Some Tesla superchargers showing "station not compatible" in FordPass -- cannot see at in Tesla app.

[TheWoo]

North of Gaylord KS, south of 36, west of Smith Center. Smith County KS, home to Lebanon KS, Geographic center of the lower 48. And not much else except cows, corn, wheat (and a lot of whitetails)......

Problem is that Abilene or Salina adds 40 miles or so. Shortest routes are either over St Joseph, via 36, or over Manhattan KS, then snaking up through the Smokey Hills on US-24. Going from KC to Smith Co is complicated since at Lawrence, Topeka and Maple Hill you still have too much battery to quick charge in a useful manner. In Manhattan, you are finally down to 50 % or so, so you can charge, BUT chargers are slow. There is a rumor, I heard from someone, that the Chevy dealer might be faster. Dunno.

The Hays, Russel stuff is even less handy. There is a Ford dealer in Beloit KS that also has a QC built, but its always blocked with several Mustang Mach-e's. I think they installed it under duress and do NOT want non-local traffic.

I have an old farm house in rural Smith Co, south of Kensington which gets used for hunting. We have a 40A J1772 there, and I've been contemplating AirB&Bing it, specificaly for BEV drivers that want to traverse KS in some fashion other than via I-70. US-24 and US-36 are actually much more interesting (beautiful and picturesque would be pushing it too far) than I-70.

Yeah, that's a tough route with current charger infrastructure. As an FYI, Murdock Chevrolet did install EVConnect chargers late last summer. It's not fantastic because of its kW - they top out around 60kW. But a heck of a lot faster than anything else!

As a Western Kansas native, I hear you. I'm fortunate that I can take I-70 most of the way when visiting family, but 24 and 36 are much more enjoyable...

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[Rolokid]

Has anyone tried using the V3 superchargers located alongside v2 superchargers that don't show up as compatible? It's my understanding that when V3 are located with V2, to avoid confusion, they don't list them as compatible but I'm wondering if I can use the V3's even when not listed in the app.