What other promise did they not follow through on? They have offered, but at the time also required/asked that the Tesla port be used on the autos and that was declined, but that isn't on Tesla.
What, have you had your head in the sand the last ten years? Tesla has a long history of saying they were going to support other manufacturers and then never following through. The last very poignant example is where Tesla said they were going to have CCS chargers in the USA by the end of 2022, see how far that went.
Hmmm…. They have only said previously that they will eventually open the North American charging network in some capacity. It’s never been specific until this news discussed in this thread. However they have opened the networks in every location outside N.A. They have stated they would and the progress of stations being opened has outpaced their announced schedules. While not without some glitches, they’re making better progress than they said they would.
another ostrich.
Whatever, dude. The Magic Dock existence leaked out less than 30 days ago. This is how they’re providing CCS on their new charger units and is part of all the announcements over the past few days. This wasn’t an announcement of any sort, but a leak. If you want to substantiate what you’re saying, then provide a source that shows Tesla ever announced when, where and how they were going to open up their network.
Tesla isn’t getting all the money
Right?!
I have over 265,000 pure EV miles, mostly in three Teslas. My last 12.5k are in a Lightning. I have used Superchargers all over the country since they first existed in 2013. I have used EA all over the eastern US, and have driven my truck on four 1,000-mile+ road trips since July, mostly using EA. EA are pure junk, unreliable, have been worse than inconsistent in start-up procedure, have about a 70% reliability rate, far worse speed reliability - in my personal experience. I had to switch pylons at Superchargers maybe ten times in nine years. I have to switch pylons at EA chargers every single day, no exceptions. Their interface is crap, their phone service is at least present, but usually nothing that can be done. Tesla has never left me stranded. EA has done so twice. In just the past six months. I am a heavy ABRP user, have the dongle, use PlugShare religiously because the Ford and EA systems have no real-time status info. But except for that, you are 100% correct - I apparently don’t know anything, am a noob. Except I have driven more EV miles and likely have more EV charging experience than anyone you know, so yeah, you don’t know what you are talking about. Folks like Kyle at Out of Spec have it right when they are advising against buying anything but Tesla for now if road trips are important part of driving. Because EA is NOT cutting it - in cold areas 100% of their newest chargers are inoperable and folks are having to get hotel rooms to wait out the cold conditions. That has NEVER happened with Tesla - their chargers are immune to cold, might start slightly slower, but work just fine.
Every Tesla destination charger can already charge our trucks. I have a Tesla-to-Lightning converter, use it for this purpose all the time. I suspect you are referring to Tesla Superchargers, which are different than destination chargers, which are Level 2 (my Tesla wall chargers are the same as Tesla destination chargers found at hotels, many other places, and I can now charge my Lightning at many Marriotts, for example).
Did you try the EV Go’s at Salisbury University? They have been pretty good in a pinch, although tough to find the first time. We are in a charging dessert on DelMarVa, and EA does not seem to be in any hurry to solve it.
I am not.
Why not? It’s cheap, reliable, tiny, easily obtained, and I’m already using it all the time. I had a huge box of adapters in my Tesla to use at marinas, welding shops, RV parks, and J1772 outlets, which is what our trucks require to do Level 2 (NOT full CCS as everyone here keeps parroting). There’s no reason that any Lightning owner who wants to be able to use a Tesla destination charger shouldn’t buy the adapter, just as most every Tesla driver has adapters to go the other way. You do not need and never will need a CCS adapter to use a Tesla destination charger, and Tesla will never provide that - it would be stupid. They may be forced to provide a separate J1772 cable (that terminates at half of a CCS plug), but that is redundant, wasteful, and will lead to added maintenance hassle.
No. I was coming from the north and going to Bethany Beach, so I didn’t make it that way, but it’s good to know if I’m out there. At least the Royal Farms locations show as a wrench in PlugShare now. Maybe they will fix them before the summer.
I’m not going to engage with you on this other than to say he’s quite respected and makes a living doing evaluations - some of his stuff gets skipped over here, but EV auto manufacturers give him first access, AND he’s the only one of significance getting EA’s attention on these issues. You may dismiss him, but EA and Ford are not - they are all over what he’s pointing out, calling him, engaging directly - if you care about EA and CCS’s future you better be a Kyle rooter because right now he’s teh best advocate we’ve got.
