Before and after Connect, yes.Is queueing really that much of an issue at Harris?
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Before and after Connect, yes.Is queueing really that much of an issue at Harris?
I inquired about support for 60KWh cars and received a response from Mark Brooks, Battery Swap Station Service Manager that "Yes. We are supporting the 60 kw version".
That's very cool and of course leads to a lot of other questions but I think I will try it out next time I am driving to LA and back from the Bay Area.
Even before and after Connect I had no wait times last year. It WAS full while I was there but there was a constant turn-over and if one had to wait it might have been about 5 minutes.Before and after Connect, yes.
Was checking in the Nav to see the changes that .239 introduced recently and noticed that in the Supercharger listing, for Harris Ranch it displayed "POWER REDUCED".
Has anyone been there today and noticed a reduction in the charging rate?
Exhibit A:
(From today)
Utility power issues sounds to me like the best reason of all to install a huge battery bank at the site.I was there a few weeks ago, and there were two cars charging on 1A and 1B who were each only getting about 10kW. One was nearly empty. The owner of the other came out of the restaurant and said something about his app telling him that charging had stopped before it should have. Mark, who runs the battery swap station, said that they know there are power issues there... one of the reasons they probably won't be expanding it even though it is very busy. However I was getting full rate on 3A; the problem seems tp be only on 1 A&B.
Utility power issues sounds to me like the best reason of all to install a huge battery bank at the site.
I inquired about support for 60KWh cars and received a response from Mark Brooks, Battery Swap Station Service Manager that "Yes. We are supporting the 60 kw version".
That's very cool and of course leads to a lot of other questions but I think I will try it out next time I am driving to LA and back from the Bay Area.
Does the support for the 60kw cars mean that they are swapping it with another fully charged 60kwh battery or otherwise?
no way. Better be an 85
Does the support for the 60kw cars mean that they are swapping it with another fully charged 60kwh battery or otherwise?
Really? I was not aware any sites had battery back-up. I have not seen that in my travels. Which sites have batteries?+1. Several other sites have this. Wonder what's holding them back from installing it where it's actually a necessity.
My guess is a lack of batteries. Batteries used in stationary storage for Superchargers cannot be used in Model S production. Since Model S sales are currently production constrained, not demand constrained, Tesla's battery supply is needed for cars. They sell more cars, make money that is needed for capital investments to expand capacity, and continue to grow.+1. Several other sites have this. Wonder what's holding them back from installing it where it's actually a necessity.
My guess is a lack of batteries. Batteries used in stationary storage for Superchargers cannot be used in Model S production.
no way. Better be an 85
Really? I was not aware any sites had battery back-up. I have not seen that in my travels. Which sites have batteries?
Really? I was not aware any sites had battery back-up. I have not seen that in my travels. Which sites have batteries?
My guess is a lack of batteries. Batteries used in stationary storage for Superchargers cannot be used in Model S production. Since Model S sales are currently production constrained, not demand constrained, Tesla's battery supply is needed for cars. They sell more cars, make money that is needed for capital investments to expand capacity, and continue to grow.
Using batteries for Supercharger storage doesn't help grow the company. Tesla is still a young and relatively small car company. There is still a real chance the company could fail. The success of the company rides on the Model 3 selling many hundreds of thousands of units annually, and that means hundreds of new Supercharger stations will be needed over the next few years.