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Damn, ouch. Seems crazy that they're now in the position of breaking supercharger compatibility with existing cars.
by rconti 2y ago
Damn, ouch. Seems crazy that they're now in the position of breaking supercharger compatibility with existing cars.
- theluketaylor 2y agoNo compatibility break as far as I know. I believe V3 superchargers speak CCS to 2019 and newer cars and fallback to the older Tesla-proprietary communication if necessary.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoSure, but some Tesla owners are going to be surprised when they pull up to a third party charger with a Tesla plug that doesn't work on their car even though it plugs in.
- maxerickson 2y agoOnly ~once. A little bit of pain when there aren't that many vehicles is fine if it makes things quite a lot better going forward.
- matthewdgreen 2y agoI just scheduled the upgrade for my 2018 Model 3. It’s not free, but only costs $280 and they do it in my driveway. Rumor has it I might get a CCS adapter out of the deal too, but I’m not sure. It’s an older car but still going strong, and my biggest concern is that if I don’t do the upgrade now they’ll run out of upgrade kits and the car’s value will be permanently damaged even if it lasts another ten years.
- modeless 2y agoYes, you get a CCS adapter bundled for no extra charge with the retrofit. I just had mine done.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoSo retrofit + CCS->NACS adapter for $280 from Tesla cf. NACS->CCS adapter for $225 from GM.
- rconti 2y agoah, gotcha. Yeah, I can live with broken compatibility with just the newer non-Tesla chargers, especially if the upgrade is as cheap as folks here are saying.