Texas Trip and Tesla Super Charger success

[MrLoganRoss]

I didn’t drive my F150 here, but rented an F150 in the Fort Worth area. I know Lightnings and other EVs are not as popular but I have seen a few and have taken part in “mutual WHAT-UPs”

I brought my adapter and so I got to use the super charger. No issues and it hit a max of 170kw (although not for long as it settled around 115kw). Not sure if that is just a question of site capacity.

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[GDN]

Welcome to DFW. Where did you rent a Lightning? Turo?

 

[MrLoganRoss]

Regular old rental car company at the airport.

 

[MrLoganRoss]

So I am noticing that the Tesla charger starts out at 172kw but is down to 100 after about 10-12 min and about 65%. I am now curious to try Electrify America and want to see if the charging curve is different.

 

[Scorpio3d]

Welcome to Texas!
Are you here for a particular reason or just to have fun?

 

[RickLightning]

So I am noticing that the Tesla charger starts out at 172kw but is down to 100 after about 10-12 min and about 65%. I am now curious to try Electrify America and want to see if the charging curve is different.

It is 350kW vs 250kW.

 

[Zprime29]

So I am noticing that the Tesla charger starts out at 172kw but is down to 100 after about 10-12 min and about 65%. I am now curious to try Electrify America and want to see if the charging curve is different.

That sounds about right. The first 10min is a boost period, after that it settles down between 100-130kW pending temperatures. Drops again at 80%.

 

[flyct]

What you experience is pretty normal. Here is the charge curve that Tom at State of Charge recorded at a 350 kW Electrify America Station. It's pretty flat compared to what my Telsa does.

 

[flyct]

Here is Tom's recorded charge curve starting at different charge levels. You can see the "boost" at each start of charge. They all drop dramatically at when SOC reaches 80%

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