TheWoo
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- 2023 Lightning Platinum, 2024 Rivian R1T
One of the biggest advantages of opening the Supercharger network to the rest of us is the redundancy it offers. Like you, I anticipate I'll still mostly use other options (more due to the reality of the challenge of parking at a SC location given the charge port location than any particular like/dislike of Musk), but knowing that I can stretch it to an EA location on a road trip without worrying as much that if it's down because I can hit a nearby SC location is huge for many locations. I'm often stopping on my road trips before I'd like because I don't like showing up at a location without enough charge to get to another if something goes wrong. Heading west from here, that could easily happen...but the SC network creates significant redundancy that will reduce that fear a lot.Well, Tesla currently does not have 800V superchargers. EA has a nationwide network of the team. Those 800V architecture cars are going to charge quite slowly on the Superchargers. To make things worse, on the Porsche Taycan, most cars support only 50kW 400V charging with 150kW 400V being an add-on cost at the time of configuration. Given that Tesla still has a lot of V2 chargers out there and seems slow to upgrade, I wouldn’t expect them to catch up to EA with new 800V superchargers anytime soon.
Those non-Tesla options are already substantially cheaper than Tesla’s own network. I’ve run into a bunch of Tesla owners with CCS adapters taking advantage of much cheaper DC fast charging. Given that I am already expecting Tesla to charge non-Teslas a premium to use their chargers, we should all appreciate having our options open. At pricing for Tesla owners, Supercharger prices match or exceed gas prices in parts of the country.
I road tripped 400 miles just yesterday using EA chargers. I regularly do 500 mile road trip days in my Lightning. In less than three months, I have racked up 8k miles. The new 350kw shared chargers that EA is installing across the country are great. While it’s nice to have Superchargers access to expand our options, I am quite thankful that we won’t be limited to them.
Personally, I will use the Superchargers only if I have no other viable options, because Elon Musk is a garbage person and a charlatan. I don’t like the idea of giving him any of my money outside of it being a necessity to get from point A to point B..
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