Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the dust

Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by stcredzero on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:37PM (#25931147)

When I went for my test drive of a Model 3, I noted that there was a Chevy Bolt being traded in for a Model 3.

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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by bdamm on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:12PM (#25931636)

Yeah. The Bolt is a nice driving car, but the charging rate is a joke compared to any Tesla.

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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by cbm-vic-20 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:40PM (#25932047)

The Supercharger is definitely faster, but a Bolt on a CCS DC Type-3 charger is slower, but in the same league.

On the other hand, the "user experience" of every Type-3 charger I've seen is terrible. The chargers are often in inconvenient places, the super thick cables are very short, and then you've got to try a couple of times to get the charger and the car to talk to each other and get the payment sorted out. Tesla wins on this hands down, and it's not even close.

Oddly enough, the Type-2 experience isn't nearly as bad. Other than requiring 6+ hours to charge...

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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by bdamm on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:57PM (#25935926)

Chevy Bolt with optional fast charging: 55kW

Tesla Model 3 base model: 170kW

So not really the same league at all.

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Re:Tesla’s charging stations left other manufacturers in the... by Shebanator on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:30PM (#25935648)

I have a Bolt and a Model 3. The Bolt is a perfectly good car, but nowadays you'd be crazy to buy a Bolt, which is why in this area they are selling brand new for $14K under MSRP.

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