Rick, you have way more DCFC experience than I do but am I correct in my belief that the trucks seemingly used to peak between 170 & 179?
Here is the session summary. Averages out to 134 but I didn't get to the truck right at 80% (after 80% SOC the usual 54 kw speed).
Tesla SCs do rip on the Ford EVs. Although, my wife is doing an Elon boycott, so not using on our upcoming FL trip (even rerouting as you can't cut through WV efficiently unless you use Tesla SCs)
That would be a great point, if not it being fairly obvious 46 was not exactly running the show during the last 4 years
My key word was 'elected' but best to stop any political commentary at this point.
Staff isn't elected, but I agree, I'll stop. Just could not let it go without retort.
The 24's have manual precondition of battery? That's first I've heard that if Im understanding your statement correctly.
Agreed on preconditioning. My EA charge noted above was simply switching from AA to Ford Nav, putting in the EA station and HOPING it preconditioned. We have a 2022 Ioniq 5 that basically has check box (that often unchecks itself after you do anything in the menu) and a small 'heating coil' indicator over the battery icon when it is preconditioning. This is only slightly better.Way I see it is this:
For now, it's a free country - and if you want your electrons to not be doing weird things with their hands, you can go some other place
FWIW, the thing I'm most looking forward to is a pre-heating function for the battery pack. I know the newer 24s have it, but I'd love to have a button to pre-heat the pack for fast charging. Having it tied to route planning is a bit... as we used to say in the UK, Naff.
In my experience, it's the CHARGER that gives you the speed. In other words, if it's an newer EA charger, you get a higher max than an old EA charger. Last March I hit 194 in Rawlins, WY.
If I thought not using Tesla SuperChargers would any impact or visibility, that might be interesting. We did a trip to Florida via West Virginia using almost exclusively Tesla SuperChargers back in December. Just finished a trip from Michigan to Montana through North Dakota, then back through Wyoming. In some cases there are no Tesla SuperChargers, so you have to use EA. But, we used Tesla where we could. Tesla SuperChargers are CHEAPER than EA in many places. How much does that matter? Depends on how much you charge with them.
Yes
I think there’s been plenty of previous DPs where people have hit max charges like this, but the second part would be a MUCH bigger deal if true. The lower part of the curve has typically been around ~120 kw until now. Getting ~140-150kw after the initial surge would be huge, since that is the longer part of most charges.
