One report from a random plugshare user. My skepticism remains!There’s a PlugShare user that says otherwise
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40 kW is 4 times faster than what we have in SaskatchewanReports that Kelowna Supercharger is getting throttled out at 40 kW
Reports that Kelowna Supercharger is getting throttled out at 40 kW
Someone stated the Tesla team would go out and fix it.
What was the temperature out? What was your state of charge when you ramped to 72kW?...
Took forever to charge from 11% to 75% due to sharing the stall pair, while we were charging another X pulled in and proceeded to sit in the middle of the parking area like they didn’t understand what to do. Eventually the other 3 left and the X was able to start charging, and a couple of minutes later I was ready to go.
Charged most of the time at 33 kW, once the X next to me hit the taper (I assume) mine ramped up to 72kW but never got higher than that for the whole charging session. Sure added a lot of time to the trip....
What was the temperature out? What was your state of charge when you ramped to 72kW?
Note here is the typical for a 90 kWh Tesla (per your sig).
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As much as I love seeing all the extra Teslas on the roads, it makes me nostalgic for the days when seeing one other car at a Supercharger was an event worthy of taking a picture of. Now I have to worry about adding an hour + to my occasional drives to Calgary, some of the shine is off the apple.
I'm guessing the entire site wasn't operating at peak level due to the cold and this caused the backup. Had everyone been getting 100+kW, they likely would have left the stalls sooner and a line would have never formed. Just another example of how these problems can cascade quickly at a supercharger.Red Deer was full today, first time I’ve ever seen it so busy. I arrived around 1:15 this afternoon and all 4 stalls were full, an S, an X, and two 3s. Walked over to the local convenience store to get a drink and walked back, still full, waited another 5 or 10 minutes and one of the 3s left. I pulled in and started to charge, a minute or two later the S left. 5 minutes after that, another S pulled in - full again.
Took forever to charge from 11% to 75% due to sharing the stall pair, while we were charging another X pulled in and proceeded to sit in the middle of the parking area like they didn’t understand what to do. Eventually the other 3 left and the X was able to start charging, and a couple of minutes later I was ready to go.
Charged most of the time at 33 kW, once the X next to me hit the taper (I assume) mine ramped up to 72kW but never got higher than that for the whole charging session. Sure added a lot of time to the trip.
As much as I love seeing all the extra Teslas on the roads, it makes me nostalgic for the days when seeing one other car at a Supercharger was an event worthy of taking a picture of. Now I have to worry about adding an hour + to my occasional drives to Calgary, some of the shine is off the apple.
Maybe, it’s an older site, but I had charged at Cross Iron a few days before at -25 and got 104 kW (arrived there at 5%) so I don’t think it was the cold. I’ve charged at Red Deer plenty of times in weather much colder than -15, but maybe the combination of temperature, age of equipment, and prolonged high demand had things running slow. No idea. Sure have a lot more sympathy for those in California who deal with this more frequently though.I'm guessing the entire site wasn't operating at peak level due to the cold and this caused the backup. Had everyone been getting 100+kW, they likely would have left the stalls sooner and a line would have never formed. Just another example of how these problems can cascade quickly at a supercharger.
4 stalls seems a little sad for a SC location these days, hopefully Red Deer gets more soon.
As they are typically used for long-distance travel, they're perfect candidates for V3 Superchargers.It'd be great to expand the Canmore, Red Deer and Golden SC from 4 to at least 8.
And adding Jasper, Edson and SRC as well would be coolAs they are typically used for long-distance travel, they're perfect candidates for V3 Superchargers.
And adding Jasper, Edson and SRC as well would be cool