What happens now at a V2 supercharger stall and you have to share with a 100 car?

[ucmndd]

Yes. And with higher peak rates, that first car will always start to share resources in a shorter amount of time, benefiting the second car and anyone else waiting. Everybody wins.

Possibly. I guess the real question is how the charge taper has changed. Area under the curve is really what matters.

 

[Fredneck]

The stalls do not let one car take all the rate. You'll get at least 35kw if you arrive and a car is at peak.

I've read discussions on how this works so I paid attention yesterday as my car ramped up. It started at 36 kW. After a while it jumped to 48 kW. A while later it jumped to 84 kW.

I've seen speculation that the boards in the charger are 12 kW and are used in triples, 1 for each phase. That would be the 36 kW which seems to be the minimum any car gets unless the car limits it further. My car started charging at 19% so it would have taken any amount the charger would provide. Since it jumped up to 48 kW clearly the boards can be configured to multiples of 12 kW regardless of how they are connected to the three phases of power. The 84 kW level is also an odd duck since 72 kW is the level that would be an even distribution across the three phases.

 

[ucmndd]

I've read discussions on how this works so I paid attention yesterday as my car ramped up. It started at 36 kW. After a while it jumped to 48 kW. A while later it jumped to 84 kW.

I've seen speculation that the boards in the charger are 12 kW and are used in triples, 1 for each phase. That would be the 36 kW which seems to be the minimum any car gets unless the car limits it further. My car started charging at 19% so it would have taken any amount the charger would provide. Since it jumped up to 48 kW clearly the boards can be configured to multiples of 12 kW regardless of how they are connected to the three phases of power. The 84 kW level is also an odd duck since 72 kW is the level that would be an even distribution across the three phases.

Yes, I’m wondering if recent software changes have allowed the stations to allocate individual chargers more granularly, potentially one by one. Who knows. It does seem the guaranteed minimum is still ~36kw.

 

[croman]

Yes exactly. Extra cooling is key. 60, 75, 85 and 90 will get a boost. I doubt it will be higher than 120kw unfortunately. Especially for 60 and 75 which are 350V instead of 400V.

Looks like I was wrong. I got 147kw on my last road trip in July.

Taper sucks now so I'm not sure it's any faster even though peak rate increased.

 

[Joelgjr]

We have 150kw charging now. Can’t we just be happy without complaining for once.

 

[Uncle Paul]

With faster charging cars, more stalls will typically be opened, and less cars will need to share. It will end up with a totality of more cars, charging faster.

 

[Fredneck]

Looks like I was wrong. I got 147kw on my last road trip in July.

Taper sucks now so I'm not sure it's any faster even though peak rate increased.

If they are tapering faster, it is likely because that is a more cautious treatment of the battery. I'm all for protecting the battery. I expect in the model 3 that's half the cost of the base vehicle.