Jack@ss Tesla owner

this thread is a complete synopsis of how far we have to go to catch up to gassers.

 

I thought electric motors had higher torque, so better acceleration than gassers.

 

they do, but first you have to murder someone at a charging station before you can accelerate away from the scene of the crime.

 

Entitled, Free and Etiquette...not good bedfellows in the REAL world.

 

I agree she shouldn't have unplugged your car while you were charging. It's people locking the plug on a public charger to their car that worries me, especially if it's locked to a PHEV. I unplugged a Sonata PHEV and plugged into my Leaf the other day without any bad feelings. The jack@ss left it in one of the two charging spaces and it was full. I'm glad I wasn't the poor guy who couldn't charge because both spaces were full; however, the bad karma is on him as I was a BEV actually charging.

Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.

 

MINI TeslaTap did not fit my 2021 Prime:
I tried two versions of the MINI Teslatap: The 40 amp and the 60 amp. Neither of them fit my Prius Prime 2021 and were also tight on the Tesla Destination Charger side. The charging stations at two different sites (Ikea and Summerlin Mall) fit perfectly. I bought a Lectron adapter and it works perfectly at the Tesla Destination charger and to my Prime.

 

Has anyone used this adapter for prime Prius 2020
https://reporterwings.com/news/tech/you-can-power-any-ev-at-teslas-charging-points-with-this-adapter/

 

see post 66

 

Not the same device.

 

how can you tell?

 

Adapter in post #68:

Adapter in post 66: TeslaTap MINI 60 AMP


Different brand and appearance.

 

Why would you want to wait for 2hr to charge PP on the road just to gain 25 miles of EV range? This applies to other BEVs. At L2 level charging, what is the point of using a supercharger on non-Tesla BEVs? Yeah, maybe in an emergency if a non-Tesla BEV owner was too stupid to venture too far away from where there is no other fast chargers... but still... waiting a whole day to 80% charge a BEV??? Af for a PP and other PHEV owners, it would much cheaper and easier to just drive to the nearest gas station.

Besides, does Tesla allows non-Tesla owner to use their supercharger?

 

It's meant for Tesla destination chargers. Not the super chargers since they are DC and would require a very hefty rectifier and a heftier transformer to get L2 voltage.

You're right that it's useless on the road, but might be handy when you get where you're going. Not worth the cost, imho, though.

And no, Tesla hasn't yet opened their super chargers to outsiders. I would expect that to generate some resentment from Tesla owners now that I think about it.

 

I wouldn't trust that teeny adapter, especially on a unit that can deliver 40 amps to a plug-in that can receive that much

 

Oh, I see. Does Tesla use the same plug for the SuperCharger (L3) and L2 level Destination Charger?

 

Yep

 

check the last sentence

 

Found it! Thanks.

 

Hopefully, those adapters have something that keeps the excitement to a minimum if you try using them to connect your J1772 car to a Tesla DC Supercharger. Which makes me wonder if it isn't some sort of glitch in the safety protocol that makes some of them not work on the Tesla destination chargers.