I've had my new Model S 75D for about three weeks now and I love it. We've taken it from where we live in Northeast PA to Long Island, NYC, Boston and Ohio so far. We discovered on our road trips that we would only max out on our supercharging stops between 90-94 kW, never any higher, often in the 70s. We initially chalked it up to it being cold out, but I'd check on the Plug Share app and people in the same stalls hours prior would be in the 110s, plus there would be other cars there, so I figured the transformer wasn't too cold.
When we took our car in for a door handle fix, I told the technician about the problem and he said they'd take a look back at the computer and find out if they can see an issue. Spoke with our rep yesterday to let me know the car is good to go and she told me that on the new cars, they limit it to that 90-95 kW range to protect the battery. My response was, that's fine, but why does the computer tell me to charge for 25 minutes, and after I plug in, I see 35-40 minutes of charging time.
I'm well aware you pull at different speeds depending on temperature, how many cars are there, etc, but I find it hard to believe it's standard practice and I haven't heard anyone else with an issue on charging times versus the on-board computer. Can anyone confirm that supercharging kW speeds are limited to the low 90s for the newer MS?
When we took our car in for a door handle fix, I told the technician about the problem and he said they'd take a look back at the computer and find out if they can see an issue. Spoke with our rep yesterday to let me know the car is good to go and she told me that on the new cars, they limit it to that 90-95 kW range to protect the battery. My response was, that's fine, but why does the computer tell me to charge for 25 minutes, and after I plug in, I see 35-40 minutes of charging time.
I'm well aware you pull at different speeds depending on temperature, how many cars are there, etc, but I find it hard to believe it's standard practice and I haven't heard anyone else with an issue on charging times versus the on-board computer. Can anyone confirm that supercharging kW speeds are limited to the low 90s for the newer MS?