More updates from the backwaters of PA.... I had been trying to get this to work with a Blink station (formerly an EVGo). Setec provided v129 firmware for my evaluation. Took 3 tries, but success! First try I got a new error, vehicle disconnected. 2nd try (first with trying to capture logs) got a repeat of the Isolation fault. Try three, success! The station in question is an older 50kw. Max rate I got was 33kw with my battery at 71 SoC. Not quite a supercharger, but my choice was between this and level 2 charging, it wins. I have to give kudos to Setec. For a company on a 12 hour timezone difference, different country, they have been very responsive (to be honest, I wish Tesla would be as responsive about my MCU issues).
My take away - yes CCS can work for a Tesla
- while Tesla promises a CCS adapter Setec has developed one
- Setec has been fairly proactive to track the issues. They’ve provided a capture tool for those who want to give feedback and have released 3 new software releases in the last week based on feedback.
I don’t think I’ll return it. Will I use it a lot, probably not. But it would just ask one time I really needed it it will be worth it.
Now that the introductory (read you’re a beta tester) pricing is over, I don’t think the current price of $980 is worth it. However, should Tesla release an adapter, I’d suspect competition will drive both prices down