My GT DCFC charging experience

[Cosmo Cruz]

Ah yes, the Concord. Taylor Swift has a bigger plane. I was surprised how tiny they are. All the seats are coach. I guess one can put up with a lot of torture if it's only for 2 hours.

Wife wants to go to Zurich. I looked up the price of business class ...fentanyl is less expensive. We're flying coach.

 

[Sandvinsd]

The question of charging speed and range anxiety depends a lot on the kind of car you drive and where you are driving. At the risk of broad-stroking,

Exactly. Most EVs on the road have EPA range between 250-300 miles. Real world range is more like 200-240. Going much below 20% and one gets range anxiety (especially with weak charging infrastructure). So we are really talking about most EVs needing to charge every 160-200 miles on a trip and charging way past 80% to get to the next stop. Peak charging speed doesn’t matter at all. More frequent charges requires more stations to eliminate wait time rather than faster chargers.

I drive mostly the I-10 and I-5 routes between Phoenix and the Bay Area. California is blessed with a good number of charging stations along these major routes. The "anxiety" is not that I can't get to the next charging station before I run out of charge. Moreover, it is about broken chargers, slow charging (throttling), and queue time. I don't "wait" for the 350kW charger to open up. I will take the 150kW charger any day if it is open.

I strongly believe the "common good" is better served with MORE 150kW chargers than fewer 350kW chargers that throttle.

I agree 100%. I more often get better speed overall on the 150 kW chargers than the 350. I just take the first one I see. It’s not range anxiety… it’s available charger anxiety. Doubling or tripling the number of 150kW chargers would be a huge benefit.

 

[LucidPez]

Okay charged tonight starting at 5%

53 degrees raining but preconditioned for about 25 mins prior to charging manually.

Gained 191 miles in 13 mins

264kW at 5%
233kW at 10% at 1 min
224kW at 15% at 3 mins
207kW at 20% at 4 mins
198kW at 25% at 6 mins
185kW at 30% at 8 mins
180kW at 35% at 10 mins
171kW at 40% at 12 mins
157kW at 45% at 14 mins
146kW at 50% at 16 mins
137kW at 55% at 18 mins

I was planning on charging to 65% like I was mentioning at being the sweet spot buttttttttttttt EA decided to end my charge session randomly so I just left lol...

I was nearly at 60% when it did end.

Guessing I woulda been 65% at 23 minutes.

 

[LucidPez]

I should note 61.8kW were delivered in 21 minutes.

For comparison my GV60 and e-tron GT have had…

Audi
69.35kW in 21 minutes
62.13kW in 18 minutes
57.43kW in 17 minutes

Genesis
57.83kW in 18 minutes

 

[momo3605]

Gained 191 miles in 13 mins

EPA miles or real world miles?

 

[LucidPez]

EPA miles or real world miles?

EPA or whatever the car notes

 

[BS8899]

I should note 61.8kW were delivered in 21 minutes.

For comparison my GV60 and e-tron GT have had…

Audi
69.35kW in 21 minutes
62.13kW in 18 minutes
57.43kW in 17 minutes

Genesis
57.83kW in 18 minutes

What were the starting SoCs on each of these charging episodes?

 

[LucidPez]

What were the starting SoCs on each of these charging episodes?

Audi
69.35kW in 21 minutes (3% start SoC)
62.13kW in 18 minutes (11% start SoC)
57.43kW in 17 minutes (13% start SoC)

Genesis
57.83kW in 18 minutes (8% start SoC)