Recent content by dunphyjp

I think you’re arguing against a point I never made. I never said the adapter independently negotiates the charging session. I said it’s part of the overall charging process. The vehicle and charger absolutely exchange information about battery state, voltage, current limits, and other...

From my understanding, yesthe charging station can absolutely be part of the limiting factor. During the charging handshake, the vehicle, charger, cable, and any adapter all communicate their capabilities. The charging session is then limited by whichever component has the lowest safe limit. So...

Agreed, the apps in car and 3rd part make it easy, and most drivers won’t ever have to think about it. I was only clarifying the technical reason, since some people assume an adapter is all that’s needed to use a V2 Supercharger.

I would only clarify one thing for anyone who is newer to non-Teslas using Tesla superchargers…. No non-Tesla EV can use Tesla V1 or V2 Superchargers because they use Tesla’s original proprietary DC communication protocol instead of the CCS (DIN 70121 / ISO 15118) communication protocol used by...

Happy to help! always exciting to have anyone thinking or recently added to the EV community! EVs definitely require a bit of a mindset shift compared to ICE vehicles. One thing I tell people is that instead of thinking about “filling the tank,” it’s often better to think about adding the energy...

Hey there, I might be able to help if you’re new to EVs, I sell Rivians, and before this worked for 5 1/2 years at BMW teaching customers about EVs, that’s also including BMW dealers themselves… So what you need to know and the easiest way to understand it is that the vehicle, charger, cable and...