Upgraded charge rates for older Model S

[SucreTease]

I was shocked, I tell you, shocked during my most recent Supercharging session at a V3 Supercharger when my 2017 Model S 100D hit 185 kW! Originally, my car was limited to 120 kW, and later updated via software to allow for a maximum of 150 kW when V2 Superchargers were updated to provide that rate.

Has anyone else with a pre-Raven Model S seen such a Supercharging rate?

 

[krsgio]

Nope, forever gimped.

 

[ucmndd]

I haven’t noticed any changes recently - my max in my 2016 S75 under perfect conditions is about 140kw ever so briefly.

 

[IdaX]

I've had charge rates a bit over 150kW in my 2017 Model X with a 100kW-hr battery. Yeah, maxes at like 180kW or so.

 

[airborne spoon]

Must be nice, highest I've ever gotten is 128kW. although since chargegate that only lasts of the blink of an eye before it drops down to 100kW and less

 

[talzer]

Similar here. I think I've seen max 179 kW for brief periods on my 2017 P100D with approx 47,500 miles on it. Seems to vary dramatically even on v3 chargers - many times I'll see no more than 135 kW.

 

[Anth89]

Peak ever seen on mine is 142 KW, bu it is (I think) limited by the European Type 2 chargeport. However, from one charge to the other it also fluctuates a lot.

Questions: what is the mileage of your car and how often has it been supercharged?
And how long do you keep these 185 KW, or something above 160 KW?

 

[SucreTease]

Questions: what is the mileage of your car and how often has it been supercharged?
And how long do you keep these 185 KW, or something above 160 KW?

70,000 miles. I have Supercharged 75 times.

It only stayed above 180 kW for a couple of minutes. How long it stayed above 160 I did not note. This is the first and I saw it exceed 150.

 

[koden]

Hi
One time last year my 2021 model S was charging with 182kw.
I have not seen that since... have they downgraded speed back to max 142kw?

As soon as yesterday arriving to 250kw charger I got only 142KW (using tesla navigation all the way).
Temp. outside was 16 celsius and I had just been driving 2 hours at 130 km/t
3 of 20 250kw chargers was in use.
I came in with 5% left.

So I would say that all conditions for 180kw is there, but I only got 142kw.

And I have at least 5 similar experiences since last year where I got the 182kw.

 

[NickFie]

I’ve seen 162 KW charge for brief periods in recent months. July 2017 S 100D. Nearly 90k miles. One or two Supercharger sessions per road trip.

Free Unlimited Supercharge, but I prefer L2.

 

[islandbayy]

My capped 2016 MS90D recently hit 125kW. Fastest it's ever seen. It was capped at 94 kW since second month of ownership until December 26, 2020 firmware update raised it to 114/115 kW. Recently a couple weeks ago, it went to 124/125kW. I couldn't believe it. Haven't been able to hit that speed again, hot or cold pack, but have seen 118kW a couple times since.

 

[islandbayy]

 

[tesluv108]

2015 p90d here and the fastest I’ve ever seen is 123kwh on a v1 charger ironically. It’s even slower than that on a v2 about 100-112 which is bizarre to me.

 

[krsgio]

Just recently roadtripped back from FL to CO and I'd see peak 130kwh on my P85D when at 6% SOC and hold to 58kwh +/- @ 50% SOC outside temp 36 deg. Def seems improved over the last year or so. I'll take what I can get.

 

[cpa]

We have a 2014 S85. Our rule of thumb in those halcyon days of yesteryear was to add the SOC to the kW pushed into the battery. Until Chargegate occurred in 2019, the average sum was 120 if the battery were warm enough. Generally I would observe 114-117 kW at plug in with 10-12% SOC but the rate would quickly drop to around 100 as the battery reached 20%. The decline was pretty much linear as the battery filled, so at 50% I'd still get ~70kW. By 65-70% the total would drop to about 110, so the rate at 70% would be about 40kW.

Since, the total is closer to 110 throughout the charge session. A couple of times after driving over an hour in extremely hot days (105+) I have seen 120+ at 10% for just a couple of seconds before the limiting factors kick in.

In cooler temperatures, say 50 degrees, the total never exceeds much past 100 even after two hours of driving and preconditioning. I'll plug in with 18% and receive 85kW to start only to plummet quickly to the seventies.

This has certainly taken a lot of the pleasure out of road trips of late. A 25-minute session to climb from 15%-65/70% now will take nearly 40 minutes, longer if the weather is cool.

 

[CSFTN]

I was shocked, I tell you, shocked during my most recent Supercharging session at a V3 Supercharger when my 2017 Model S 100D hit 185 kW! Originally, my car was limited to 120 kW, and later updated via software to allow for a maximum of 150 kW when V2 Superchargers were updated to provide that rate.

Has anyone else with a pre-Raven Model S seen such a Supercharging rate?

I have a Nov '18 Model S (that's pre-Raven), saw 204 kW at a 1 day old Gen3 Supercharger, at 9 AM in 70 degree temp, navigated there and arrived with around 20% SOC.