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Wow, this is really bad for trip planning if this is becoming a pattern. Imagine counting on a SC to continue your trip only to find an entire string of them are out. Not a good way to sell electrics.My parents live in the area, Plainview has been down for at least a week.
Yes, navigation shows the current status and routes to the next.Does in car navigation know when Superchargers are down? Or does it still put it as a stop if you can’t make it to your destination?
It was down pretty much this entire week. App now shows it is up and running. Haven’t tried it yet thoughTesla app shows plainview is down again. I was charging there the other week and got a “car needs service unable to charge” warning, even though the car was still charging (at 122kW). Wasn’t sure if it was something wrong with my car or the charger.
You should always use the navigation to route you to the supercharger that way the car preheats the battery pack as you approach. It's especially important in the winter as a cold battery takes forever to charge (normal driving doesn't warm it quick enough).Does anyone know why this charger is down? I almost didn’t make it to work today, learned the hard way to check the app first or the GPS on screen before going.
I do use the preheat function. The problem was I didn’t realize that the station was out of order, I learned to be more mindful of my screen in the morning when I need to charge.You should always use the navigation to route you to the supercharger that way the car preheats the battery pack as you approach. It's especially important in the winter as a cold battery takes forever to charge (normal driving doesn't warm it quick enough).
Oh, it let you click the supercharger icon and navigate even though it was out of service. That sucks.I do use the preheat function. The problem was I didn’t realize that the station was out of order, I learned to be more mindful of my screen in the morning when I need to charge.
On a bright note, a coworker who is another EV owner offered me to charge at his house(walking distance to my work) as an emergency option if needed.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think Tesla deliberately under services the Plainview superchargers because of the way they are abused by locals. Most people who frequent those superchargers are people who live in the area and who have unlimited free supercharging. Rather than charge at home, the locals use the superchargers as their primary place to charge, which really shouldn’t be how they are used. As a result, they are always full to capacity, and more often than not 2-4 of the 8 superchargers are generally either out of order or charge at a snails’ pace. I don’t think Tesla is incentivized to service, let alone expand, the Plainview supercharging site because of the way the superchargers are abused. To accommodate all of the locals who primarily charge at the superchargers and accommodate the handful of people who just travel through and really need access to charging in Plainview, they’d probably need to double the amount of superchargers at that site. I think Tesla would rather let the Plainview site remain overcrowded to force local Tesla owners to start charging at home. That’s my theory.Tesla app shows plainview is down again. I was charging there the other week and got a “car needs service unable to charge” warning, even though the car was still charging (at 122kW). Wasn’t sure if it was something wrong with my car or the charger.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think Tesla deliberately under services the Plainview superchargers because of the way they are abused by locals. Most people who frequent those superchargers are people who live in the area and who have unlimited free supercharging. Rather than charge at home, the locals use the superchargers as their primary place to charge, which really shouldn’t be how they are used. As a result, they are always full to capacity, and more often than not 2-4 of the 8 superchargers are generally either out of order or charge at a snails’ pace. I don’t think Tesla is incentivized to service, let alone expand, the Plainview supercharging site because of the way the superchargers are abused. To accommodate all of the locals who primarily charge at the superchargers and accommodate the handful of people who just travel through and really need access to charging in Plainview, they’d probably need to double the amount of superchargers at that site. I think Tesla would rather let the Plainview site remain overcrowded to force local Tesla owners to start charging at home. That’s my theory.