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To: xoxox

How was your charging experience. Assuming you drove 250 miles before charging, how long did it take to charge it?


61 posted on 05/10/2024 2:10:44 PM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: silent majority rising

Honestly, that’s what really began to work on me. At a “supercharger,” you can go from <5% to 90+ in 40 min +/- (iirc).

So you have time to check emails, respond to texts, listen to music, etc — it’s perfectly unstructured, found time.

A couple of those and I realized my entire driving experience had changed, and imho for the better (again, assuming all systems are in order).

Between that and performance of the car (accel/decel, ergonomics, quietness in cabin, sound system, auto windshield wipers, heated seats, etc) and found myself really, really liking it.

Mind you, the range totally suits our current situation, where we work from home and might put on 50-100 a couple of times a week going to and from church or something.

For the one road trip, because my wife and son were going without me, I got them a Challenger after researching the availability of “supercharges” in SoFla. Then I read some reviews...they don’t seem like places that would match the experience we always have in the little town we live near, which has far more chargers in a grocery store lot than they need. In a high traffic area, near a superhighway, judging by the reviews I’ve read, you’d want to have a piece nearby in case things got unruly.

For the average Joe, plugging the car in at night after the daily commute seems like a decent proposition.

Also, it is said that too much “supercharging” is not ideal for the battery.

Finally, as stated elsewhere, non-tesla charging experiences range from merely expensive to outrageous shakedowns and are known to have reliability issues.


62 posted on 05/10/2024 3:45:38 PM PDT by xoxox
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