dawktah LucidGT
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No, why would anyone need to confiscate anything? In the EU all cars including Tesla use CCS.
Other than Tesla, and old chademo, manufacturers are using CCS. Why use something that isn't being used widely worldwide?
Access to Tesla supercharger network
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No, why would anyone need to confiscate anything? In the EU all cars including Tesla use CCS.
Other than Tesla, and old chademo, manufacturers are using CCS. Why use something that isn't being used widely worldwide?
dawktah LucidGT
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Yeah, don't ram that red, yellow and green stop light down my throat.
eurokeitai
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PLC communication, EXI XML compression, OSI stack diagrams. CCS managed to give a new lease of life to the weirdest of technologies.
Tesla looking to expand the program, this time in Norway
Source:
https://driveteslacanada.ca/superch...supercharger-network-access-to-evs-in-norway/
Source:
https://driveteslacanada.ca/superch...supercharger-network-access-to-evs-in-norway/
Well, they are starting to just do that, hopefully this V4 version c/w CCS adapter and CC reader will happen in Canada as well:
Used the Supercharger recently at Forks, Wa on Friday the 13th. This is the town where Twilight was filmed. At the Vampire / Wherewolf treaty line a sign said vampire danger was high. In spite of all this I WAS NOT ATTACKED BY VAMPIRES OR WHEREWOLVES. And the supercharger worked fine, too.
A few tips for your first time:
- Updating the Tesla app with payment information the first time you use it takes a few minutes. So give it time to get ready.
- Push in, then pull out. That's how you connect the adaptor. Don't yank it.
- Try to slip in to only one spot at a time. Not as easy as it sounds since the Tesla cords are quite short.
Thanks, Elon, for letting us play in your sandbox too.
A few tips for your first time:
- Updating the Tesla app with payment information the first time you use it takes a few minutes. So give it time to get ready.
- Push in, then pull out. That's how you connect the adaptor. Don't yank it.
- Try to slip in to only one spot at a time. Not as easy as it sounds since the Tesla cords are quite short.
Thanks, Elon, for letting us play in your sandbox too.
BrokeBoater
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Is there any update on when Tesla will allow me to charge our Kona at one of their supercharger stations, using a portable NACS to CCS adapter, which are starting to come on the market. It would double the fast charging ports available between here and the coast, which would make things more convenient on Holiday weekends.
Referring to the press release from last October, I would expect late 2024 with models built in the new Metaplant in the U.S. and Canada to follow mid 2025.
However Hyundai were late for the signing for NACS (SAE 3400) /Tesla Supercharger game. and another note is the writing in the release:
"Tesla’s commitment to expanding its network " which we all know has changed since the release was made public. My prediction is it may happen late in 2025. but we will first have to see if the EVs manufactured in the new plant are J3400 equipped. If they are, than the original dates (Adaptors for existing CCS equipped vehicles in Q1 2025) may conform hopefully.
My dealership claims to have received a letter from Hyundai Canada two months ago saying that our Konas would be given the ability to charge at Tesla Superchargers with an adapter in late 2024. Must be true - a car salesman said it
Wish I had asked to see the letter.HyperSmiler
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I saw photos on Reddit that showed camouflaged Hyundai’s equipped with NACS ports using Superchargers so perhaps there is some testing currently going on. I suspect though that the implementation priority will be for vehicles built on the EGMP platform and not for the Kona. Hopefully I am wrong in that assumption
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I expect to replace Knoa in about a year and access to superchargers will influence my decision. I know what you are thinking, but a model Y does not have enough additional utility for me to justify the extra price over a Kona.
FWIW: without access to superchargers a trip from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay is difficult and depends on the whims of a few dealerships for charging. Petrocan had one charger in this stretch but they removed it. This is the only highway connecting eastern Canada with western Canada so a lack of CCS charging here severs the country in two. Similar in Saskatchewan between Regina and Virden or Brandon. If our government is committed to EVs why can't they step in and lead by having a plan to put fast chargers where they are needed? These problems are solved if we have access to the supercharger network. Elon had a plan.
