I know this has surely been discussed elsewhere, but I wanted to add my own experience in a thread. I haven't been following supercharging as closely as I used to, but I recently had to make a trip from KC to St. Louis and back. I was delighted to see there were new charging locations available, including one in Concordia that I decided to stop at. While I was there, I noticed before getting out that the charge rate had climbed to over 200 kW. I went in to the convenience store, went to the bathroom, grabbed some drinks, and when I got back to the car it had charged from about 35 miles of range up to around 170 miles, enough to continue my trip.
I first started using superchargers with my 2014 Model S some 6 years ago, and I have to say, charging has improved dramatically in that time with newer Tesla cars and newer Tesla superchargers. Back then, it was not uncommon for me to take a nap in my Model S while I was waiting for it to charge. My most recent trip in my 2020 Model 3 was the first trip where I really felt like charging had reached parity (or close enough to it) with gas fill ups thanks to much faster charging, more available charging locations, plus more efficient cars helps as well.
Hats off to Tesla on all of the improvements.
I first started using superchargers with my 2014 Model S some 6 years ago, and I have to say, charging has improved dramatically in that time with newer Tesla cars and newer Tesla superchargers. Back then, it was not uncommon for me to take a nap in my Model S while I was waiting for it to charge. My most recent trip in my 2020 Model 3 was the first trip where I really felt like charging had reached parity (or close enough to it) with gas fill ups thanks to much faster charging, more available charging locations, plus more efficient cars helps as well.
Hats off to Tesla on all of the improvements.
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