Polite and Easy ways to charge at Tesla Superchargers

[ChrisCon]

The first Tesla magic dock supercharger on Long Island went online this morning . I decided to give it a go and also post some pictures of what I believe to be the most polite places to park your car and charge in this scenario.

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[Blainestang]

Thanks. I hadn't seen anyone actually try to use the "pull in" Supercharger, so it's nice to see that it works, albeit with the truck sticking out some.

 

[ChrisCon]

Thanks. I hadn't seen anyone actually try to use the "pull in" Supercharger, so it's nice to see that it works, albeit with the truck sticking out some.

Yes and as you can tell in this photo, I made absolutely no attempt to park well .. I think if I had gotten closer to the curb, I could have easily pulled up a little further.

Some notes:
- The first two attempts ended in charge faults because I believe I pushed the button on the charging cable down as I put the connector in .
- This was installed in a relatively depressed area where I was very surprised there was even a Tesla supercharger. If I had to speculate, this may be a very low use supercharger.
-I drove over there with a pretty high SOC, but the charge rate was around 50kwh where I would typically see 80kwh at 80-89% with an Electrify America. Will have to try it again with a lower SOC.
- I charge at home, but I would not use this particular charger if I didn't have a home charger because it's .51 kwh while the EA station is .48kwh (2 miles away as the crow flies )and the EA Evolve (EA stations installed by the state of New York) is only .35kwh (all non member prices)..

 

[Monkey]

Looks like you could have pulled into the actual parking space for that charger since it has spacing on both sides. But I don't think anyone would care if you did it this way. And this would be my approach for most Tesla locations -- head all the way to the right and park how I needed to In order to use that one so as not to obstruct any other chargers.

 

[RickLightning]

Yes and as you can tell in this photo, I made absolutely no attempt to park well .. I think if I had gotten closer to the curb, I could have easily pulled up a little further.

Some notes:
- The first two attempts ended in charge faults because I believe I pushed the button on the charging cable down as I put the connector in .
- This was installed in a relatively depressed area where I was very surprised there was even a Tesla supercharger. If I had to speculate, this may be a very low use supercharger.
-I drove over there with a pretty high SOC, but the charge rate was around 50kwh where I would typically see 80kwh at 80-89% with an Electrify America. Will have to try it again with a lower SOC.
- I charge at home, but I would not use this particular charger if I didn't have a home charger because it's .51 kwh while the EA station is .48kwh (2 miles away as the crow flies )and the EA Evolve (EA stations installed by the state of New York) is only .35kwh (all non member prices)..

Just to point out (you indicated that these were non-member prices):

That 48cent rate at EA becomes 36 cents after paying $4 a month for Pass+. Upgrade the morning of a trip, then downgrade right away and it takes effect 30 days later. You'll justify the $4 on the second charge.

Tesla has dynamic pricing, charges $12.99 per month for up to 12 cents lower, no idea if you can upgrade and then downgrade.

I would expect EA Evolve to go up at some point soon.

 

[ChrisCon]

Just to point out (you indicated that these were non-member prices):

That 48cent rate at EA becomes 36 cents after paying $4 a month for Pass+. Upgrade the morning of a trip, then downgrade right away and it takes effect 30 days later. You'll justify the $4 on the second charge.

Tesla has dynamic pricing, charges $12.99 per month for up to 12 cents lower, no idea if you can upgrade and then downgrade.

I would expect EA Evolve to go up at some point soon.

Yes, I'm a member of EA Pass+ . It absolutely makes sense because I inevitably need to charge at DC fast charger 3-4 times a month if I forget to plug in the night before or a have a major day of driving from location to location. I'd almost call it best practices for most people to be a member there. The Tesla program, with the higher cost to be a member means, I'm not sure I can justify that for most use cases. I also threw Evolve in there, because previously there was no reason to use them, but now we are seeing price parity without a membership since Evolve gave no discounts for being an EA member.. Also, as far as I can tell, there isn't dynamic pricing for Non-teslas yet as part of their membership.

 

[F150ROD]

Just put an "I love Elon" Decal on your truck and you will be forgiven

 

[Blainestang]

Looks like you could have pulled into the actual parking space for that charger since it has spacing on both sides. But I don't think anyone would care if you did it this way. And this would be my approach for most Tesla locations -- head all the way to the right and park how I needed to In order to use that one so as not to obstruct any other chargers.

Yeah, with parking spots on both sides (I've never seen this before, in person, at a Supercharger), he probably could have pulled straight in and charged without messing anything up IF he could pull far enough forward. Hard to say if that would have been feasible or not. Would be tight.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

The first Tesla magic dock supercharger on Long Island went online this morning . I decided to give it a go and also post some pictures of what I believe to be the most polite places to park your car and charge in this scenario.

Unfortunately people will likely complain that stupid Ford truck owner doesn't know how to park inside the lines.

 

[WRSNH]

Do you use a Tesla app for authorization/payment when charging at a supercharger? Trying to get ready!

 

[ChrisCon]

Do you use a Tesla app for authorization/payment when charging at a supercharger? Trying to get ready!

Yes.. You use the Tesla app. Basically all you need to do is download the app, create an account, and add a method of payment. I now have 9 different apps on my phone just for different charging networks and scenarios.

 

[Blainestang]

Do you use a Tesla app for authorization/payment when charging at a supercharger? Trying to get ready!

For now, yes.

I think *technically* for Tesla to get the federal funding, they will have to offer a non-app payment option (there was a single kiosk spotted at a Supercharge station recently), but the app normally works quite well, so I would plan to use that.

 

[eRock77]

Just put an "I love Elon" Decal on your truck and you will be forgiven

 

[Jimbalf]

The Magic Dock site east of Ft Worth has a pull through charger on the end of the line. Perfect for me.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

The Magic Dock site east of Ft Worth has a pull through charger on the end of the line. Perfect for me.

It looks like you can even steal the cord form 4D if you wanted..you know to save space on the other side of the one using for another Lightning owner.

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