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Thanks for the perspective. I don't own an EV, but I have taken road trips in a friend's Tesla. My impression was that the supercharger network (at least in the

by ufmace 2y ago

Thanks for the perspective. I don't own an EV, but I have taken road trips in a friend's Tesla. My impression was that the supercharger network (at least in the Northeast US) is dense and reliable enough and the route planning software good enough that road trips basically anywhere in the region are reasonably practical, though you'll be spending much more time at superchargers than you would at gas stations in an ICE car and have less ability to choose any route you like. Interesting to know that that's actually the highest level of EV practicality and many other models are substantially worse.

klipt 2y ago
Would be great if we could use antitrust law to force Tesla to let other EVs use the supercharger network too. Would open up a lot of competition and help reduce pollution.
- lolinder 2y ago
  You must have missed this news from last year? https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/the-tesla-supercharger-network-is-officially-open-to-everyone.html https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/the-tesla-supercharger-netw...
  - Animats 2y ago
    There's an adapter shortage, so that doesn't really work yet.
    - lolinder 2y ago
      I don't know anything about that, but that's not really a problem for antitrust.
  - stbenjam 2y ago
    It’s also a little limited. The supercharger cables are too short to reach many cars and you have to park weirdly and block other stalls. There’s also no OEM trip planner to make use of them to ensure batteries are preconditioned , you distribute load across nearby superchargers, etc. I test drove the Ariya and I think it had a 4 menu deep manual precondition option. Its OEM charging locator (not planner) was offline and typical legacy manufacturer built-in nav garbage.
    - seanmcdirmid 2y ago
      Tesla is building new super chargers for a world where every car isn’t a Tesla. Car makers that aren’t Tesla are also standardizing on port placement to exist in a world where Tesla provides the only reliable charging option.

by ufmace 2y ago

klipt 2y ago

Would be great if we could use antitrust law to force Tesla to let other EVs use the supercharger network too. Would open up a lot of competition and help reduce pollution.

lolinder 2y ago
You must have missed this news from last year? https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/the-tesla-supercharger-network-is-officially-open-to-everyone.html https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/the-tesla-supercharger-netw...
- Animats 2y ago
  There's an adapter shortage, so that doesn't really work yet.
  - lolinder 2y ago
    I don't know anything about that, but that's not really a problem for antitrust.
- stbenjam 2y ago
  It’s also a little limited. The supercharger cables are too short to reach many cars and you have to park weirdly and block other stalls. There’s also no OEM trip planner to make use of them to ensure batteries are preconditioned , you distribute load across nearby superchargers, etc. I test drove the Ariya and I think it had a 4 menu deep manual precondition option. Its OEM charging locator (not planner) was offline and typical legacy manufacturer built-in nav garbage.
  - seanmcdirmid 2y ago
    Tesla is building new super chargers for a world where every car isn’t a Tesla. Car makers that aren’t Tesla are also standardizing on port placement to exist in a world where Tesla provides the only reliable charging option.