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Adapter needed for Tesla Supercharger

attathomeguy said:
Why not? Lectron makes the Ford adapters and those work already. The adapter has very well defined specs that Tesla makes public. Everyone that can meet those specs will be allowed to charge and can't void the warranty of the car.
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Lectron is one of the four acceptable brands he listed. It would be fine.
 
attathomeguy said:
Why not? Lectron makes the Ford adapters and those work already. The adapter has very well defined specs that Tesla makes public. Everyone that can meet those specs will be allowed to charge and can't void the warranty of the car.
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If you watch Tom Moloughney's video, many inexpensive off-brand CCS adapters are poorly designed and are not safe to use.
A published specification does not make everyone's implementation safe.
 
BTW there will never be a safe single adapter from NACS to J1772/CCS1 that can do both home (level 2) and road trip (DC fast) charging. You'll always need two adapters, one for each purpose. A proper implementation of this would require a large contactor and some control logic, neither of which is possible in an adapter.
 
DeaneG said:
If you watch Tom Moloughney's video, many inexpensive off-brand CCS adapters are poorly designed and are not safe to use.
A published specification does not make everyone's implementation safe.
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Lectron and A2Z are not inexpensive and he specifically calls out both A2Z and Lectron as "good" adapters on his
and 37:55
 
attathomeguy said:
Lectron and A2Z are not inexpensive and he specifically calls out both A2Z and Lectron as "good" adapters on his
and 37:55
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I agree completely. People should avoid inexpensive adapters as seen on Amazon, typically with nonsensical names in capital letters: NAIVVY, FOCSPROD, QQAPL, etc.
I would not hesitate to buy and use an adapter which has been safety-tested to USA standards from a reputable company like Lectron or A2Z.
 
DeaneG said:
I agree completely. People should avoid inexpensive adapters as seen on Amazon, typically with nonsensical names in capital letters: NAIVVY, FOCSPROD, QQAPL, etc.
I would not hesitate to buy and use an adapter which has been safety-tested to USA standards from a reputable company like Lectron or A2Z.
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what about temu or aliexpress I hear they're great
 
Even though the post is more than a month old, it popped up ...

I have done Chicago to Cincy several times and have good experiences stopping at Electrify America either in Lafayette or Indy (Emerson). I also see an EA along your route in Huber Heights OH. In principle, Goose Island to Columbus is 360 miles and you might not need to stop if 100% charged and if your speed is closer to 70 than 80mph. For a first road trip to avoid any anxiety, I'd suggest adding 20-30% in Lafayette (or Indy if Lafayette is busy) and then stopping in Huber Heights.

Personally, I'm waiting to buy a Tesla adapter until Superchargers are opened up for Lucid Airs later this year. I don't know, but there may be some guidance that might appear at that time. It would be nice to have one adapter.
 
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I see there's a lot of jokesters in this owners forum....my kind of crowd!
 
bogemyr said:
Tesla website says Lucid vehicles can charge. Is this controlled by Lucid or Tesla?
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It's confusing because Tesla says that. Lucid is listed as compatible in a few places. If you take the Tesla app, add an Air as another vehicle and then add a Gravity, many Superchargers show up as available, without anything saying anything about which car it's available for. I don't have an adapter to test with, but it would be interesting to see what happens if I go to a charger that the app says I'm allowed to use.

When Lucid was first added to Tesla's system, their app showed the chargers as available if Air was the listed vehicle. Then shortly after, they changed it and the chargers no longer showed up for the Air.

This weekend is the first time I figured it would be nice to have access, because with a holiday weekend, a charging location with four chargers that are usually mostly free will have a line. So your charging time will equal the time it takes to charge your car, plus the time it takes for the people ahead of you who probably don't charge nearly as fast as a Lucid. 50kW is not bad compared to waiting 40 minutes just to plug in.
 
Haggy said:
It's confusing because Tesla says that. Lucid is listed as compatible in a few places. If you take the Tesla app, add an Air as another vehicle and then add a Gravity, many Superchargers show up as available, without anything saying anything about which car it's available for. I don't have an adapter to test with, but it would be interesting to see what happens if I go to a charger that the app says I'm allowed to use.

When Lucid was first added to Tesla's system, their app showed the chargers as available if Air was the listed vehicle. Then shortly after, they changed it and the chargers no longer showed up for the Air.

This weekend is the first time I figured it would be nice to have access, because with a holiday weekend, a charging location with four chargers that are usually mostly free will have a line. So your charging time will equal the time it takes to charge your car, plus the time it takes for the people ahead of you who probably don't charge nearly as fast as a Lucid. 50kW is not bad compared to waiting 40 minutes just to plug in.
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Gravity does, but not Air.
I can't help thinking that it was meaningless for Tesla, back months ago, to grant access to a model that was not even delivered while the thousands of Air owners have been kept in waiting mode. Or could it be that Lucid's still working to finish the final details for Airs?
Whatever the case, it'd be nice when the deal is done, supposedly Q2 this year.
 
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