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I've seen variability from 30ish cents all the way up to 75 cents. Tesla's variable-rate pricing is where I believe most will eventually land.

Totally use-case dependent, and for me I'll use it a lot like my EA Pass - activate when I'm heading on a road trip where I'll charge more than once, cancel it and not activate again until the next time. I don't road trip enough where I use either of those that it makes sense to have an...

You should be able to plug and charge through Fordpass, but if that isn't working or you want to subscribe and save a few bucks you can use the Tesla app to activate a charger prior to plugging in.

It absolutely appears to be a flaw - whether it's a design flaw or a production flaw where the latch is installed incorrectly, you shouldn't be able to remove the NACS device without depressing the switch.

Yeah, that's a tough route with current charger infrastructure. As an FYI, Murdock Chevrolet did install EVConnect chargers late last summer. It's not fantastic because of its kW - they top out around 60kW. But a heck of a lot faster than anything else! As a Western Kansas native, I hear you...

The advantage is that you can charge there whether it's in the navigation or not. It'll be more user-friendly once they're included in the nav and part of route planning, but I don't trust Ford Nav by itself anyway. That's a Ford issue, not a Tesla/NACS adapter issue.

Yep. I used an EVGo at a Flying J a couple weeks ago and had the issue. Brand new station with pretty stiff cables and the way I parked left a little lateral tension. Started charging fine but faulted a couple minutes in. Went back out and reworked it to put less stress and it charged fine...

This is definitely an issue (with all DCFC for that matter). Too much lateral pull makes for poor connections.

My understanding is this is how the Silverado is doing it. I don't know the ups and downs of 800v charging outside of enabling higher speed/amperage

The Tesla Superchargers at the Lawrence turnpike service area, Topeka turnpike service area, Abilene and Russell are all compatible. There is an EA in Topeka and an EVConnect in Maple Hill that are good options. Manhattan has a DCFC but it's limited to ~70 kW. Further west there are good DCFC...

Even at 72% that's pretty low. Not sure why you saw that. Ford's navigation app doesn't yet have the Superchargers listed.

First thing I'd do is take the dongle out and reseat it. It's a bit tough to get it fully seated sometimes and that will cause a fault.

I've had my Lightning a year - my wife didn't care much when I got it, but there was no way she was getting one. A year later, were picking up her Rivian R1T next week. In truth, she wasn't ready for one last year. Infrastructure has come a LONG way in the areas she typically drives over that...

What is the explanation? I just can't figure a justification for this...

Yeah, SD and WY are rough. I'm in KC, and drive I-70 a lot and have never had to charge beyond 80%, but once you turn north it gets sparse. The addition of a few Superchargers is helpful, but there aren't any in SD and it's a miserable stretch for EVs.

While true that's how the curve works, even with the infrastructure we have today it's so very rare I need to go beyond 80% (or even to 80%) to get to the next charger, so it hasn't impacted me. Curious where you are traveling with this use case - there certainly are some in more remote areas.

Is that based on measured amp requests or other info? Because I have assumed it requests up to 500. The pack voltage would need to be 400v for a 450 amp draw to hit 180 kW, and I don't think our packs ever get that high.

I had +170 kW at the two Superchargers I used in the last two weeks. I have seen no difference in performance between functioning EA 350s, EVConnect 350s, and V3 Superchargers when it comes to my Lightning. There's enough variability with battery temp, individual charger performance, and SOC...

Everyone else has hit it - Ford pack voltage is closer to 350 than 400, and when combined with 500 amp chargers 180 is going to be at the top end. For a deeper charge, though, the Lightning stacks up really nicely. It holds decent speeds longer than Rivian and Cybertruck, and makes up for it's...

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