Thanks, I just tried the Brooklyn Superhub, parking was in fact free. Charging was also much faster. It took 30 minutes to go from 60 - 90% SoC. Compared to yesterday where it took 70 minutes to go from 53 - 70%.
I'm not local, but I've heard about that site. The Tesla DC fast charging is done via Tesla CHAdeMO adapters on (some?) of the DC fast chargers, which are actually Tritium CCS/CHAdeMO units. (The CHAdeMO adapter is even visible in some of the PlugShare photos of the site.) This adapter provides 50 kW (maximum) charging of the Tesla. That's a
lot better than the 7-12 kW that you'd get using an L2 Tesla Wall Connector (depending on the Tesla model and exact voltage at the site), and it's close to the 72 kW at Tesla's urban Superchargers; but it's still pretty distant from the 150 kW available at V2 Superchargers or 250 kW at V3 Superchargers (assuming your Tesla can handle that; not all of them can).
50 kW may be perfectly adequate for your needs, of course; if so, and if the site is convenient, then you might as well keep using it. If you need something faster, though, you could keep looking -- either for a genuine Tesla Supercharger or for L2 charging that won't cost you an arm and a leg for parking. Both Tesla and other providers are building out their networks, so something may pop up in the future, even if it's not available today. It's worth checking PlugShare every month or two.
One more point: Tesla is now selling a CCS1 adapter that, on fast enough CCS stations (like the 350 kW Electrify America stalls) can produce close to 200 kW. There are caveats, though. First, it's currently officially sold only in South Korea. Second, it works only on fairly recent Teslas (made after October of 2020, IIRC). There are workarounds for both caveats. For the first, there's
a grey-market importer, so you can get the adapter here in the US if you need it. For the second, it's possible to buy the updated Tesla charging control board and update yours, if you need it, but the process is a bit tedious and requires a custom wiring harness. (I don't happen to have a link to the thread where this is discussed handy.) This adapter is discussed extensively in
this thread. Anyhow, using this adapter might be another option if the 50 kW site you've found isn't fast enough and you can't find a Supercharger site that fits your needs. You'd probably get better speed even at that Brooklyn Superhub site by using Tesla's CCS adapter rather than the CHAdeMO adapter that the site provides. If your Tesla is old enough to not support CCS and you don't want to muck with the charging control board yourself, you could wait. Tesla has promised to sell the CCS adapter directly in the US, and they may offer official upgrades at that time. At the moment, we're left waiting and have no idea when Tesla might make good on this promise; it could be tomorrow or two years from now.
