Perhaps I was not clear, Lucid service said it was a J1772 to Tesla Destination charger cord adapter that destroyed the charge port on a Lucid in their shop.
That’s what I understood. Tesla charger to the Lucid’s J1772. Which set me on a rampage on Amazon, requesting UL file numbers from every vendor saying they are UL listed. I’ve actually gotten 2 testing reports from the 6 requested. Giving the other 4 the rest of the week, then I’ll have a new campaign to get them kicked off the site. Wait 2 weeks, do it again for any new stores/brands.
It will be nice when Lucid sells an adapter. An 80 amp TeslaTap at $300 of course you are going to get people buying something for $29 on Amazon or eBay.
Agreed. Or even more high quality adapter competition for TT. It was a Amazon cheapie that melted the Lucid port. To be frank, I was shocked it only cost $1200 to repair.
Lectron has a good option that is UL certified for half the price of TeslaTap. So i mean there are options depending on your budget.
Yes, but the Lectron one isn't rated up to 80A. That's why you pay extra for the TeslaTap.
There's also been many reported issues with the Lectron for all EVs and the TeslaTap has proven to be more reliable according to others. Our TeslaTap has been flawless so far.
yea that's fair, in my 5 years of EV ownership, i've never run across an 80A charger in the wild (nor do i have an 80A charger at home), so people can decide whether it's worth the extra cost to them.
The Air does charge at 80a, if you didn't already know. In my opinion, if ay that if you are in the market for a EVSE right now, it is worth it getting a 80A EVSE just for the future-proofing (the chargepoint homeflex is decently priced and has 80a) against future EVs!
Again...the only reason to get a teslatap is if you happen to frequently go to 80a NACS destination chargers. I've never seen one before. A few of them must exist out there, but i'm not going out of my way to find one.
Correct. The only reason we bought it is because we might as well get the best there is at the start instead of buying a 48a one now and another 80a one later (which would be more expensive) if/when 80a Tesla destination chargers become more available. We also bought it because a majority of our friends have chargers at their house with a Tesla port on them, and they are mostly 80a (like the CP home flex NACS).
Model S and X had 80 amp onboard chargers. Swapped to 48 amp a few years ago
It… does? At least based on the Best Buy listing for it, it does. It also comes in a NACS version.
But you said you’ve been using it at your friends house. So did you see it charging at 80amp? Or are you just proclaiming as fact what you saw on BestBuys website
(if you’re doing the latter, I think it’s a lesson for you, don’t believe everything you read on the internet)
No, we haven't used it yet since we haven't gone to our friend's house yet (and neither did I say I did). In fact, the EV9 doesn't even support 80a charging. Our rationale for buying the TeslaTap was for futureproofing when we get future EVs, as stated before. I do know our friend's houses have 80a capability, as one of them has a Lucid and charges it at 80a.But you said you’ve been using it at your friends house. So did you see it charging at 80amp? Or are you just proclaiming as fact what you saw on BestBuys website
So that's not even NACS! what's the relevance to Tesla Tap?
A worthy endeavor. I have sent products off for certification, UL-CSA, Intertek ETL, TUV. Expensive and time consuming. But good piece of mind for anything connected to mains power, and you can't sell in the EU with out it. I love it when a Chinese product says: tested to meet UL standards. Yeah. Right. I thought Amazon was foolish enough to let sellers self certify.
