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Under normal circumstances Vermont is in pretty good shape Supercharger wise. Yes it would be nice to have a couple more Superchargers along 89 and they certainly should upgrade Berlin to V3 but you can get anywhere in the state pretty easily. The eclipse was a once in 90 years event. We go to...

I tried the EV Connection charger at the Chevy dealer in Montpelier, it didn't work, communication error. I would have saved myself several if CCS wasn't such a mess.

We left at 8:30, by then the line was twice as long as when we got there at 5, the line reached out in to the street all the way to the intersection.

It was unimaginably bad. I charged to 100% before leaving which turned out to have been a wise decision because it allowed us to get to our destination in Montpelier without charging in West Lebanon or Berlin. On the way home we waited 3.5 hours at the Berlin Supercharger which could have been...

I charged at Rockland today. Only 4 of the 8 chargers were working. The V4s are a downgrade for Tesla owners, the cables are much heavier and they require a hard tug to get out of the posts unlike the gentle pull required for V3 cables.

Plugshare shows a couple of CCS chargers that are under construction, the only working ones close to Freeport which has a Supercharger. Also those chargers are pretty much useless, 62.5KW. I just got the chargeport upgrade for my Model 3 on the theory that it would allow me to go some places, I...

What's happening at Rockland? In the app it's offline, yesterday it was offline for a while and then went back on line. It's also not in Tesla's navigation system. I'm planning on going to Camden on Saturday, was counting on using Rockland but if it's not up I'll have to do a deep charge in...

There are two Superchargers near Burlington and another in St Johnsbury, both of which are in the path of the eclipse. I'm going up to East Montpelier which is at the edge, I have a friend who has a farm there. The Berlin Supercharger is next to Montpelier.

The app is showing that it's live, can anyone confirm.

By cabinet I mean the big back end boxes that contain the transformers and power electronics, not the charging posts. The V4 charging posts are taller and have long cables but that doesn't make the installation fully V4. The back end cabinets will list the max voltage, if it's 500V then they are...

The 150 rule is to allow CCS chargers to add Tesla plugs. V3 chargers can do 250KW to all of the cars connected to the cabinet. CCS chargers can only do 150 at 400V, they were designed for higher voltage and lower current than Superchargers. When CCS chargers get Tesla connectors, or when the...

It's still on the app

They are both still V2s. The downtime must have been because of a failure not an upgrade.

I see 0 of 8. It's not live yet.

It looks like St Johnsbury is in the path of the eclipse, there is a Supercharger there. What are you using for eclipse glasses. I just bought a set off of Amazon, they claim to be ISO 12312-2:2015(E) but they are worryingly cheap. Also will phone camera's work or id there a filter for those also.

Hopefully they are upgrading it from V2 to V3 or V4. Now that they've opened up the Supercharger network to non-Teslas they need to get rid of the V2s especially at locations as important as Kennebunk. V2s will create confusion when CCS drivers find out their adapters don't work.

It's not available for the Model 3, only the Model S.

Unless they are Superchargers they won't work with older Tesla's. NACS uses the CCS authentication protocol which is Ethernet over Power, the standard Tesla bus uses the CAN bus. Tesla isn't offering a charge port upgrade for Model 3s. The promised one a couple of years ago but it never...

Why should we care about CCS sites?

It looks like Rockland is now on the Find Us map. Can someone confirm that it's open.

I'm thinking about trading in my 2019 Model 3 for a 2024 S or refreshed 3. Is FSD Beta running on HW4 cars yet? Is it at the same rev as HW3 cars.

Is FSD Beta available on HW4 cars yet? I'm thinking about trading in my 2019 M3 with FSD for a 2024 Model S while Tesla is still offering to transfer FSD. What's the status of HW4 FSD. Can the car do summon yet, how is the parking without ultra sound sensors?

Has anyone been by the new Rockland Maine Supercharger, has there been any progress since January. Plugshare has a picture showing the V4s in place as of Jan 5, latest plugshare post is from Jan 27. I hope they turn it on by spring.

How would they know the charger is consuming the electricity? Chargers are dumb devices, they don't have any means of communicating with NationalGrid. They get the info from the car which is already connected to the Internet. Tesla tracks your car's charging which they helpfully provide to you...

NationalGrid already knows where you live, what's the big deal. They have to have the car's location because that's how they know it's charging at your house. The discount is on your home electricity bill ergo they need to know how much power the car is drawing from your house.

I suggested two other locations on Cape Breton, Dingwall and Louisbourge, those are the two tips of Cape Breton, if they were to put Superchargers in those two places then Cape Breton would be completely accessible. The Newfoundland locations would be good also, worth your votes.

