My First Experience with Magic Dock

[drkgt3rs]

Where can I get the adaptor?
On Tesla supercharger locator, I notice supercharger open to other EV and supercharger open to NACS. Can I use both locations if I get a adapter?
Thanks.

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[hifi239]

Where can I get the adaptor?
On Tesla supercharger locator, I notice supercharger open to other EV and supercharger open to NACS. Can I use both locations if I get a adapter?
Thanks.

Can’t use an adapter yet. Only Ford and Rivian can do that. Right now, you can only charge at superchargers “open to other EVs.” Those are “magic docks” that have an adapter as part of the station. Next year Tesla will open up to allow VW group and we all should be getting an adapter that stays with our cars and we can charge at most V3 and V4, superchargers, listed as “open to NACS.”

 

[d00d]

Deselect all but `Superchargers Open to Other EVs' these are v3 or 4 that have a built in adapter for CCS.

 

[Jonathan S.]

Canton MA opened on Friday with 20 Magic Docks.
Charging revenue will help to pay for the rehired two TSCN employees.
Perhaps if enough of us charge there, then the other 498 employees will also be rehired.

 

[d00d]

I don't see it in the app yet?

Looks like it went live 5/2;
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/supercharger-canton-ma.307187/

 

[Jonathan S.]

Definitely shows up in the Tesla app.
And definitely confusing that the Tesla TSCN X account didn't announce it until May 10 even though drivers were charging there on May 2. But maybe the TSCN X account holder is busy picking up the slack from the 500 488 former employees?

 

[d00d]

Nice, I jogged the map and it appeared.

 

[d00d]

KOGOev is opening across from the Hannaford in Ossipee NH this month.
They are L2 chargers including one 80A.
The owners stopped by as I was taking a look, they're replacing those with 150kW DCFCs this summer.

This is 15 minutes away from Club Motorsports, so if they don't install DCFCs at the track, a 30 minute charge is possible here between sessions.

 

[bsclywilly]

The new V4 chargers have a longer cable and it seems they’re also making the pull-through stalls more friendly for non-teslas.

I was a bit disappointed that my charge rate maxed out at only 135kW though. Thought the (up to) 1000V supply could do more. 7% SOC and 90F battery. Anyone seen better on the V4s? (edit: while the pedestals can support 1000V, the power cabinets can only do 500V, so 150kW is still the best we can expect.)

As I pulled in a Tesla owner took a double take and was friendly enough to say hi as we chatted about the new chargers. As I started my charge session I said , “hope it works” to which he replied, “I hope not!”

 

[d00d]

Was it a V3 converted to 4, and is that the reason for the lower supply voltage?

 

[Jonathan S.]

My understanding is that these are essentially just V3.5: the stalls have the physical form of V4 but the power setup is really still only V3.

 

[Flying ace]

The new V4 chargers have a longer cable and it seems they’re also making the pull-through stalls more friendly for non-teslas.

I was a bit disappointed that my charge rate maxed out at only 135kW though. Thought the (up to) 1000V supply could do more. 7% SOC and 90F battery. Anyone seen better on the V4s? (edit: while the pedestals can support 1000V, the power cabinets can only do 500V, so 150kW is still the best we can expect.)

As I pulled in a Tesla owner took a double take and was friendly enough to say hi as we chatted about the new chargers. As I started my charge session I said , “hope it works” to which he replied, “I hope not!”

do you have the 400v booster?

 

[DerekS]

do you have the 400v booster?

He does, it maxes at 50kW if you don’t.

 

[Jonathan S.]

Here are two pics (not mine, just copied from FB) that I posted in another thread, showing a new 40-charger Magic Dock station in NJ:

 

[Flying ace]

So what was the improvements made in the v 3.5, just longer cable ?

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