Charging at NACS Superchargers

[Pragmatic]

Finally stopped at RAN in Queensbury 63F outside preconditioned for 25 minutes, 2023 Pure AWD

Started at 4% and got 234kw
At 10% was at 190kw
At 20% was at 164kw
At 25% was at 155kw
At 30% was at 146kw
At 35% was at 137kw
At 40% was at 128kw
At 45% was at 117kw

 

[Bobby]

Finally stopped at RAN in Queensbury 63F outside preconditioned for 25 minutes, 2023 Pure AWD

Started at 4% and got 234kw
At 10% was at 190kw
At 20% was at 164kw
At 25% was at 155kw
At 30% was at 146kw
At 35% was at 137kw
At 40% was at 128kw
At 45% was at 117kw

Ummmm.... your battery is 92kWh.

 

[MidnightAir]

Ummmm.... your battery is 92kWh.

Those charge rates make sense to me. Charge rate (kw) vs battery capacity (kWh). Apples and oranges.

 

[Pragmatic]

Cost was $24 for 38 kw-hr ($0.63/kw-hr). Only posting speed and cost because I said I would before the winter.

 

[Knucklehead]

Why it's true Elon and Tesla have the capacity and motive to be very petty. It also makes sense that they could use the revenue from anywhere right now, and would gladly allow Lucid on the network, unfettered.
My hesitation would be with how stable and seamless that access works, considering the Supercharger division was absolutely decimated not too long ago.
I'd expect it to be buggy, and technical service to be slow.

Ford was the first non-Tesla manufacturer added to the Tesla network. I have charged my Mach-e on the SC network multiple times, and every time it worked flawlessly. Unlike EA.

Don't worry. It will work. EA is a crapshoot.

 

[emoylv]

Ford was the first non-Tesla manufacturer added to the Tesla network. I have charged my Mach-e on the SC network multiple times, and every time it worked flawlessly. Unlike EA.

Don't worry. It will work. EA is a crapshoot.

Within the past year, EA has upgraded all or almost all of their chargers in the Las Vegas area to 350kW and added a new 6-bank station. While I've never gotten over 225kW, my experience is that there are fewer chargers out of service. IMO, EA has improved a lot here.

 

[Knucklehead]

Within the past year, EA has upgraded all or almost all of their chargers in the Las Vegas area to 350kW and added a new 6-bank station. While I've never gotten over 225kW, my experience is that there are fewer chargers out of service. IMO, EA has improved a lot here.

Good. But based on my experience, EA is not reliable.

 

[Bobby]

Good. But based on my experience, EA is not reliable.

I find an EA is very reliable lately, there’s just not enough of them.

 

[Knucklehead]

I find an EA is very reliable lately, there’s just not enough of them.

I hope your experience becomes more common. The last time (a couple weeks ago) I tried a EA it was horrible.

 

[Pragmatic]

I hope your experience becomes more common. The last time (a couple weeks ago) I tried a EA it was horrible.

Then use another network. I've had great experiences at RAN, Chargepoint, ViaLink, EVGo and EA. When travelling I use the station that's most convenient for my trip. If I have bad experiences a try and use a different network next time I'm travelling that way again.

 

[emoylv]

I hope your experience becomes more common. The last time (a couple weeks ago) I tried a EA it was horrible.

It was terrible here until about 8 months ago. Three separate EA locations were completely OTS. I thought like you that EA was going under when in fact they were upgrading them. Granted, they could have staggered/sequenced the work better instead of shutting 3 locations down at the same time. Difference now is night and day. I also noticed that they have upgraded a lot of the EA chargers in the San Diego area as well. There was only one near Rancho Penasquitos; now almost all of the nearby ones have been upgraded. EA also does a terrible job of informing the consumer on what's happening. Only 2 data points but seems like things are improving in SoCal and LAS. Hopefully, you're next.

EA also installed a brand-new 6-station 350 kW charger near me, like a mile away. Bad news is that pre-conditioning is a joke; good news is that I only lose 1% charge by the time I get home.

 

[Knucklehead]

Then use another network. I've had great experiences at RAN, Chargepoint, ViaLink, EVGo and EA. When travelling I use the station that's most convenient for my trip. If I have bad experiences a try and use a different network next time I'm travelling that way again.

I do. I use the Tesla SC network. EA sucks. RAN is supposed to be very good also, but have not used yet.