The manufacturers that have said they are switching to NACS and getting Supercharger access have said they will make adapters available to their existing customers.
Seems like Tesla is going to be adding more built-in adapters going forward, but they probably aren’t going to go back and add them to the 15,000 existing chargers, or if they do it will take a few years.
It will take time, years, to update all existing US Superchargers with magic docks.
That may yet be part of the plan, but vehicle adapters will let CCS vehicle drivers start using all of the existing V3 chargers in 2024 instead of waiting until 2026 or beyond.
Ford has said their customers will be able to use 15,000 Superchargers (basically all the V3 chargers) starting in “early 2024”
I’m hoping they’re prioritizing Adairsville because Fort Valley already has V3 SC’s that will be open to Mercedes vehicles next year anyway.
The Adairsville Buc-ee’s has V3 Superchargers as well.
I’ll say that a 1400 mile road trip on a holiday weekend in the snow in an EV that isn’t known for its road tripping prowess is basically the worst case scenario.
I don’t know how frequently you make such trips but that’s like a once a year thing for me. So a bit of inconvenience there is offset by the other 363 days of the year when my car is charged each morning in my garage.
In a Model 3 in non-snowy weather my usual pace is a 10-15 minute stop every 2 hours or so of driving. With the Supercharger network on similar drives I have had lower costs as well.
As others have mentioned usually charging to 100% along the way is slower than charging to 50-60% and continuing on. The percentage at which charging slows down depends on your car. Some chargers charge per minute instead of per kWh so those longer charge sessions may have contributed to the cost.