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  1. Pulsar charger vs. Ford Connected charger

    The Juicebox uses the JuiceNet cloud to load share though. If your internet connection goes down, then the Juicebox defaults to 6 amp charging. The Pulsar Plus uses a local communication wire for load sharing, so it will load share without an internet connection. Also, the Pulsar Plus has a...
  2. Waiting for my MME - It's ready (OpenEVSE)

    Did you assemble the OpenEVSE yourself, or did you buy it reassembled? That looks like a new charge handle, unlike the one they used to use.
  3. Home charging options replacing Tesla charger

    Another advantage of the Wallbox Pulsar Plus is that it supports power sharing, so if you get another EV and want to install another EVSE, you can setup a second Wallbox Pulsar Plus on the same circuit and the two units will share the circuit. What makes the Wallbox Pulsar Plus kind of unique...
  4. Fast Charging at Electrify America: Lessons learned

    From what I heard, Electrify America couldn't get the electrical capacity necessary to run this station at 150 kW. I assume the Tesla Supercharger station at this location took all of the available electrical capacity already.
  5. Home Charging - ChargePoint (6-50 vs 14-50) or the JuiceBox ( 40 vs 48 and plug in vs. Hardwire) ?

    The Chargepoint Home Flex cannot circuit share. The CPF50 is the commercial model and it requires a Chargepoint cloud plan in order to enable circuit sharing.
  6. First ChargePoint now JuiceBox!

    Have you considered the Wallbox Pulsar Plus? I just installed two of those in my garage and they seem to work really well.
  7. MME at Tesla (non-super) charge station

    Tesla made several variants of the Gen 2 HPWC; on the earlier variants, there is a dip switch that allows the HPWC to be switched into "legacy mode." However, on some Gen 2 HPWC, the EVSE ignores the state of the dip switch and always operates in Tesla mode. And there are also some Gen 2 HPWC...
  8. DC Fast Charging Station question?

    Tesla requires pre-conditioning of the battery before charging if you want the fastest speeds, but it looks like the VW ID. 4 and the Audi e-tron don't. It really just depends on the design of the car. I have a Tesla Model 3 and an Audi e-tron and the e-tron actually charges faster than the...
  9. Wallbox Pulsar Plus

    What happens when the one car finishes charging, but is still plugged in? I have two Juicebox EVSEs setup in a similar configuration and when one car finishes charging but is still plugged in, it reserves 7 amps for that car and the other car that is still charging gets the remainder.
  10. Real condition winter test Mach-E vs Tesla vs Audi E-Tron

    At the end of the day, everything matters. Ford has gotten good range on the Mach E by fitting the car with a very big battery and Tesla has gotten good range on the Model Y by optimizing the entire system. This is Ford's first "real" EV, so I'm sure they are learning a lot from the Mach E and...
  11. This is the reason it will be hard for Ford to compete with Tesla

    The problem with the franchise dealer model is that it is not a market economy. Franchise dealer laws restrict who can sell cars. Those restrictions make the market inefficient. A perfect market economy assumes that everyone has access to perfect information. That doesn't exist.
  12. Customer Complains of Mach-E ADM on Twitter, Ford's Mike Levine Has ADM Removed

    I hate ADMs as much as everyone else. But at least ADMs are transparent. The worst part of the car buying experience is going to the finance office. Over there, nothing is transparent. If you want to buy an extended warranty, you have to try to research what others have paid. You have to...
  13. Real condition winter test Mach-E vs Tesla vs Audi E-Tron

    But Audi only claims 222 miles of EPA range on the 2021 e-tron or 204 miles of EPA range on the 2019 e-tron (there is no 2020 e-tron, since they couldn't sell enough 2019 models). I was just trying to point out, in a playful way, that the heat pump works. Both the Model Y and the e-tron...
  14. Real condition winter test Mach-E vs Tesla vs Audi E-Tron

    The winner here is actually the Audi e-tron. It pretty much delivered on its EPA range even in the cold. It should be said that the e-tron also has a heat pump.
  15. GFI for mobile charger?

    You might want to check the motor windings on the pond pump. A lot of times, the motor is worn out and that trips the GFCI.
  16. EA Home Charger announced

    It looks like Delta Electronics is the OEM for this one.
  17. Wallbox Pulsar Plus

    If this is the case, it will make the Pulsar Plus much smarter than the Clipper Creek Share2 EVSE. The Clipper Creek EVSE just split the power in half if any vehicle is using the EVSE. If the Wallbox Pulsar Plus can intelligently load share, then EVs will charge faster with the Wallbox.
  18. Android Will Power Ford Vehicle Navigation Starting in 2023

    This is a bit of a popular misconception. A big reason why consumer electronics like iPhones and the like are so much cheaper is the production volume is a lot higher. Apple sells nearly 200 million iPhones a year; with most of the phones sold being the latest models. Meanwhile, Ford doesn't...
  19. Wallbox Pulsar Plus

    Great install! I hope you'll share your experiences with the power sharing, since this is one of the few EVSE on the market with that feature.
  20. Wallbox Pulsar Plus

    Great! I'm really curious how the power share function will work.


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