How fast does a charger have to be for it to be "rapid"?
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100KW something that can charge my car in 10min or less, 30/40 min is to slow, the superchargers are 135kw I believe if I'm wrong I'm sure I will be corrected
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Wow on the left is the car charging at 330 miles in 1 hourThe one I used yesterday was around 109kw![]()
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In my mind, if the charge time is less than a quarter of the drive time, it's rapid, half the drive time is fast, slower than that is slow.
So in Jon's picture, 30 mins will give 165 miles, which will take about two hours to drive off, perfect.
For a Leaf on a rapid where 30 minutes MIGHT give 60 minutes of driving if you're a slow driver, not so much.
The future is ~200kw charge rates IMO. 10 minutes (about the quickest I've been able to run into a services, use the loo, and run back out) of 200kw gives you about 100 miles of range. If you really need more than that then a 20 minute stop to also grab a cup of tea isn't a problem, if you're going to be on the road for another 200 miles/3 hours...
So in Jon's picture, 30 mins will give 165 miles, which will take about two hours to drive off, perfect.
For a Leaf on a rapid where 30 minutes MIGHT give 60 minutes of driving if you're a slow driver, not so much.
The future is ~200kw charge rates IMO. 10 minutes (about the quickest I've been able to run into a services, use the loo, and run back out) of 200kw gives you about 100 miles of range. If you really need more than that then a 20 minute stop to also grab a cup of tea isn't a problem, if you're going to be on the road for another 200 miles/3 hours...
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Yep, Superchargers are much faster than we're used to.
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It's a shame I will never be able to afford one, iv seen 2 in MiltonKeynes now real nice
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Never say Never! A new S Class costs £67k+. But you can buy one for £15k if you don't mind having one that's 5 years old. I expect Model S prices to be similar once they are 5 years old
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Lol 5 years but it would put me off as I would be unsure of the battery condition
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Looks like you just plugged in (given 0 miles added) , had it had time to ramp up, my photo was taken about 3 mins after the charge starting
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yep thats how tesla show you the rate rather than kw they give you in an easily digestable number, 1 hour adds xxx miles
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I think to qualify as 'rapid' charging the experience must deliver >100kW reliably with no queuing or ICE'ing... anything else is just 'slow'
Ecotricty call 22kW medium. ~50kW they are calling fast.
With our LEAF, I'd call 50kW rapid. 7kW takes hours to charge the car, it certainly isn't rapid.
With a 80kWh Tesla 22kW isn't even medium. The car takes as long on 22kW as our Leaf does at 7.
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No, was after three minutes charging and is what happens when another Tesla is charging at Birmingham...
I was still charging after 1.5 hours on the 'supercharger'
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Correct... with a 40 minute diversion from the motorway It would have been much quicker to charge at the motorway services using 22kW AC (if you can stand the wrath of the Leaf owners
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In your dreams... Tesla do not guarantee any range whatsoever after 5 years... read the warranty
https://speakev.com/threads/please-help-us-source-manufacturers-battery-policies.4137/#post-49768
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So given its reporting 21kw and your seeing 72miles per hour, that 1.2 miles per minute your charging, so your + miles would show at least 3 possibly 4 after 3 mins not 0,
Also if there was another car there when you arrived and he was charging he would be allocated 80% of the charge rate across the two stalls (superchargers are pairs of stalls on a single charger) so you would get 20% until he begins the final ramp down when you should ramp up. so if he was taking about 96kw (80% of 120) that would leave you about 24 if the supercharger was limited to 120kw (which I believe most are)
Last time I was in Birmingham I was seeing about 250miles per hour (I was 70% full when arriving)
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