Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Supercharger network

Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by InTheArena on Saturday October 04, 2025 @05:04PM (#45476690)

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.

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by hhhhjjj on Saturday October 04, 2025 @05:23PM (#45476836)

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?

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by Onavo on Saturday October 04, 2025 @05:58PM (#45477087)

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.

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by dcrazy on Saturday October 04, 2025 @06:06PM (#45477145)

Isn’t it different for level 3 charging, which Tesla superchargers now support for certain non-Tesla vehicles?

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by hhhhjjj on Sunday October 05, 2025 @03:18PM (#45484364)

This is correct as is the case with my car.

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by hhhhjjj on Sunday October 05, 2025 @03:19PM (#45484375)

Your understanding is out of date. https://www.tesla.com/support/charging/supercharging-other-e...

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 04, 2025 @05:19PM (#45476803)

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.

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by jjmarr on Saturday October 04, 2025 @05:29PM (#45476881)

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

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Re:Man buys used Tesla only to discover it's banned from Sup... by CursedSilicon on Sunday October 05, 2025 @06:10PM (#45485732)

>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

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