KenN
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If you haven't discovered it yet, there's a 70 amp SCH charger in Merritt with a cademo dcfc right beside it.
If you get the chademo adapter, you can keep the stop in Merritt pretty brief.
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If you haven't discovered it yet, there's a 70 amp SCH charger in Merritt with a cademo dcfc right beside it.
If you get the chademo adapter, you can keep the stop in Merritt pretty brief.
Merrit and kelowna allegedly this year. I drove from new west to summerland and the prediction was more pessimistic than my driving. Not sure if you had worse weather conditions or wind direction. I had range mode on too.
Canuck
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I wouldn't want my car fully charged when I pick it up from service and it makes no sense to me for them to "strive to return fully charged cars". That would send the wrong message about how to maintain a healthy battery. If you're from Calgary or somewhere like that and going home, fine, but that should be discussed when you drop off the car. For me and others in the Lower Mainland, getting it back right in the middle of the daily driving range is where it should be.
True. Doesn't demonstrate the greatest concern for battery health. Also, that would take up spots from owners who would be in the area for a charge. But I'm unsure how they coordinate that at current SC/Sc locations.
I would also suspect that they could simply do a Supercharger/Store/Service Centre combo anyways like they have in Montreal. I honestly just don't think they're likely to stick with the Robson Street store at this rate of growth in the Lower Mainland. That lot next to Powell is still pretty full, they've bought more parking space in the Robson building, and yet they don't have a Supercharger here yet with all the cars they've been selling? Regardless, looks like new things are about to pop up in the Lower Mainland for Tesla. I'm looking forward to it.
Or to whatever level the customer set it to. If they normally charge to, say, 80%, then I wouldn't suggest charging beyond 80%.
Canuck
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Wow! The most I've ever seen is one other vehicle and that's rare. If it wasn't mother's day, I'd had been there too. I stayed home from my cabin this weekend to take my mother and wife out for brunch.
Canuck
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Thinking about the picture above more, and with the long weekend coming up (I know this is not a concern now but for the future) I say: keep delaying the Model X, and take as long as you want with the Model 3! :wink:
Has anyone ever used the Plugshare in Cranbrook at the Cranbrook recreational Complex? Does anyone know how many volts/Amps this charger is? I have never used one of these chargers so not sure what to expect for charging time. (I do have Dual chargers in my P85D) I am planning a trip to Spokane and Cranbrook is a logical overnight location.
Any feedback is appreciated!!
Any feedback is appreciated!!
Found this: 240V/32amp:
Electric car charger operating at curling club | CranbrookEast Kootenay News Online Weekly
added that info to plugshare
Electric car charger operating at curling club | CranbrookEast Kootenay News Online Weekly
added that info to plugshare
Shawn Snider
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Zapped
Model S - PURE EV
As Paul indicated it's 240V @ 32 Amps. I have 30 amps at home which gets me around 35 km/hr. It should be good for overnight but I recommend to check that the car is charging with mobile app periodically.
I had a situation with Blink where the charger quit at 11:30pm. A 10 minute walk (each way) in the middle of the night got it going again. Of course I would have been SOL the next morning if I hadn't checked. At the time the TESLA app didn't send a Stop Charge notification, so its a good idea to make sure the notification is turned on also
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30A isn't enough for a full charge overnight, unless you like sleeping in. Depending on the voltage it would be 12-14 hours.
Zapped
Model S - PURE EV
Really depends if you arrive completely empty or late at your destination or need a completely full charge to carry on the next morning.
We drove Vancouver to Kelowna the other day. After reading your comment I was concerned and charged longer in Hope. We would not have needed the extra energy as the range prediction was out by only 2%, I attribute that to the rain that we encountered. Our car had recently updated to 6.2(2.4.213) so maybe that was the difference.
Point taken, it will take a very long time. However, even 200V 30A (6 kW) would be enough to charge in 12.5 hours. That 85 kWh battery does not take 85 kWh of charging, it's more like 75, it seems. Just how much buffer is there? (resolve this 10 kWh discrepancy)
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