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Tesla has said they are willing to license the Supercharger network. That said, superchargers are not immune to being broken either. I find that many if not mos

Tesla has said they are willing to license the Supercharger network. That said, superchargers are not immune to being broken either. I find that many if not most have at least one broken stall. I got free supercharging for ordering an early Model 3 and didn't expect to use it, but it has been a lifesaver during covid when I suddenly lost access to work charging.

core-questions 6y ago
As a petrolhead who has never even seen a Supercharger station: what exactly is broken? What is there to break? Physical damage to the cable / connector?
- GloriousKoji 6y ago
  Many things can break: the internet connection, the internal computer, the main power wire to the car connector, something inside the connector, something with the charger circuity like a bad contactor. Then there's the obvious stuff like physical damage from vandalization or someone driving into it.
  - worik 6y ago
    WHat a story for the twenty-first century! It is energy transfer: "Many things can break: the internet connection..." what does the Internet connevction have to do with it? (To be clear, that is a rhetorical question. I know why and how those systems are fundamentally broken - almost by design!)
    - ryandrake 6y ago
      Having never used or even seen a super charger, I have no idea why one would need a friggen internet connection. Don’t you just plug them in and swipe your card like a gas station?
      - fastball 6y ago
        You don't think gas stations have an internet connection?
        ryandrake 6y ago
        I don’t think they require one to function. Gas stations, including ones where you pay at the pump, functioned fine without Internet before the Internet.
        fredophile 6y ago
        I don't recall any pay at the pump gas stations pre internet.
        fastball 6y ago
        How exactly does a pay-at-the-pump gas station function without internet?
        jdeibele 6y ago
        You go inside and pay cash to the clerk who authorizes $20 of gas on pump #5. I'm in Oregon where we (mostly) legally can't pump our own gas. There may be pumps that are like vending machines: they take cards or cash. There are exceptions, like if you're in the rural areas (counties under 40,000 residents). They also changed it for a while during the early part of COVID. I notice that the pumps still run the commercials on the pumps here. Probably cheaper to just build one model of pump even though Oregon and New Jersey but it would drive me crazy if I was pumping gas for a living.
        fastball 6y ago
        > How exactly does a pay-at-the-pump gas station function without internet? I realize that there are gas stations where you can't pay at the pump, but that's not the claim I was responding to in the PC. Regardless, if you are using your credit card to pay for your gas (which I am certain you can do in Oregon gas stations), the gas station is utilizing internet in order to give you gas.

core-questions 6y ago

As a petrolhead who has never even seen a Supercharger station: what exactly is broken? What is there to break? Physical damage to the cable / connector?

GloriousKoji 6y ago
Many things can break: the internet connection, the internal computer, the main power wire to the car connector, something inside the connector, something with the charger circuity like a bad contactor. Then there's the obvious stuff like physical damage from vandalization or someone driving into it.
- worik 6y ago
  WHat a story for the twenty-first century! It is energy transfer: "Many things can break: the internet connection..." what does the Internet connevction have to do with it? (To be clear, that is a rhetorical question. I know why and how those systems are fundamentally broken - almost by design!)
  - ryandrake 6y ago
    Having never used or even seen a super charger, I have no idea why one would need a friggen internet connection. Don’t you just plug them in and swipe your card like a gas station?
    - fastball 6y ago
      You don't think gas stations have an internet connection?
      - ryandrake 6y ago
        I don’t think they require one to function. Gas stations, including ones where you pay at the pump, functioned fine without Internet before the Internet.
        fredophile 6y ago
        I don't recall any pay at the pump gas stations pre internet.
        fastball 6y ago
        How exactly does a pay-at-the-pump gas station function without internet?
        jdeibele 6y ago
        You go inside and pay cash to the clerk who authorizes $20 of gas on pump #5. I'm in Oregon where we (mostly) legally can't pump our own gas. There may be pumps that are like vending machines: they take cards or cash. There are exceptions, like if you're in the rural areas (counties under 40,000 residents). They also changed it for a while during the early part of COVID. I notice that the pumps still run the commercials on the pumps here. Probably cheaper to just build one model of pump even though Oregon and New Jersey but it would drive me crazy if I was pumping gas for a living.
        fastball 6y ago
        > How exactly does a pay-at-the-pump gas station function without internet? I realize that there are gas stations where you can't pay at the pump, but that's not the claim I was responding to in the PC. Regardless, if you are using your credit card to pay for your gas (which I am certain you can do in Oregon gas stations), the gas station is utilizing internet in order to give you gas.