice option to have as a backup."

Does anyone know if this is true?

 

[RayK]

Does anyone know if this is true?

Which part?

Tesla personnel is correct in saying the CHAdeMO adapter does not currently work on a Model 3. It does work with Model S and X.

Electrek.co is correct in saying that both the adapter is not compatible with the Model 3 and that the plugs are the same, as well as the desire to stop at a Supercharger instead of a CHAdeMO charger. They are also correct (IMO) that if the adapter could be made to work with a Model 3, it is a nice option to have in your back pocket.

I was told back in January 2018 (by some people here) that CHAdeMO support was going to be enabled in the future by way of an over-the-air update.

 

[Knightshade]

I was told back in January 2018 (by some people here) that CHAdeMO support was going to be enabled in the future by way of an over-the-air update.

FWIW Tesla has been claiming the adapter would eventually work with the 3 since at least 2017, and it still doesn't.

 

[Neo1974]

I hope CHAdeMo comes soon to Model 3. Was hoping to tour in scenic Eastern Canada, such as the Gaspe Peninsula or the Cabot Trail, but only practical with CHAdeMO or CCS enabled :-( . Lucky model S and Xs..

 

[israndy]

I have a Supercharger Touching trip planned to circumnavigate the lower 48. I'll be stopping each night to free charge to lower trip costs. I just tried to plan that same trip with Chademo or CCS. According to Plugshare.com, there is almost no way it is worth my money getting an adapter. There are so few free stations that are not stealerships.

Now if I had a free highspeed charger in my neighborhood, like Dan in Moorhead, MN with his Jaguar it might eventually pay for itself. So, for now, I can stop stressing that one cannot get charger adapters for the Model 3.

-Randy

 

[Webeevdrivers]

I have a Supercharger Touching trip planned to circumnavigate the lower 48. I'll be stopping each night to free charge to lower trip costs. I just tried to plan that same trip with Chademo or CCS. According to Plugshare.com, there is almost no way it is worth my money getting an adapter. There are so few free stations that are not stealerships.

Now if I had a free highspeed charger in my neighborhood, like Dan in Moorhead, MN with his Jaguar it might eventually pay for itself. So, for now, I can stop stressing that one cannot get charger adapters for the Model 3.

-Randy

Yah. The problem presents itself more in Canada. Supercharger network is no where near to being what Chadem/CCS is in a province like BC. We are just to small a market to spend the money on Superchargers. I get that. Kinda sucks though. Takes the model 3 out of the options for our next EV. Can’t afford an S or an X so probably go with a Leaf e plus.

 

[Jaguar]

The nearest Supercharger to me is over 600 miles away (unless I cross the international border, in which case its 220 miles). The nearest Chademo/CCS charger is within 2 miles. So yes, an adapter would be great. Tesla has been promising Superchargers all across the Trans-Canada Highway for a couple years now, but no sign of them yet.