Charge speed

[Thunderand…]

Anyone else have overall terrible fast charge speeds? My 25 lighting seems to top at 120Kw while fast charging. 90% of the time it charges around 50Kw. This is at chargers rated at 350Kw. My Tesla NEVER had this issue and would always charge fast AF. When I get my Tesla adapter will this be addressed or am I doomed to sit for 1.5 hours charging on road trips?

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[RickLightning]

Assuming you looked up the chargers on PlugShare and they're working fine for others, the only reason for slow charging speeds would be a high state of charge, i.e. over 80%.

Tesla adapter isn't going to solve anything.

 

[Thunderand…]

No I’m at 10% and it’s slow as hell. I meant going to the Tesla charge stations vs all the public charge stations found in the app.

 

[RickLightning]

No I’m at 10% and it’s slow as hell. I meant going to the Tesla charge stations vs all the public charge stations found in the app.

Tesla SuperChargers won't go any faster than say an EA 350kW or a Pilot Flying J 350kW. If your battery is cold, it will charger slower until it warms up, usually 10 minutes or less into charging.
Check the charger in PlugShare as I said.

 

[K6CCC]

The only time I have charged at a SuperCharger when I started with a pretty low battery was plenty fast. Started at 25% and charged to 80% with an average charge rate of 151 KW and peak rate that I saw was 184 KW.
From what I recall having read here, the Lightning will max out at about 180 KW.

 

[Thunderand…]

I was under the impression new with the 25’s they can accept up to 500Kw chargers

 

[flyct]

Anyone else have overall terrible fast charge speeds? My 25 lighting seems to top at 120Kw while fast charging. 90% of the time it charges around 50Kw. This is at chargers rated at 350Kw. My Tesla NEVER had this issue and would always charge fast AF. When I get my Tesla adapter will this be addressed or am I doomed to sit for 1.5 hours charging on road trips?

Watch this video . It explains how a Ford Lightning charges.
https://insideevs.com/news/615115/ford-f150-lightning-charging-analysis/

 

[TaxmanHog]

I was under the impression new with the 25’s they can accept up to 500Kw chargers

Considering the voltage of a Lightnings pack, you'll NEVER see 500KW

I suspect you're confusing KW with AMPS

 

[B177y]

I was under the impression new with the 25’s they can accept up to 500Kw chargers

This charge rate would be 0% to 100% charge on the 131kWh battery in about 15 minutes if my math skills are correct. Man, wouldn't that be nice.

 

[jetfixr1]

The chargers you are using may be derated. The only way to really know whats going on is with an OBD adapter. You can see what the truck is requesting and what the charger is providing.

 

[Thunderand…]

Gotcha! Appreciate all the input. Hopefully once I get the level 2 installed at home this won’t be an issue.

 

[FloridaMan655321]

I've never seen anything slow like this, but it does make me wonder if maybe the other chargers were being used and it was splitting power?

 

[Thunderand…]

So there was one other stall used of 4 so 2/4 total including me. Said 350Kw on the app I got 88 MAX. Not my truck because I did use another one 4/4 used including me with 350Kw and I charged at 180Kw ?‍

 

[Heliian]

Lower soc will cause a derate, it'll start slowly at 10% but ramp up as you get higher. Temps will also play a factor.
Also, as said above, with a 400v output the rated speed is much lower. You'll max out at about 120-130kw with those units. Tesla can be fast, up in the 160s at least.

 

[Thunderand…]

Dang ok this is all starting to makes. Much appreciated all!

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