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Interestingly enough, at one point in time at the Sun Country store you could buy a Level 3 charging station (inquire for price). They no longer have them though.While I'm not going to be driving electric until my model 3 shows up, I feel your pain. Even if tesla put in 2-stall supercharger stations to connect Alberta to Manitoba. Hell, all I need to get out of Saskatchewan is some kind of level 3 in medicine hat, that's it!
But now I'm getting scared about the recent developments with the model S 75 no longer having an option for 72 amp charger. Which probably means my future model 3 will only have a 48 amp and I will be stuck charging for hours on end at a level 2 to get out of this redneck province.
So it's something like this:
No Saskatchewan superchargers/level 3
Plus
No 72 amp charger for model 3
Equals
No general public feasibility for long distance travel with the model 3 in sask
I definitely see value in what suncountry has done with the level 2 chargers across the trans Canada but I feel like they are missing out on a great business opportunity to establish a level 3 network on the trans Canada from Alberta to Manitoba. Why couldn't they set up a pay per use system thay could benefit every EV owner for long distance travel?
I supercharged for the first time today, and the speed was 350km/hr. Is this a normal speed, slow, or fast? I thought it would be faster.
My friend also just told me that because I was plugged into stall 1B, the person next to me in 1A was getting faster charge until he hit his 80%. Apparently we were sharing one supercharger.
This is also incorrect. The way it is supposed to work is that the person who first arrives gets their maximum required charge, and the residual goes to the person who arrives at the paired stall. In other words, if someone is in 1A, they should not be penalized when another car starts charging in 1B. It is the 1B owner who is making a poor choice for themselves.No, it's the opposite. If you are plugged into 1B and no one is plugged into 1A, you should get as much power as possible, but if someone plugs in to 1A, your charge rate will diminish by about 30%. For example, if both cars have about 20% strength of charge, you would be getting roughly 110 kW plugged in by yourself. When the other guy plugs in, both of you should get something like 75 kW. For this reason, it is supercharger etiquette to not plug in to a paired stall unless it is necessary (i.e. 50% or more of the stalls are already in use).
This is also incorrect. The way it is supposed to work is that the person who first arrives gets their maximum required charge, and the residual goes to the person who arrives at the paired stall. In other words, if someone is in 1A, they should not be penalized when another car starts charging in 1B. It is the 1B owner who is making a poor choice for themselves.
Your battery was too full to charge any faster.I supercharged for the first time today, and the speed was 350km/hr. Is this a normal speed, slow, or fast? I thought it would be faster.
This is also incorrect. The way it is supposed to work is that the person who first arrives gets their maximum required charge, and the residual goes to the person who arrives at the paired stall. In other words, if someone is in 1A, they should not be penalized when another car starts charging in 1B. It is the 1B owner who is making a poor choice for themselves.
Is that right? I thought it was a split, based on state of charge... If the first guy is tapering down, the second car would get the remainder, which should be half of more. If they both pulled in at a low state of charge, they'd get half each.This is also incorrect. The way it is supposed to work is that the person who first arrives gets their maximum required charge, and the residual goes to the person who arrives at the paired stall. In other words, if someone is in 1A, they should not be penalized when another car starts charging in 1B. It is the 1B owner who is making a poor choice for themselves.
The last person in gets the dregs. That's the algorithm as it is supposed to work. Here in congested California, people have seen inconsistent results overall due to capped power, but the documentation on this forum since Supercharging has been around has supported my assessment. It's why you shouldn't get stressed out when someone takes a paired stall to one on which you're already charging. I generally kindly tell them that they'll benefit by moving, but it's their choice. Of course, it's their choice regardless of the algorithm, isn't it?Is that right? I thought it was a split, based on state of charge... If the first guy is tapering down, the second car would get the remainder, which should be half of more. If they both pulled in at a low state of charge, they'd get half each.
If the logic you describe is being used, is the system smart enough to not penalize the last guy in, if there are no stall choices? Seems unfair that the last person gets whatever is left, just because he's last in...
Happily, the superchargers I frequent are usually vacant, so I haven't had much opportunity to observe.
The last person in gets the dregs. That's the algorithm as it is supposed to work. Here in congested California, people have seen inconsistent results overall due to capped power, but the documentation on this forum since Supercharging has been around has supported my assessment. It's why you shouldn't get stressed out when someone takes a paired stall to one on which you're already charging. I generally kindly tell them that they'll benefit by moving, but it's their choice. Of course, it's their choice regardless of the algorithm, isn't it?
This was confirmed by people doing a certain very unsavory thing to "steal" priority from another owner who was actively Supercharging before them.
The point of all of this, however, is that the reason @rainforest was receiving a slower rate of charge likely had nothing to do with pairing. Charging when your battery SOC is already at 70% is going to be slow. You're well into the tapering curve at that point.
Also, um.. Western Canada Superchargers are great.
I was just trying to ensure my post was on topic.Whaddya mean they aren't great? Is that a thing?
I was just trying to ensure my post was on topic.