Well, I assume you meant 32kWh, not kW. That means you charged 71%, so if correct 32kWh means you had only 45kWh total. Tesla does keep a buffer "below 0" which varies from model to model, on my 2018 Model 3 (Performance) the buffer is about 5%. Hard to imagine a buffer only giving you 45kWh.
According to Tesla, the Aiea Honolulu supercharger is indeed Gen 3. The Model 3 can routinely hit speeds of up to 250kW if you find a capable Gen 3 supercharger and the remaining 3 stalls on each cabinet aren't already pulling 500kW total for the other 3 cars. (The cabinet max) The pedestals on Gen 3 are labelled with the cabinet number, followed by a letter, A, B, C, & D, so that's how you know it's a gen 3 pedestal. The older generations with full pedestals are limited to 144kW per cabinet, and will be labelled cabinet number followed by A or B. There are also "urban supercharger" pedestals which are smaller and limited to 72kW (each connected to half a Gen 2 cabinet). The shared cabinet design of superchargers means whomeever gets there first gets what they need, and if you arrive later, you get the "leftovers", but since most cars don't pull full power for long, you shouldn't have long to wait. (Exception is Cybertruck!) You can toggle from % to estimated range by simply tapping on the percent/range figure on the screen. Tesla range estimation is the best in the business. They take into account many factors. On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM Edward Thorpe via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hello EV experts, > > I recently rented a 2019 Tesla model 3 standard plus with about 45k miles > in Honolulu. I have 2 questions about its performance. > 1. I thought it should have enough range to travel around the island a > couple days without recharging but instead had to recharge each day. The > first day recharged from 9% to 80% took 32kW. Why so little range? > 2. Using the superchargers at Aiea, the stalls are shared. The first day > the top recharge speed was about 75kW but mostly closed to 50-55kW with the > pack preconditioned. Why so slow? > Is something wrong with this Tesla? > Also it’s unnerving driving with only the percent gauge for range, no > odometer visible during driving or charging (info probably blocked by the > media stream from my daughter’s iPhone). Too use to seeing miles and proper > charge summaries on thre dash in my 250mpc Kia Niro of the same age. And > expected much more when driving around an island with under 100 miles up > and back. What gives? > > Thanks, > Ed > _______________________________________________ > 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/20250122/365d34bb/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
