Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles

Re:Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles by cowmix on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:56AM (#34805515)

Electrify America's network is pretty bad, top to bottom. Payment processing is just the tip of the iceberg in how much it blows.

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Re:Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles by hedora on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:26PM (#34807323)

Yeah. My favorite part is that the payment processing state machine inevitably leads to the “not charging, locked in place” state, so I have to hang around for a few minutes until my car computer’s self defense logic kicks in, flips the bozo bit on the connector and releases the lock.

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Re:Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles by bdcravens on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:05PM (#34807974)

I believe my Kia EV6 has an emergency release inside of the trunk area.

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Re:Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles by oakwhiz on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:26PM (#34808316)

This could have been avoided if the charging port had a manual disconnect switch next to it, rated to handle the arcing at full power. Auxiliary contacts can then release it and tell the computer that you manually killed the port. I dislike this "computer exclusively in the loop" design methodology.

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Re:Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles by labcomputer on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:54PM (#34815207)

> rated to handle the arcing at full power.

Sure… Except that that’s physically impossible. Search YouTube for “arc flash”.

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Re:Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles by oakwhiz on Friday February 17, 2023 @04:32AM (#34832682)

500 amp breakers don't exist?

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