theothertom
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Crazy Postman tried it at several different chargers:So with the latest firmware revs, are there still a significant number of cases where it doesn't work?
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Crazy Postman tried it at several different chargers:So with the latest firmware revs, are there still a significant number of cases where it doesn't work?
He did not follow the steps that have worked elsewhereCrazy Postman tried it at several different chargers:
What max charge rate were you able to achieve (and at what SOC)? Was it a 150kW EA unit?I didn’t expect it to arrive so quickly, but it showed up a couple of days ago, about a week after I placed the order. I upgraded to v1.41, and decided to try it at the nearest Electrify America station for fun. I preauthed the station via the EA app, plugged the adapter into the CCS handle, plugged the adapter into my X, and it ... all just worked.
I was very pleasantly surprised and will try a few more places around L.A. to see if I can find one that doesn’t work, to give them debugging logs.
Overall, I’m very happy to have CCS as an option, especially on road trips. I’ve towed U-Haul trailers cross-country with this X multiple times, and on a particular stretch of I-40, I always have to cross my fingers and hope the chademo station in Grants, NM will work, or I am out of luck. It has worked every time, after multiple calls to have it rebooted and many tries with the card reader. I’m very happy to not need to depend on the single chademo handle at EA stations, in the future.
So, as with all things, ymmv, but I will say I’m glad to have the flexibility to use nearly any public DCFC station from now on.
Yes, it was a 150kw unit. My car was already at 81% soc, so I was at 28 kw for most of the (short) test. I have a 2019 LR, with a 400v battery, so I’m guessing I can get the 70-ish kw at a lower soc. I’ll post a graph when I have more info.What max charge rate were you able to achieve (and at what SOC)? Was it a 150kW EA unit?
Thank you. As per my tag, I have a 75D and am on the fence about getting one. I will watch for further testing.Yes, it was a 150kw unit. My car was already at 81% soc, so I was at 28 kw for most of the (short) test. I have a 2019 LR, with a 400v battery, so I’m guessing I can get the 70-ish kw at a lower soc. I’ll post a graph when I have more info.
Happy to report that the adapter works quite well on the X, thanks to the 200-ish amp limit! I finally had a chance to use the adapter to charge the car from a relatively low SoC, 25%, all the way up to 90%. The car steadily ramped from 66kw at 25% SoC to a peak of 76kw at 70% SoC, after which it tapered off as expected, once it hit 400-ish volts. The curve looks pretty darned close to what you'll get out of an urban supercharger. This was again at an Electrify America station (150kw ABB, specifically), and I've attached a screenshot of the TeslaMate charging graph.
What year is your MX?
Happy to report that the adapter works quite well on the X, thanks to the 200-ish amp limit! I finally had a chance to use the adapter to charge the car from a relatively low SoC, 25%, all the way up to 90%. The car steadily ramped from 66kw at 25% SoC to a peak of 76kw at 70% SoC, after which it tapered off as expected, once it hit 400-ish volts. The curve looks pretty darned close to what you'll get out of an urban supercharger. This was again at an Electrify America station (150kw ABB, specifically), and I've attached a screenshot of the TeslaMate charging graph.
I hadn't anticipated having a reason to use this adapter besides road trips, but it turns out this thing was damned useful today! Superchargers in L.A. are often very busy on weekends, and the one near me is among the busiest. There was a line 12 Teslas deep waiting to charge at the Supercharger, so I headed over to the Electrify America station a few blocks away. It has 4 stalls and only 1 was occupied (by a friendly Taycan driver). I plugged in, opened the app, swiped to activate, and it was off to the races.
So I guess my advice would be: if you want to have options, this thing is great! Just don't buy one if you live in L.A., because I'm enjoying this exclusive access to more DC fast chargers.
/cc @FMinMI
It is a mid-2019, and was among the first batch of Raven powertrain Xs. Iirc the battery pack is the revision E 100kwh pack.What year is your MX?
OK. Was hoping it was an older one. Mine is late 2016 so the rates you saw most likely will be less for me. Thanks again for the information.It is a mid-2019, and was among the first batch of Raven powertrain Xs. Iirc the battery pack is the revision E 100kwh pack.
I'm not aware of EA having CCS units that are rated lower than 150 kW on the CCS side. It's either 150 kW (most common in/around my city) and some (but fewer) 350 kW that tend to be near highways.What max charge rate were you able to achieve (and at what SOC)? Was it a 150kW EA unit?
I’d imagine Tesla already have the software engineering work of an adapter done, and it probably wasn’t much effort given their experience with CCS elsewhere.That's way faster than I was expecting to see. VERY exciting stuff.
It kind of makes me wonder if Tesla are letting this other company do all the R&D and then they'll just buy it from them and stick their name on it.