‘ We charged a non-Tesla at a Supercharger. Here's how it went ‘

[btfc]

https://www.autoblog.com/2023/03/27/char...m-kia-ev6/

[DeusxMac]

"Given a compatible vehicle and the choice between a Supercharger or other charger, sign us up for the Supercharger every time."

[Ken Sp.]

Tesla is rolling out version 4 of the Superchargers. It will solve the cable length and most of the charging speed issue.
It will raise the 250kW to 1000kW. That is the max, it won’t do that at first, but, 1000kW has the potential to charge in nearly the same time as filling with gas.
My Tesla can charge at public chargers also, but they are so undependable. Tesla is further expanding the network to accommodate other cars. Many newer installations will have the MagicDock.
The build out rate is amazing.

https://supercharge.info/map

https://electrek.co/2023/03/14/tesla-fir...irst-look/

[gadje]

1000kW = 1 MW. This is mind blowing.

There are probably small towns in developing countries that use less than 1 MW.

[Ken Sp.]

gadje wrote:
1000kW = 1 MW. This is mind blowing.

There are probably small towns in developing countries that use less than 1 MW.

Yes, one of the challenges of rolling out. These mega chargers is the ability to have the grid support the chargers.
The Tesla Semi uses the MegaCharger.

[Don C]

Is the mega charger why our city busses can recharge in just a few minutes?

[NewtonMP2100]

…..how much did they charge you….????

[Fritz]

there needs to be some "standards" when designing an EV or PHEV.

one of the issues in that article is the location of the charge port.
To me, that is purely design stupidity.
Gas tanks are all on the left or right rear qp and in the old days, a few behind the license plate.

Why would an EV maker put their cp in a completely different place than all others preceding? Though it surely doesn't look like he had a problem.
It's not like a cp is a design "feature". Though stoopit, maybe.

What if Apple decided to add an 8" floppy to new minis?

"and there’s a good chance you’ll bump into the charger’s concrete bollards should you try to inch close enough going forward."
If you're drunk and blind, you prolly shouldn't be driving a car.

definitely need more picts in that article.
was he trying to finish a roll of film?

I was so surprised when I was in bf Fla last month and found free public 40A stations.

Though I enjoyed the Polestar 2, my next car will most likely be a PHEV.
Or a '72 Dino 246 in Blu Sera Metallizzato, Rossa Cordoba, Nuovo Giallo or maybe Verde Pino Metallizzato, with Sidse Babett as the co-pilot.

I can dream, can't I?

[Fritz]

in the meantime

[Speedy]

Using Ken Sp.’s link: There are three Superchargers on the Yucatán peninsula including Mérida and Cancún. The next closest Supercharger is in Puebla some 750 miles away. I suppose a person could charge along the way using 110v. Or have their Tesla hauled there.

On a tangential but related note: My brother-in-law who lives in Mexico City would like an EV but he says they are too expensive and simply don’t pencil out. He can afford an EV but has decided to buy a hybrid. Mexico has no incentives to go EV; in fact the current president of the country campaigned on a promise to revive the oil industry. Mexico City has very high levels of air pollution and would benefit greatly by going electric. They have a number of ancient electric trolley buses but one of the latest bus lines whose busses travel on a fixed route in bus-exclusive lanes uses Diesel busses.

On an even more tangential note: We drove our PHEV Cadillac ELR to Mexico City a couple of months ago. We could not pass the emissions test in the city in order to be able to drive everyday because the testers could not rev the generator up to 2k RPM in Park as required for the test (a GM imposed limit that can’t be modified). It was only by the good graces of the test site director and the fact that the emissions testing administration was just then changing locations and wasn’t easily contacted that we got an extra eight days added to the 14 days for which we could get a tourist permit to use our car daily (otherwise we could not drive between 5am and 11am except on Sundays and not at all on Thursdays and Saturdays based on the last digit on our license plate). IIRC, we only had one trip within the city that exceeded our battery’s limit. However we did travel outside the city several times and our battery was depleted before we returned to my wife’s family home in the city where we recharged on 110v. The ELR has about a 40 mile battery range. Now we are in McAllen, Texas visiting family and get ‘free’ (bootlegged 110v) charging at our motel. Very few motels have accessible 110v outlets so this one gets our business every year.

And one last thing; we would not easily be able to drive from McAllen to Mexico City with a stop to visit in-laws in Tampico (which is on the shortest route) with an EV because there are no public charging stations of any kind along the way including in Tampico which has a metro area population of over one million people.