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I had a Model X loaner and used the auto parallel feature. It worked like a charm, although came uncomfortably close to the Ferrari behind me. It positions midway between the two cars, which wasn’t exactly in the lines drawn on the street.

My bad the, the video shows the internal read outs in the Tesla hitting 614kwh max draw

There is a video of a guy who hooks up one of those aftermarket Tesla readers and his tops out at about 615kwh after the cheetah update. The current Model X is rated by Tesla at 2.6 to 60. That’s with a dual motor configuration. The CT will be heavier no doubt, but I’m not sure where you got...

Thanks for the reply. And good to know. Any thoughts on cost for all that? The actual gen 3 charger will be basically on the other side of the wall inside the garage.

The 60 amp breaker needs two slots in the circuit breaker, right? And if there are two open but not next to each other, can the electrician move another breaker to the other side so the two are next to each other?

I’m sure you’re right, if anything the CT would have 3 24amp modules. Would that require a 100 amp lead and a Gen 2 charger? That may be why Tesla has recently reintroduced the Gen 2. I suspect the roadster would also be equipped with 3 charging modules since it will have around 620 miles of...

Forgot to mention that we don’t know yet whether the CT will go back to the old dual 40 amp configuration. It seems for the 500 mile range version it would be helpful to be able to charge at 80 amps.

The Model 3 won’t be able to take advantage of all 80 amps, but like the other guy said, it’s easier to add additional gen 2 chargers because you can put up to 4 on one circuit. If multiple cars are charging it will even out the amps, for instance if you have 2 cars charging at the same time...

Undoubtedly. Currently the maximum draw out of the batteries in the new update for S/X is about 615 kwh. I imagine that would be plenty to get a tri motor CT up to 60 in 2.9. I have little doubt that Tesla will figure out a way to draw the energy out even quicker as time goes by, maybe even...

You may be right, however Tesla's current dual motor options are not synonymous with ludicrous. It may be that the tri motor CT will have a "plaid" setting for acceleration, although I doubt it. That will probably be reserved for the roadster and maybe the S/X.

There are other adapters that will fit a normal wall plug, but it will take days to charge.

Tesla has always given you a charger with several adapters but the main one fits a 14-50, unless something has changed and they don’t give you the charger anymore. You don’t really need a separate charger unless you want to keep the one from Tesla in your vehicle. You just need the plug or...

You absolutely want a charger at home. Tesla requires the NEMA 14-50 plug. That will allow up to 40 amps of charging which is plenty for overnight charging. The model Y can handle up to 48 amps AC, so you could get a 60 amp line. The CT may or may not go higher than 48 amps, we don’t know...

Is it harder on the battery to charge at 80 amps of AC power or supercharging at, say 125k DC?

Good to know. Hopefully they will go with dual 40 amp chargers in the CT otherwise it will take a while to charge 500 miles of range.

Don’t forget what Elon said at the unveil. He said the CT will corner like it’s on a rail. I’m sure the suspension he had in the unveil models were from a Model X. We won’t see the finished product until we see the finished product

You can have multiple cars on one circuit, it will split while both are charging and divert full power once one car is done. My work installed an 80 amp lead to 4 rapid chargers. When there are 4 cars charging it’s slow, but I get the full 80 amps if I’m the only one charging.

I’m getting it specifically so I can hang truck nuts on the back

I'm not sure that charging at 30A as opposed to 80A has any appreciable added wear on the batteries. Supercharging, maybe, but even that is equivocal whether it causes much extra wear.

I'll be using it as a daily driver trading in my 2013 P85+.