FWIW: without access to superchargers a trip from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay is difficult and depends on the whims of a few dealerships for charging. Petrocan had one charger in this stretch but they removed it. This is the only highway connecting eastern Canada with western Canada so a lack of CCS charging here severs the country in two. Similar in Saskatchewan between Regina and Virden or Brandon. If our government is committed to EVs why can't they step in and lead by having a plan to put fast chargers where they are needed? These problems are solved if we have access to the supercharger network. Elon had a plan.
The day has arrived for GM EV Supercharger access.
Must use an app or through the vehicles infotainment system, additionally pay $225 USD for an adaptor ($310 in Canada), allowing access to V3 locations only. Certain Bolts and EUVs (2019 and 2020) may require a dealer installed software update.
Tom Moloughney has made a handy video to show operation:
I personally would have liked to have seen the authentication process accomplished using plug and charge access without the use of an "app" like Ford and Rivian have done. Hopefully, when Hyundai's turn to implement, they include the adaptor for a lower cost (or free), including Kona EV as well as E-GMP models and include the plug and charge capability.
Must use an app or through the vehicles infotainment system, additionally pay $225 USD for an adaptor ($310 in Canada), allowing access to V3 locations only. Certain Bolts and EUVs (2019 and 2020) may require a dealer installed software update.
Tom Moloughney has made a handy video to show operation:
I personally would have liked to have seen the authentication process accomplished using plug and charge access without the use of an "app" like Ford and Rivian have done. Hopefully, when Hyundai's turn to implement, they include the adaptor for a lower cost (or free), including Kona EV as well as E-GMP models and include the plug and charge capability.
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Lars
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The day has arrived for GM EV Supercharger access.
Must use an app or through the vehicles infotainment system, additionally pay $225 USD for an adaptor ($310 in Canada), allowing access to V3 locations only. Certain Bolts and EUVs (2019 and 2020) may require a dealer installed software update.
Tom Moloughney has made a handy video to show operation:
I personally would have liked to have seen the authentication process accomplished using plug and charge access without the use of an "app" like Ford and Rivian have done. Hopefully, when Hyundai's turn to implement, they include the adaptor for a lower cost (or free), including Kona EV as well as E-GMP models and include the plug and charge capability.
This is overall good news! We travel around Ontario in our 2021 Kona without any problems, except the Lake Huron area, where L3 chargers are scarce, other than Tesla. Once one is on a road trip L2 chargers are not much use if you want or need to cover any distance. At 72,000km we love our Kona and have no plan to change it. I am prepared to purchase a CCS to NACS adapter plug.
BrokeBoater
New Member
A couple of weeks ago I was charging at the upgraded Manning Park facility. All of the CCS chargers were busy although most of the Tesla Chargers were vacant.. A couple, probably pensioners, in their model Y stopped and asked me if I would be long. I said no but pointed out the empty Tesla stations, They said yes they saw them but the Tesla stations charged more per kWh than the BCHydro station. Does Tesla actually charge more or do they use surge pricing?
I'm very surprised at that and don't know about surge pricing. More questions - does BCHydro charge Tesla more per kWh than it does at its own charging stations or is Tesla now treating Superchargers as a profit center? Although I haven't tried it, individual Supercharger station pricing supposedly is only available on the Tesla app.
I can't wait for our Kona to get activated to use the Superchargers. Latest press release is that Kia will get that on January 15, 2025.
Ref: https://insideevs.com/news/734928/kia-ev-tesla-supercharger-2025-adapter/
Why Hyundai wasn't included is beyond me.
A friend with a Bolt just got a Vectron Supercharger adapter and it works great using the Tesla app.
In my 2013 MS85 Tesla I've racked up over 100K miles criss-crossing and up-downing the US and a portion of Canada even out to Nova Scotia from California (love Flo and BCHydro with my CHAdeMO adapter). Just returned from a 4000+ mile Tesla trip through Nevada, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona and kept imagining what it would have been like in my Kona Electric - simply put, without access to the Tesla Superchargers it would have been tougher and taken longer and perhaps would have been more of an 'adventure'.
We just took our Kona for a trip from BC through Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon and back home. We found lots of chargers, and we didn’t have any range concerns. I don’t think there was a single town where we stopped that didn’t have at least 2 competing charging locations.