Tested: Pros & Cons of charging Mach-E at Tesla Superchargers -- by WSJ

[lesz]

for what it’s worth, a pretty good video covering the pros and cons of charging a Mach-e at a Tesla supercharger station:

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/jo...-of-them/F248B963-4C04-43A3-8AEE-526DB90D16D5

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[Mach-Lee]

Joanna is hilarious...

 

[Amazonkers]

Or this part

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Or this part

I like how at the end she's wiping it off?

 

[Stang68]

She usually does fun, informative videos but I particularly enjoyed this one. She covered mostly everything an everyday user could want to know/understand.

 

[GreaseMonkey]

So use a Tesla adapter at a Tesla station and navigate to it on the Tesla app? Got it.

 

[Fremont Kid]

I liked the video. One question:
If someone is already registered with Plug and Charge, is any other registration required? I thought not.

 

[Mach-Lee]

I liked the video. One question:
If someone is already registered with Plug and Charge, is any other registration required? I thought not.

No. Just go in an make sure it’s still active and you have the green checks on EA and Tesla.

 

[davem251]

So use a Tesla adapter at a Tesla station and navigate to it on the Tesla app? Got it.

And for now you have to navigate to a CCS fast charger so that the car preconditions and you get good charging speed.

 

[Mach1E]

So use a Tesla adapter at a Tesla station and navigate to it on the Tesla app? Got it.

Think this will finally keep people from saying “charging network” when comparing a pros and cons list of Mach E vs Model Y?

 

[p-zilla]

Think this will finally keep people from saying “charging network” when comparing a pros and cons list of Mach E vs Model Y?

No, because as pointed out in the video, only level 3 and higher work with our car. something like 80% of their network is lvl 2 or lower.. there are only 5 lvl 3 or higher in the entire state of Colorado.

 

[Woeo]

No, because as pointed out in the video, only level 3 and higher work with our car. something like 80% of their network is lvl 2 or lower.. there are only 5 lvl 3 or higher in the entire state of Colorado.

Your numbers are off. More like 50% of the TSLA network.

Roughly 2,300 supercharger stations of 6,000 world wide are in North America. One report has ~2,000 in the US with ~22,000 connectors. Canada has another ~225 stations, so lets say ~24,500 connectors in N.A.

Ford is advertising access to 12,000 supercharger connectors in North America.

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BTW, Tesla shows more than 6 adapter compatible sites in Denver alone. 16 in the state.

 

[CTZ]

No, because as pointed out in the video, only level 3 and higher work with our car. something like 80% of their network is lvl 2 or lower.. there are only 5 lvl 3 or higher in the entire state of Colorado.

This. The nearest eligible Lvl 3 charger is over 400 miles from my house, despite lots of Lvl 2 stations along the way. I didn't realize that when I bought the car, although it's my own fault for not researching the details, I guess. I don't like the idea of relying on other charging stations.

 

[p-zilla]

This is what it shows on Tesla.com

 

[helium89]

This is what it shows on Tesla.com

I’m pretty sure that’s just showing the Magic Dock locations. If you have it show the NACS locations, that should show the chargers that will work with the adapter.

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