NACS Megathread

[hmp10]

They’re legacy. Some older sites still have them and newer ones don’t.

The Snake Road Supercharger location is just a little over a year old. It's also one of the few charging locations in an open lot that also has a roof covered in solar panels over it.

I'm surprised it would have these signs and that Tesla would leave them up at any NACS-partner station. Many Tesla owners will not be aware of the NACS partnerships, and those signs could be a source of friction of even confrontation. Some of the Superchargers, especially around Miami, often have queues of cars waiting to charge, and a Tesla owner seeing a non-Tesla plugged in at a post with a sign saying it's for Teslas only could become quite irritated. That could make for a dicey situation . . . especially around Miami.

 

[dbsb3233]

My guess is yes because every manufacturer is already swapping to the format. It's still so far a net positive, even if Tesla starts switching sites off.

Other charging networks are adding NACS handles too, so even if Tesla suddenly pulled a knee jerk backtrack (which wouldn't make sense because it's significant revenue), Ionna and others will make the switch worthwhile in the long run.

 

[DeaneG]

He said he tried two other charge posts and got the same result. There is a 24-station Tesla Supercharger plaza near his house, and he has used that a couple of times successfully, as has another friend also with a Volvo XC30. They finally made it to his cousin's house with 16 miles of range left. He's took his cousin's car home tonight as his wife was waiting dinner on him and will return tomorrow to try the nearby Target store which has both a NACS-partner Supercharger station as well as a bank of Florida Power & Light CCS chargers.

I had seen your earlier posts about the reliability you're seeing with Superchargers and was starting to feel optimistic about this. But his experience tonight and the experiences you just posted from others seem to reflect a hit-and-miss situation even with Tesla Superchargers similar to our CCS experiences.

For now, I'll just hope that Lucid is doing something right in utilizing the Tesla infrastructure that Volvo and other manufacturers haven't yet quite nailed.

According to Volvo, the EX30 is not compatible with North American Tesla superchargers at this time. Volvo's other models are compatible. I've charged our XC40 at several supercharger locations with zero issues.

 

[hmp10]

According to Volvo, the EX30 is not compatible with North American Tesla superchargers at this time. Volvo's other models are compatible. I've charged our XC40 at several supercharger locations with zero issues.

The XC30 was enabled a few weeks back. Volvo would not provide an adapter to either friend at the time they leased their cars for the reason you state. However, the local Volvo dealer was finally able to provide both my friends with the adapters, and they have both successfully used Tesla Superchargers at the giant Tesla charging plaza at Miramar Outlets mall in Ft. Myers, FL. That is why my friend was comfortable with relying on the NACS-partner site yesterday.

In light of @HC_79's post last night, I see that I overreacted to the Snake Road charging attempt failure. Sad to say, after almost ten years of owning two Teslas, it's become a company that triggers me in several ways. I've just seen enough stunts from them that I always suspect the worst.

Both these XC30 owners now know they need to plan for a CCS backup if they're on a road trip until they know more about what's going on with NACS charging.

We're going to make our first attempt to charge our Gravity at a Supercharger today when we transfer the car from the PPF shop to the radar installer. Fingers crossed, because a big reason for adding Gravities to our Lucid stable was to be able to break dependence on the CCS infrastructure on road trips. It seems from other posts on the forum that Lucid might have cracked the code on using Superchargers seamlessly, perhaps because the car was engineered for native NACS charging. Fingers crossed.

 

[evfreedom]

Wow! It looks like it's really happening!
I know 50 kWh is not great, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.

• All Lucid Airs Gain Access to 23,500+ Tesla Superchargers

 

[hmp10]

Will the Gravity L3 adapter work with the Air?

 

[DeaneG]

Will the Gravity L3 adapter work with the Air?

It's the wrong sex.

 

[evfreedom]

Here's a tip.

• Many (perhaps all?) of the 350 kWh stations have this new design that lets us pull in normally. See photo below.
• Otherwise, if you choose a 250 kWh station try to find a large facility so that it doesn't matter that you have to take up two stalls to get the short cable to reach. See Wheeler Ridge photo below. I see several Rivians charging there every time I go through. You know how they like to park diagonally across two spaces? You know, 'cause they're Rivians. And no one cares because there are so many stalls.
• At holiday time, you're not going to want to take up 2 spaces at a 6-stall location.

 

[hmp10]

We made our first attempt to charge our Gravity at a Supercharger today. Worked flawlessly.