For many years there have been a pair of 50kW CHAdeMO/CCS chargers on the next street corner, but recently a bank of 350kW chargers was erected in the parking lot of a nearby strip mall. If I am not mistaken, that is the same speed as on the Tesla Supercharging network. As long as your car supports it. Note that the CHAdeMO on these DCFC is upgraded to 100kW as that standard is a bit behind the CCS speed definition. I drive exclusively electric since several years and have used public charging exactly 1 time to get home in all that time (I picked up a Leaf that had much less range remaining than my distance to home. A few miles short is not a problem, I know how to drive to stretch the range remaining). Besides that I have connected 2 or 3 times less than a minute for testing purpose. All my other charging has been at work or home, occasionally at a friend's home. Just to say that when truly adopting the electric driving model, you also leave the "gas station" model.
On Sun, May 28, 2023, 8:10 PM Josh Landess via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > Your points may have some value, but I have a 2015 Model S 70, and the > supercharger speeds are slow enough so long road trips are only when I'm > feeling masochistic. > > As to the CCS networks, I don't know to what extent they are approaching > the excellence of Tesla's network, but I'll guess they still have a ways > to go. > > On 5/25/2023 9:51 AM, Tim Economu via EV wrote: > > Hi Lee: > > > > I too live in rural American, and my statement still stands. We do > > road trips of 6k-10k every year, and definetely NOT on the > > interstates. The Tesla supercharging network doesn't require you be on > > the major routes, for example our favorite drive is on the west coast > > from B.C. to southern California via highway 1 and 101. Also another > > favorite is highway 395 from northern Wa to southern California. My > > nearest supercharger is 1.5 hours away, I charge at home from the sun, > > but the point I'm making is that the network is not for daily charging > > for me, it's for the road trips, and the Tesla network makes that > > possible, unlike every other charging network out there. > > > > Until the other networks get up to speed, and Tesla expands the CCS > > option, there is really one main road trip car, and that would be any > > model Tesla with at least 60kwh of battery pack. > > > > t > > > > On 5/24/2023 1:01 PM, ev-requ...@lists.evdl.org wrote: > >> Tim Economu via EV wrote: > >>> Once you road trip in a Tesla, you won't ever consider another brand, > at > >>> least until the US gets it charging in place (5+ years).. > >> That's fine if you live in a big city or do lots of long-distance > >> driving on the interstates. But I live in a rural area (mid-state > >> Minnesota). The nearest Superchargers are in Minneapolis/St.Paul, which > >> is over 70 miles away. We rarely go there; in fact we haven't been there > >> yet this year. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230525/328813ec/attachment.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230528/0c34c2e3/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
