Process of adding supercharging to an S60 after delivery

dirkhh · Jul 18, 2013

I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

I may be running into a bit of early buyers remorse. I bought my S60 without supercharging and am wondering now if that wasn't penny smart and pound foolish.
So did anyone do the "after delivery" upgrade for $2500? What do they do for that? My understanding is that the S60 already has all the hardware on board and that this is just a software issue. Can anyone confirm from first hand experience?

I also sent an email to ownership and will share whatever they respond...

Discoducky · Jul 18, 2013

Supercharger | Tesla Motors

Q:How can I add Supercharging to my vehicle if I didn't already order it?

A:The Supercharging option can be added by our Customer Experience team at 1-877-798-3752

They can activate while you are parked at a supercharger. I hope you activate as supercharging is way cool!

dirkhh · Jul 18, 2013

dirkhh said:
I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

I may be running into a bit of early buyers remorse. I bought my S60 without supercharging and am wondering now if that wasn't penny smart and pound foolish.
So did anyone do the "after delivery" upgrade for $2500? What do they do for that? My understanding is that the S60 already has all the hardware on board and that this is just a software issue. Can anyone confirm from first hand experience?

I also sent an email to ownership and will share whatever they respond...

Here's the official response:

You can add Supercharging to your car for $2,500. Our Field Service Engineers can enable the feature remotely, we simply need your request and payment. Please let me know if this is something you would like to move forward with.

It's just like going to a gas station. Only the credit card charge is slightly higher...

AmpedRealtor · Jul 18, 2013

dirkhh said:
I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.

I may be running into a bit of early buyers remorse. I bought my S60 without supercharging and am wondering now if that wasn't penny smart and pound foolish.
So did anyone do the "after delivery" upgrade for $2500? What do they do for that? My understanding is that the S60 already has all the hardware on board and that this is just a software issue. Can anyone confirm from first hand experience?

I also sent an email to ownership and will share whatever they respond...

For $2,500 Tesla will change a secret setting in your software and automagically enable the feature. You already have the hardware - we all do - but it costs $2,500 to use it because Tesla has to charge you your fair share of building out the infrastructure and the free charging "for life". Free costs money, unfortunately.

PhilBa · Jul 18, 2013

Today, I had my first dose of EV Crack, er supercharging, and I am completely hooked. I can't imagine not being able to use an SC for a road trip. Even a 100 A HPWC looks wimpy. Is it worth 2500? Take a look at this picture and you decide...

dirkhh · Jul 18, 2013

I took the plunge, swallowed my pride and purchased the upgrade. I'll try it on Monday at the Centralia SuperCharger...

And yes, that picture is quite promising. 190mls/hr is quite useful

SFOTurtle · Jul 19, 2013

dirkhh said:
I took the plunge, swallowed my pride and purchased the upgrade. I'll try it on Monday at the Centralia SuperCharger...

And yes, that picture is quite promising. 190mls/hr is quite useful

You should be charging at a much faster rate when your SOC is low and it only drops below 200mi/hr when your battery is filling up, even when charging a 60.

vfx · Sep 10, 2013

dirkhh said:
I took the plunge, swallowed my pride and purchased the upgrade. I'll try it on Monday at the Centralia SuperCharger......

And how did it go?

dirkhh · Sep 10, 2013

vfx said:
And how did it go?

Works perfectly. The one thing no one tells you is that the S60 charges quite a bit slower at the Supercharger than the 85s. Lower max voltage...
Still, amazingly fast and convenient (but NOT cheap... I have charged 5 times at SCs so far - i.e. $500 a charge

)

(for the humor impaired... yes, I realize that the cost per charge will drop over time... for example to under $400 when I charge there twice tomorrow on a 320 mile road trip...
to the person giving negative reputation feedback on this... REALLY?)

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