2oldman wrote:
300 amps.. wow. Thanks very much. Standard 200a house service wires would be a comparison.
They do it with three phase power. Both the Tesla and non Tesla fast chargers. Gotta be a big a$$ transformer feeding that place. There are a few hundred thousand model 3's coming off the line in the next few years. Most will charge at home like we do but longer trips you have no choice you are headed for a fast charger some where. Unless it is overnight in a hotel. Most hotels now have single phase 32 to 48 amp Tesla and non Telsa charge stations. These are not DC chargers, they are AC chargers that feed the car and the cars on board charger does the rectification and charges the battery. It is essentially what we all have in our garage. Here is our 40 amp 240 unit. (the one on the right). The one on the left is a 12 amp 120 unit...read sloooooow. But occasionally we charge both cars at the same time and the 120 unit works well for Angela's little car. These charge stations are called EVSE's or Electric vehicle Supply Equipment. They are essentially an extension cord with a relay half way that closes as long as the handshake for the car is made. The car also tells the EVSE how much MAX current to let through. Teslas can use these with an adapter and Non Teslas can use Teslas destination chargers with an adapter. Tesla superchargers can only be used by Teslas but not by non Teslas. However Teslas can use ordinary DC fast chargers with an adapter.
Hope some if this is interesting.
By the way, this is a NON tesla multiple charge station. These are still kinda rare as most are singles or doubles. We non Tesla owners need more of these. This is run by "Chargepoint". Shell is actually starting to install this kind of thing in Britain too. Usually co-located with their gas stations. Slowly but surely.
