Marty3SR+
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I don't use superchargers that much, normally. But lately, my son has been driving the car about 100 miles roundtrip, so we sometimes run low. I went to the nearby supercharger, which was only about half full. I got the notification that it set the limit to 80%, but I didn't even know what that meant at first - was it 80% charge speed, or 80% total? I assumed it must be 80% total, and set it back to 85%. There was never another car within 5 spaces of mine, and I was in the car, so if it filled up, I could have stopped it.
It didn't slow down past 80% at all, btw.
I think this is not really fair of Tesla to do this unless it's really at full capacity rather than 50%. It is effectively reducing the advertised range for the car. 80% for my car is about 190 miles or less. If I drive close to 200 miles/week, and planned on charging once a week at a supercharger, this might have a big impact. And navigation doesn't enter into the equation at all for this use case.
It didn't slow down past 80% at all, btw.
I think this is not really fair of Tesla to do this unless it's really at full capacity rather than 50%. It is effectively reducing the advertised range for the car. 80% for my car is about 190 miles or less. If I drive close to 200 miles/week, and planned on charging once a week at a supercharger, this might have a big impact. And navigation doesn't enter into the equation at all for this use case.