There is nothing in New England on this quarter's voting map. There is a way to suggest locations for the next round of voting. The big hole right now is the Western stretch of Route 2, I suggested North Adams, please go on to the voting site and second North Adams or some place on 2. The good...

There are no Maine US Route 1 locations or MA US Route 2 locations on the voting map any more and there are no future locations shown on the FIndUS map either. The these are the two destinations that require a stretch to get to because of the lack of Superchargers. Does anyone know if there are...

Just to elaborate. That's the reasoning behind the law but no matter what it is, the law is the law. MA requires inspections on new cars which is silly, Rhode Island gives you a two year or 24,000 mile grace period which makes more sense but the fact remains that in MA you have to drive your car...

One thing to take into account, off peak is weekdays only. I do all of my driving on the weekend so it wasn't benefiting from it. I've been turning my charge level down to 50% when I get home from a Saturday drive and then set it back up to 75% during the week.

It's on the map, says Q3 2023. They never make their dates so it might not happen for a few more months but at least it's planned.

Only recent Tesla's can use a CCS adapter, they haven't released the port upgrade for the 3 or the Y and it's not clear if they ever will. What's needed are Superchargers not CCS chargers. The last Supercharger on Route 1 is at Freeport, it's only 8 V2 stalls and Freeport is crowded during the...

I've noticed a strange behavior in the last couple of days, it's charging beyond the set limit. Friday I set the limit to 85%, in the morning the battery level was 89%. Last night I came home from a road trip and lowered the limit to 75%, in the morning it was 78%. I've had the car for four...

It's another voting cycle. They still don't have any new Superchargers planned for Maine. Rockland is still on the voting map so please vote for it. After you've done that go to the suggestions and add Bath ME and Wiscassett ME and North Adams MA so that they can appear in a future vote. Route...

Everyone on the National Grid program, check your Charge Smart MA app to see if understands when you are charging from home. All of my home charges were marked as Away from Home, I contacted them via e-mail [email protected] and they fixed the problem. BTW they responded in a few minutes...

It looks like Rockport ME is doing OK in the voting, if you haven't voted yet please vote for that location. Mid Coast Main is their biggest hole in New England. Also under suggestions for the the next round please request Bath Maine, that's the jumping off point for Boothbay, Georgetown and New...

It's quarterly or maybe every six months. Cast your votes for locations on the current map and then go to the suggestions page to put in a request for locations that aren't on the current list.

I haven't been able to find any data on the efficiency of the P Zero All Season vs the Michelin

Need new tires. Is the Primacy MXM4 still the most efficient all season tire? The two most important criteria for me are efficiency and noise? Also are all the Primacy's the same or do I have to ask for a Tesla spec to get the foam liner?

It's time to replace by tires. Recommendations for a tire store near Westford MA or Nashua NH. All season tire recommendations would be appreciated.

That video was posted a few months ago when the test was first released, there have been many updates since then. I was wondering if anyone has run the test recently?

I ran the battery health test last night. The test ran, the fans were making a racket and in the morning the battery was at 100%, but it didn't fill in the % result. The only information I have is the 100% range number which I could have gotten by simply charging to 100%. I have a 2019 Model 3...

I'm on the off peak program. They have two programs, an off peak and a demand program where they can disable your charging during periods of peak loading. You can only be on one or the other, I choose the off peak, seemed like the better deal.

It is a manufacturing defect but you are out of warranty so I doubt Tesla will cover it. It happened to me last summer (2019 M3), Tesla covered it but the invoice listed the cost and as I remember it was around $900. Tesla covers it if you are under warranty. I had mine replaced last year. The...

It takes Tesla an extra year to incorporate these changes vs Google Maps, not sure why they are so bad at handling this. The Route 3 in MA numbers changed a couple of years ago and it took Tesla forever to update their maps.

Tesla will do tire rotations and brake cleaning in your driveway, I've had it done in my driveway.

Read the thread about New Hampshire, it applies to you also. The problem is the tax laws in Massachusetts, you have to pay sales tax even if you don't live in MA. NJ has no sales tax on EVs which is why they transship it through NJ. Either you have to go all the way to NJ to pick it up or you'll...

How is that different than Tesla shipping the car. Why do they have to ship it from NJ instead of MA?

I'm surprised that the MA dealers association hasn't tried to do something about this. NH dealers can compete against MA dealers for MA customers but MA dealers can't compete against NH dealers for NH customers.

If you are calling in an electrician have him run a 60A line and hard wire the EVSE in instead of using a plug. A 60A line will let you get the full 48A that the Tesla Wall Connector can provide. Hardwiring is required for a 60A but it's a good idea for any EVSE connection, it's safer than a...