Finally charged at a Tesla Magic Dock Supercharger

WorldComposting said:

That is great, last time I used a magic dock it maxed out at 150kW even with the station rated to 250kW which meant I didn't charge up as much as I wanted to. I was worried when we get the adapters we would be limited as well. Hopefully this was just a one off in my case as the charger had 8 stalls and only 3 in use.

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Sgt Beavis said:

Just curious, did you precondition your battery? It really does make a difference.

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WorldComposting said:

Battery was around 65 degrees as it spend all night in a temperature controlled garage. But it never went above 150kW. It jumped right to 150kW and just stayed there for almost 40 minutes until I unplugged.

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Sgt Beavis said:

Yesterday I was out for my son’s birthday. Drove all over the place and found my truck at 19% SoC with a decent distance left to drive home. Fortunately there was a relatively new Tesla Supercharger, at nearby Northglenn, CO, with a Magic Dock. So I set it on my nav to begin preconditioning and headed that way.

The biggest PITA was setting up payment. It showed that ApplePay was setup but it wouldn’t take it so I had to manually enter in my card info. After that, everything go easy. I just entered the charging unit number, unplugged the cable and adapter from the magic dock and plugged it into my truck.

I went from 19 to 50% SoC in 17 minutes. No technical issues at all. At it’s best, the charger was putting out 212kW of power. The price was a whopping $0.43 per kWH. Very pricey compared to charging at home but I was impressed with the speed.

All in all, I want more Tesla Supercharger access YESTERDAY. I’m tired of Electrify America’s horse crap.

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Aardvark said:

@Sgt Beavis , I'll be using my first Magic Dock next month in IL on a Coloto Nashville trip.
I was under the impression that if you have a credit card linked to your Tesla account, the Supercharger would bill that automatically. Is that not the case? Or, do you have to enter a credit card in the app every time you dock for some magic?

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Jacopa said:

Remember even at a supercharger the posts share power, always try to find a post not next to anyone else, plus this is just good charging etiquette

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zefram47 said:

Damn, guess they unlocked 500A on the V3 stations too now. Previously they limited it to 350A and we'd only seen one report of 500A on a V4 dispenser. Glad to see it!

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VSG said:

First report I've seen of a V3 Magic Dock charger delivering more than 150kW. Hope that's a sign that they've removed whatever was limiting the power output when using the adapter.

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