I’m sort of with you but why not do it for all cars?

In GA its $211 and one of the highest in the nation. I’m actually fine with the flat fee, they just need to do it for all cars and not just EV. Now would be the perfect time since we haven’t collected gas taxes for the 2nd year now.

Help me understand what I’m looking at because I just can’t understand the numbers. I’m using the Model 3 Long Range AWD since I know EXACTLY how this car charges. From their results:

• Miles per charging hour: 569 mi/hr
• Add 100 Miles: 10 min 33 sec
• Consumption: 23.9 kWh/100 mi = 4.18 miles/kWh
• Max Manufacture Speed: 250 kW
• Actual Max Speed: 251 kW
• Average Charging Power: 136 kW
• Charging Losses: 0.9%

No way a Model 3 Long Range averaged 136kW adding 100 miles of range unless they started at 50%+ SOC.

First, putting the consumption in kWh/100 miles has to be one of the more annoying metrics. This is 4.18 miles/kWh which is a lot easier to match with. So 569 miles/hr is divided by the consumption is 136kW which is what they list for the Average Charging Power. If they added 100 miles in 10.5 minutes that is also 136kW average charging speed over that 10 minutes. They said the max speed they saw was 251kW which in 10.5 minutes would add 183 miles of range. Adding 100 miles of range from 10% would only require and ending SOC of 41%.

The Model 3 Long Range charges VERY fast to 41%. It holds 250kW until about 25% and is still just above 200kW at 40%. There should be no way it averaged 136kW charging to 41% SOC. They must have done it on a cold day with no preconditioning or something. You can add 180 miles in around 15 minutes when the battery is preconditioned. These numbers are super suspect.

What am I missing?

None of the chargers support it. It will take them until next year to get enough upgraded to support the CCS protocol. I have two CCS1 cars and the charging plug is by far the worst part of the charging experience. I’m a strong guy and I can’t one-hand the plug into place and the latch is broken frequently at chargers.

I’ll have to try and go over there this weekend and try it out. Anything I should look for anyone would be interested in that wasn’t covered?

Why is everyone so hung up on a handle?

Because it’s a nice handle that doesn’t suck? Adding an adapter to an already terrible handle just makes it terribler[sic].

probably a Model Y, Polestar 2, or BMW i4

The Model Y has a Lithium 12V battery that is pretty integrated into the car and doesn’t need replacing. The car deals with it so you don’t have to do anything special. I would 100% plug any EV in that you are leaving that long and set the charge level to 50% or something like that.