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Let me guess, without reading. This is a salvage title, not a car in perfect order. IIRC, Tesla is willing to reconnect, but only after a really expensive eval

Let me guess, without reading. This is a salvage title, not a car in perfect order. IIRC, Tesla is willing to reconnect, but only after a really expensive evaluation of the car. It's too risky putting a really big lithium batter up to a really big charger otherwise. "Fred Lambert, the editor-in-chief of Electrek, a news magazine about electric vehicles, said he's heard of at least one other case where a car with a clean title was labeled "salvage" in Tesla's system and blocked from supercharging. " ahh. Eletrek is trying to spin up this story again.

toomuchtodo 1y ago
High voltage system inspection and certification was $2k the last time I had one done. Not cheap, but also a potential deficiency that should be able to be identified by a buyer before purchase via VIN. Take the car to a Supercharger as part of the test drive? You will get an explicit message related to a VIN blacklist when attempting to charge, but if you’re not aware, you won’t know.
hhhhjjj 1y ago
That logic doesn't really hold? I use Tesla chargers all the time and I dont own a Tesla. Can other manufacturer cars be banned? Like, why would I want a tesla with this risk?
- Onavo 1y ago
  If your other manufacturer's car catches fire while supercharging, they bear the reputational risk. The main charging circuit in EVs is in the car itself, not the charger stand.
  - dcrazy 1y ago
    Isn’t it different for level 3 charging, which Tesla superchargers now support for certain non-Tesla vehicles?
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    - hhhhjjj 1y ago
      This is correct as is the case with my car.
  - hhhhjjj 1y ago
    Your understanding is out of date. https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-evs https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-e...
jjmarr 1y ago
According to the article, the car had a clean title besides a "minor accident".
CursedSilicon 1y ago
>ahh. Eletrek is trying to spin up this story again. As another commenter identified. Brand-name chargers that you can be unilaterally "banned" from are a problem for everyone

toomuchtodo 1y ago

High voltage system inspection and certification was $2k the last time I had one done. Not cheap, but also a potential deficiency that should be able to be identified by a buyer before purchase via VIN. Take the car to a Supercharger as part of the test drive? You will get an explicit message related to a VIN blacklist when attempting to charge, but if you’re not aware, you won’t know.

hhhhjjj 1y ago

That logic doesn't really hold? I use Tesla chargers all the time and I dont own a Tesla. Can other manufacturer cars be banned? Like, why would I want a tesla with this risk?

Onavo 1y ago
If your other manufacturer's car catches fire while supercharging, they bear the reputational risk. The main charging circuit in EVs is in the car itself, not the charger stand.
- dcrazy 1y ago
  Isn’t it different for level 3 charging, which Tesla superchargers now support for certain non-Tesla vehicles?
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  - hhhhjjj 1y ago
    This is correct as is the case with my car.
- hhhhjjj 1y ago
  Your understanding is out of date. https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-evs https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-e...

jjmarr 1y ago

According to the article, the car had a clean title besides a "minor accident".

CursedSilicon 1y ago

>ahh. Eletrek is trying to spin up this story again. As another commenter identified. Brand-name chargers that you can be unilaterally "banned" from are a problem for everyone