TEPCO/CHAdeMO Level III "quick" charging station/connector

[stopcrazypp]

CHAdeMO installed and working at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, CA...

My Nissan Leaf Forum View topic - San Francisco Bay Area Quick Chargers Getting them sooner

It is the big green [3] on the 350Green map:
Electric Cars, Chargers and Infrastructure Locate

Nice! So we now have the Vacaville one and one in Palo Alto. Do you know if there are any others (I haven't been keeping up with the station installations)?

 

[TEG]

Vacaville has been terminally down...

There is a working one in Cypress, CA (SoCal) at a Mitsubishi site. (Hello, i-MiEV.)
There is a semi-private one at the fuel cell research center in Sacramento.
There is one under construction at VW ERL in Belmont, CA.
City of Palo Alto is in the process of ordering one or more.

There are some others in various states of progress.
So, California seems to be finally moving forward... (Hopefully to catch up and surpass Washington/Oregon/Texas...)

 

[dpeilow]

Would that cord be long enough to plug into a Model S? I know it is CHAdeMO and it won't work, but are they just catering to Leafs (Leaves?)?

Yeah, I was thinking about that... Seems intended for cars with "nose ports" (e.g., LEAF)

If Tesla were to make a CHAdeMO to Model S adapter that was a ~3 foot cable (like they did with J1772->Roadster) then it could work...

Reverse in.

 

[ElSupreme]

Reverse in.

I still don't know if that cord would make it. The Model S is 77" wide and that cord barely looks 72" long.

 

[doug]

Would that cord be long enough to plug into a Model S? I know it is CHAdeMO and it won't work, but are they just catering to Leafs (Leaves?)?

hmm... might not reach the port on the Model S even if it was backed into the spot. Which side is the CHAdeMO port on the i-MiEV.

 

[ElSupreme]

hmm... might not reach the port on the Model S even if it was backed into the spot. Which side is the CHAdeMO port on the i-MiEV.

It appears to also be on the drivers side ...

... and on the passenger side ...

Either way this car is probably so small you could get the port close enough even if it looks like you parked like an idiot.

EDIT:

Looking at more pictures, and this one with lettering I am thinking drivers side! Unless they have a CHAdeMO port on one side, and an AC port on the other?

EDIT2:

Ok after this pic I am thinking CHAdeMO is on the passenger side. I don't know what that port on the drivers side is.

 

[doug]

Looking at more pictures, and this one with lettering I am thinking drivers side! Unless they have a CHAdeMO port on one side, and an AC port on the other?

The photos I've looked at (as well as the ones you've posted) suggest the CHAdeMO is on the left side and J1772 on the right side of the i-MiEV. (Not sure if that changes for RHD versus LHD cars.) So looks like this charging station is made specifically for the Leaf.

 

[Johan]

The photos I've looked at (as well as the ones you've posted) suggest the CHAdeMO is on the left side and J1772 on the right side of the i-MiEV. (Not sure if that changes for RHD versus LHD cars.) So looks like this charging station is made specifically for the Leaf.

This is correct regarding MiEV (I drive one). Just back it in, I say.

 

[TEG]

My Nissan Leaf Forum View topic - First Fuji DC charger lands in California

 

[dpeilow]

Not just unfamiliar coloured buttons anymore, now you need to read Japanese!

 

[doug]

Not just unfamiliar coloured buttons anymore, now you need to read Japanese!

Well, I'll tell you that the green button says stop.

 

[stopcrazypp]

Well, I'll tell you that the green button says stop.

Blue - "charging start"
Green - "charging stop"
Red - "emergency stop"

 

[TEG]

VW ERL (Belmont, CA) Blink seems installed, but not powered on yet:

 

[widodh]

VW ERL (Belomont, CA) Blink seems installed, but not powered on yet:

So there is a seperate 3-phase to DC converter?

This charger seems to take 200V ~ 500V DC as input? That confuses me a bit.

 

[dpeilow]

Saw that too. The label must be wrong.

 

[Lloyd]

I believe the label is correct. DC input is for the EVSE module only. 120 v ac is for control and other functions. AC to DC conversion is done in the larger unit separate from the EVSE.

 

[TEG]

Blink - DC Fast Charger

...Simplified 2-piece design; separate Grid Power Unit (GPU containing the power electronics) and charging station for ease of installation...

 

[dpeilow]

OK so this one also has a wardrobe size cabinet hidden somewhere. Makes you wonder how Nissan can shrink the whole thing down and seemingly no one else can.

 

[TEG]

Although Blink doesn't seem to show the "GPU" in any of their literature, it seems fairly obvious what it is from these photos:

 

[Norbert]

OK so this one also has a wardrobe size cabinet hidden somewhere. Makes you wonder how Nissan can shrink the whole thing down and seemingly no one else can.

Assuming that 5 of Tesla's 10 kW chargers could supply 50 kW without much additional equipment, they'd probably be relatively small as well. Otherwise I completely agree.