I can't believe this horse is still being beaten.
WHEN THEY WORK, the 150kW listed on charge station is actually the max not minimum. If a vehicle is pulling 170kW at 150kW station, it would be very very brief, or should throw the breaker. Would be against electric code to have something rated 150kW drawing 170kW continuesly. Maybe that is why 1/2 EA stations broken? A 150kW charger should only offer 150kW. When plugging in the car CCS protocal tell DCFC how many kW car can take, DCFS tells car how many KW it can offer. Neither the EV or the DCFC should allow a draw over max.
Yes everyone concentrates on ONE interview, not the 50 emails and additional interviews. All the rest state price not set. They will send one to everyone who pays!
WHEN THEY WORK, the 150kW listed on charge station is actually the max not minimum. If a vehicle is pulling 170kW at 150kW station, it would be very very brief, or should throw the breaker. Would be against electric code to have something rated 150kW drawing 170kW continuesly. Maybe that is why 1/2 EA stations broken? A 150kW charger should only offer 150kW. When plugging in the car CCS protocal tell DCFC how many kW car can take, DCFS tells car how many KW it can offer. Neither the EV or the DCFC should allow a draw over max
PS code speaks in amps. KW and amps are differant. However, still 150kW charger won't deliver more that 150kW.
My Rivian has gone above on a 150kw. And Hummers have gone as high as 367 on a 350. The vehicles do not request kw, they request amps.
My husband is convinced this is actually what Tesla intends to do. We will see?
Especially with almost every manufacturer adopting NACS!
Make that a $190 paperweight.
Why would they if they can sell thousands of NACS -> CCS1 adapters.
Control over the adapters, and control over prices. If everyone who has to use the built in CCS gets charged a higher price than the cars who use the NACS connectors, that's extra money going to Tesla at every charge. Why sell something once when you can make it an ongoing cost?
It would still be an ongoing cost if you've sold someone an adapter, too.
I literally listened to the convo live and thought I was going insane with all these fokes saying it was going to be free. They both basically said it would be priced accordingly, which to me is not free, so I am glad I am not as insane as my wife leads me to believe,
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I think it might be harder to be allowed to charge different EVs different prices without a physically tangible different interface like the built in magic dock adapter. But as I said, we will see. I expect Tesla will do whatever is most likely to make Tesla the most money.
