2oldman wrote:
Charging at 94,000 watts? WOW
Good morning 2 oldman. Super chargers are limited to 120KW BUT
The charging is limited to 120 KW PER DUAL STALL on some superchargers. What this means is that if you are charging at a stall and someone pulls in and hooks up in the other stall your charge rate will drop in half. This is why good etiquette among EV drivers is that you take another stall in another stall pair if it is open. This is the same for us non TESLA EV drivers at Chademo fast charge stations (our version of the supercharger). By the way the new CHademo stations going in have the capability of 150 KW charhing rates although it is still limited to what the car will accept. In other words if I plug my 2016 Nissan Leaf in to one of these I still only get the 50 KW my car will accept.
He is charging at 94 KW but depending on what the car decides (heat etc) he can take max 120 KW. It also drops off fairly quick after 90 percent. Good etiquette at fast chargers is to disconnect at 80 percent if there is a line up. EVer's in general don't fast charge past 80 percent if there are people waiting.
You may have seen the 265 miles/hour reading on the same screen. That means he will take on 265 miles of range in one hour. He is obviously in a P100 model S. There is talk already of a P130 sometimes is 2018 when they do the makeover. North of 400 miles of range. It'll be pricey as it will be on the upper trim mpdel. Probably still cheaper than an equivalent Mercedes though.
