Charger Recall Disappeared!

[blam]

I submitted for charger reimbursement on 6/17, still haven't heard anything.

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[enzo5000]

I'm at 18 weeks and still no check. I've called twice now with marginal results.

 

[whitex]

Gotta love Porsche pricing for the cable as compared to competition. A single cable from Porsche is more expensive (MSRP $305.45) than a set of 7 cables from Tesla (MSRP $245) which comes with a bag too (and yes, they all have thermal sensors in the plugs). Four 240V plus three 120V cables and a bag at Porsche totals $1868.80. So almost 8x the price at Porsche, which seems in line with their EVSE prices as well (these are just he pigtail adapters). Is this the Porsche tax, or just lack of vertical integration (so many levels of middlemen taking their cut)?


A Tesla Mobile Connector with 5 240V plugs and 4 120V plugs, add a NACS to J1172 adapter, and you'll still be under the $600 Porsche offered as part of this recall (and be able to plug in to almost any outlet you can find in the wild in North America, and it won't overheat on you, and .... drumroll please - with all of these adapters it will still weigh less and take less room in your car than a stock PMC+/PMCC!).

 

[Tooney]

A Tesla Mobile Connector with 5 240V plugs and 4 120V plugs, add a NACS to J1172 adapter, and you'll still be under the $600 Porsche offered as part of this recall (and be able to plug in to almost any outlet you can find in wild in North America, and it won't overheat on you, and .... drumroll please - with all of these adapters it will still weigh less and take less room in your car than a stock PMC+/PMCC!).

Impressive. I didn't know about this product.
Costs less than the J+ (Juicebox) mobile charger I bought several years ago to replace PMC+.
The Juicebox is 40 amp.

 

[enzo5000]

I finally received my PCNA Reimbursement check in the mail today. Five months to the day and multiple phone calls to my dealer and Porsche NA after I submitted my receipt.

 

[daveo4EV]

Gotta love Porsche pricing for the cable as compared to competition. A single cable from Porsche is more expensive (MSRP $305.45) than a set of 7 cables from Tesla (MSRP $245) which comes with a bag too (and yes, they all have thermal sensors in the plugs). Four 240V plus three 120V cables and a bag at Porsche totals $1868.80. So almost 8x the price at Porsche, which seems in line with their EVSE prices as well (these are just he pigtail adapters). Is this the Porsche tax, or just lack of vertical integration (so many levels of middlemen taking their cut)?


A Tesla Mobile Connector with 5 240V plugs and 4 120V plugs, add a NACS to J1172 adapter, and you'll still be under the $600 Porsche offered as part of this recall (and be able to plug in to almost any outlet you can find in the wild in North America, and it won't overheat on you, and .... drumroll please - with all of these adapters it will still weigh less and take less room in your car than a stock PMC+/PMCC!).

this is a fabulous road-warrior EV kit and my personal goto for a mobile EVSE - it's simply great, it's small, it's light, it's high quality, very flexible on the NEMA socket choices, runs cool, and always works…and it's the best value mobile EVSE on the market today - excellent price, performance, quality and feature set.

it however MUST be noted it's a 32 amp (7.68 kW) EVSE - not a 40 amp (9.6 kw) EVSE - so on NEMA 14-50/6-50 outlets it is slightly down on power - but acceptable - and all the other NEMA adatper the NEMA socket itself is the "limiting" factory NOT the 32 amp limit of this UNIT

great great great option IMHO

basically for $700-$800 you can have this and a TeslaTap and a full range of NEMA adapters and charge _ANYWHERE_ and it's smaller and lighter than the Porsche unit! it's an excellent excellent choice as a mobile EVSE if you need/want such a thing.

 

[whitex]

this is a fabulous road-warrior EV kit and my personal goto for a mobile EVSE - it's simply great, it's small, it's light, it's high quality, very flexible on the NEMA socket choices, runs cool, and always works…and it's the best value mobile EVSE on the market today - excellent price, performance, quality and feature set.

it however MUST be noted it's a 32 amp (7.68 kW) EVSE - not a 40 amp (9.6 kw) EVSE - so on NEMA 14-50/6-50 outlets it is slightly down on power - but acceptable - and all the other NEMA adatper the NEMA socket itself is the "limiting" factory NOT the 32 amp limit of this UNIT

great great great option IMHO

basically for $700-$800 you can have this and a TeslaTap and a full range of NEMA adapters and charge _ANYWHERE_ and it's smaller and lighter than the Porsche unit! it's an excellent excellent choice as a mobile EVSE if you need/want such a thing.

Good points. A couple of counters:

1. You can look for the now discontinued 40A version of Tesla Mobile Connector (I still have one of those). That said, 32A is usually sufficient for on-the-road overnight charging. More importantly it is safer if you don't know the wiring you are plugging into, which is why Tesla changed from 40A to 32A - after a few accidents due to legality in North America to install a 40A circuit (meant to sustain 32A) and connecting it to a NEMA 14-50 or other 50A rated receptacles.
2. TeslaTap is great, but expensive. I have one 80A Tesla Tap, but I've been using a $30 Chinese adapter for over a year now to charge my wife's eTron at 80A, no problems. It actually stays cooler than the Tesla 80A NACS connector that connects to it. So you can get a Tesla Mobile connector, with 9 AC plug adapters, plus a NACS-J1772 80A adapter (which will do just fine with 32A) for $525, rather than $700-$800. If you're feeling handy, you can also permanently swap the NACS connector for a J1772 for less than a TeslaTap.

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