Limited Access to new superchargers? Bennington VT Example

[Grimsvotn]

I don’t have the supercharger update on my truck and have been using the Tesla app to check out available superchargers. I can’t get it to see the brand new supercharger in Bennington VT. I wonder how/when/if tesla will enable brand new superchargers for non-teslas on the app. Has anyone else noticed a newly opened supercharger that can’t be seen on the Tesla app? Can Tesla owners see this Bennington charger?

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[carys98]

This one in Suffolk, VA opened 84 days ago. It’s got V4 pedestals with MagicDock and it’s only open to Teslas. There’s also an even newer V3 in Blacksburg, VA that isn’t open either.

 

[Grimsvotn]

I wonder - Do these stations show up in the truck’s Nav if they have the Tesla update? Edit: Or in charge assist?

 

[Ffxdude]

I wonder - Do these stations show up in the truck’s Nav if they have the Tesla update?

None of them show up in the nav system yet. The ones that are open show up in the charge assist though.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Can Tesla owners see this Bennington charger?

It's only open to Tesla customers at the moment, though it may be a new site, it has probably not received the modifications to make open to NACS adapter customers.

I'm waiting for a brand new Majoic Dock site in Mansfield Mass to open, has not been commissioned yet though all the equipment is in place.

 

[rio]

It's a bummer that the Superchargers in Brattleboro and West Lebanon are not open to NACS adapters. Basically the whole I-91 corridor remains lacking in DCFC. I know that both of those SC sites have a mixture of V2 and V3 stalls, which is probably why the lack of access. Hopefully they will soon enough become available. It's so ironic that I've been waiting for NACS access for so long, yet those are the 2 SC stations that I would need the most for most of my trips!

 

[shutterbug]

I don’t have the supercharger update on my truck and have been using the Tesla app to check out available superchargers.

This is a little of topic, but you don't need supercharger update to use fordpass for supercharger. Only for Plug&Charge. Eligible superchargers should be listed in fordpass as of the lat fordpass update.

 

[jberg150]

It's a bummer that the Superchargers in Brattleboro and West Lebanon are not open to NACS adapters. Basically the whole I-91 corridor remains lacking in DCFC. I know that both of those SC sites have a mixture of V2 and V3 stalls, which is probably why the lack of access. Hopefully they will soon enough become available. It's so ironic that I've been waiting for NACS access for so long, yet those are the 2 SC stations that I would need the most for most of my trips!

I was waiting on those chargers too! Hope they upgrade them soon.

 

[RickLightning]

There are at least 3 reasons why a Tesla SuperCharger location won't be open for non-Teslas:

1) Older V2 chargers that cannot support the communication.
2) Chargers lack the software update required to charge non-Teslas.
3) Chargers that are totally compatible, but Tesla doesn't want them overloaded, at least yet. They are NOT opening every compatible location at this time.

 

[DavePastry]

It's a bummer that the Superchargers in Brattleboro and West Lebanon are not open to NACS adapters. Basically the whole I-91 corridor remains lacking in DCFC. I know that both of those SC sites have a mixture of V2 and V3 stalls, which is probably why the lack of access. Hopefully they will soon enough become available. It's so ironic that I've been waiting for NACS access for so long, yet those are the 2 SC stations that I would need the most for most of my trips!

ah, so you've also suffered at that terrible EA station in that walmart parking lot lol.

 

[rio]

ah, so you've also suffered at that terrible EA station in that walmart parking lot lol.

Haha yup, many times. I've had some very good experiences and some pretty bad ones. It's still my best bet on that route.

 

[Pjlightning]

North Springfield VT has an Enel X Green Mountain Power charger on precision drive, which I used several times with a credit card, but now it’s not available to the public. A real bummer given the desperate need up there.
can’t imagine why Green Mountain Power would do that

 

[Grimsvotn]

Update: The Bennington VT supercharger now says its open to ford vehicles with a NACS adapter! Lets hope VT gets some more charging sites soon. The eclipse was a bit of a challenge for EV owners as the state was totally overrun.

 

[VTbuckeye]

It looks like Brattleboro is a combination of v2 and v3 superchargers. Also checked and White River jct/West Lebanon is also combo v2/v3. Are they opening combination sites to CCS/NACS adapter users? Opening to other makes would not have helped yesterday. The waits were super long (according to plug share) after the eclipse (and before for people going north). Thank goodness we got to watch from our front yard with no additional travel necessary. I should have allowed people to charge from my garage for $$$$$ throughout the day.

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