My Tesla Model Y has a lot it wants to teach me. I am a slow learner but this week I mastered Supercharging. It's easy!
, this week. I did a trip across Florida in December, but that one was different. I was visiting friends who had a dryer in their garage, so I bought an adapter for my Tesla charging cable and charged up overnight at their house. This time I was going to a conference at a hotel in Saint Augustine, so it was the first time I needed to rely on the Supercharger network.The conference was at the Embassy Suites hotel in Saint Augustine Beach.
So now, it is fully dark, I am in a strange town, and I need a Supercharger. The nearest one is 11 miles away out near Route 95. I could have charged there on my way, and would have if I had known there were no chargers at the Embassy Suites. Now, I know this is silly, but I had never once used a Supercharger and was a little apprehensive about it.
Most of you know what happens next. As the battery charge increased, the charging rate decreased. By the time it got to 78% SOC, things had slowed pretty much to a crawl. Most of you know this stuff but it was news to me. Here I am writing about electric cars and seeing all the announcements about how such and such a car can charge to 80% in 15 minutes or less but it never really sunk in until I experienced it for myself.time.
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