Tones of V4 Supercharger Working In Progress

[Jager]

Much as I love EV's, if 120v was the only kind of home charging I could muster... I wouldn't own one. Full stop.

And the Cybertruck, with its much larger pack, only aggravates all that.

Glad it works for some. I ain't among 'em.

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[Woodrick]

Much as I love EV's, if 120v was the only kind of home charging I could muster... I wouldn't own one. Full stop.

And the Cybertruck, with its much larger pack, only aggravates all that.

Glad it works for some. I ain't among 'em.

That's an extremely narrow point of view.

In my current house, I've been charging my Model 3 off of 120V 15A for about 4 years with absolutely no issues. It gets 60 miles in 12 hours and that's well within my needs.
Oh, I think that I forgot that I also charge my Model Y on that same outlet, alternating which car gets it. For 4 years, two cars have been happy charging off of 120V. Depending on which is plugged on, it may get 12, 24, or 36 hours of charging. And that's until it is full at 80%.

For 3 of those years, the nearest Supercharger was 30 miles away, and still life was good, no life in an EV was great.

I've now got a Supercharger 10 miles away but have only used it once or twice.

It ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR DAILY NEEDS.


Average American commute is less than 60 miles daily.

The Cybertruck is a different animal on 120V 15A, at 2 mph charge rate, it is limiting.

 

[scottf200]

There is a lot of talk about the limitation of the handle and cable recently. Kyle/OoS has done a variety of testing. Branden (below) is in the charger/charing industry.

[UPDATE: When they eventually get v4 cabinets at the "v3.5" supercharging sites that have v4 pedestals and they can operate at 800v that may be very beneficial. Less current/amperage for the same kW (eg 250 kW). Not sure if a similar issue would show up if they push to 350 kW for X number of minutes tho.]

[UPDATE 2: Even the 800v systems at 350kW (vs curr max of 250 kW) should run cooler with lower amperage/current.
625a = 250kw / 400v
438a = 350kw / 800v ]

 

[AlmostHuman]

Are you using EVject NACS-to-NACS? Looks like a good use of this adapter to clear the Cybertruck fender. I have a few rural Utah CCS chargers I would like to be able to use with Cybertruck.

Yep that is what I tested and used when we went camping. I don’t plan to use it all the time but have it just in case.

 

[AlmostHuman]

Interesting. The 650 mile trip I took yesterday had me in some silly hot temps, over 121°F while driving and around 117°F at one Supercharger location. I didn’t see these speed drops. Will review the TeslaMate data later, I may have just missed it.

 

[scottf200]

Interesting. The 650 mile trip I took yesterday had me in some silly hot temps, over 121°F while driving and around 117°F at one Supercharger location. I didn’t see these speed drops. Will review the TeslaMate data later, I may have just missed it.

Thx. Looks like in the Service Mode screens you can see the pin temps (pict above). A blurrier picture was in my #2 thread (my signature below).

When they eventually get v4 cabinets at the "v3.5" supercharging sites that have v4 pedestals and they can operate at 800v that may be very beneficial. Less current/amperage for the same kW (eg 250 kW). Not sure if a similar issue would show up if they push to 350 kW for X number of minutes tho.

 

[Outdoors]

But this is a Cybertruck centric forum.
If I get home from a trip at 10pm Sunday night at 10%, best case senario (no non-charging load, 100% efficiency) at 9 am Monday morning the SOC will be 23% with a total of 73 miles of range. Only 13% or ~40 miles were added.

240V 32A puts it at 79%
240V 48A puts it at 100% (or 80% if one uses the recommended limit)
So 14-50 MC and WC are similar in that case

I do 240 @23-25A it suits me fine. I need to smooth out my battery usage during day and night. Swap one EV for the other when we go some place. Always be charging while sun is shining and home batteries are full or are going to be.

I wish everyone was off grid. Many could learn a bit about electricity.

Speed isn't everything if one really doesn't have any place to go of significance. Charge your car the way it works for you.

How did a supercharger thread got lost on 120V?

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