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Currently being quoted at 12000 stalls. A bit more than they needed to do in order to obtain gov funds.
I had not heard that. Even so, I would love an allocation system at V2 chargers so that people can be directed to the stall where they will get the fastest charge. Obviously when there is an empty pair at a V2 charger you want to use it, but when there isn't, you want to park paired with the car that has the fewest kWh needed to get it to its target, because those are the kWh you don't get, other than the base 30kW you always get. At V3 chargers with all Teslas there is minimal need for allocation. Though frankly I imagine allocation as a trivially easy thing to do. As you drive up to the charger bank, a message appears on your screen, "Take Stall 4B" and you take it. This can happen even if you were silly and didn't nav to the charger.
You’re confusing kW (throughput) with kWh (measure of energy stored)
I most certainly am not. In fact people who confuse those two things annoy me a lot, probably more than it should. Read what I wrote again. If you're going to correct somebody, at least double check that you are correct.
You sure you didn’t confuse them?
As said, sorry if I was brief and it was confusing. I have written a more detailed explanation that hopefully folks will be better able to understand.You sure you didn’t confuse them?
“Because those are the kWh you don’t get, other than the base 30kW you always get”
Hmm… seems as though you’ve become what you’re annoyed by.
No one was confused by what you wrote, maybe you were?
All 4 of those Boston Superchargers are older (urban 72kW or V2 150kW) and probably need hardware upgrades to support non-Teslas. Pretty sure only V3+ Superchargers can be open to NACS, and of those, Tesla can keep them Tesla-exclusive for various reasons like high demand or incompatible layouts, etc.
I mean, isn’t Tesla getting a $5-7 billion subsidy from the government just to open the network up to others? Weird to blame anything on the government here
I don't believe so. Rather, there are subsidies to build new stations, which Tesla has decided it's crazy not to take advantage of. The subsidies, of course, require the stations support CCS and CHAdeMO, which was naturally decided just before all the auto manufacturers realized those were a mistake and switched to NACS. However, no doubt in a few years they will rewrite the subsidy rules to allow NACS. I am being sarcastic, as it may well happen sooner, but it's a bit hard not to be cynical about a process that decided the "standard" was the plug used by the most manufacturers and not the one used by the vast majority of drivers. Governments have this silly idea called "stakeholders" which includes the automakers, when in reality the only stakeholders are the people.
I don't think they need nearly that long on most vehicles. The question is, can you make such an extension with full electrical/heat safety? Probably if it's a smart cable with thermal sensors, but that does add cost and bulk. And if you think about it, probably cheaper to lengthen the cables at the SC than to provide an extension cable for every EV out there, if the car companies are paying for it.
