Tesla Supercharger
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The CCS standard for DC fast charging has prevailed, but in late 2019 it still isn't the prevalent one.
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Superchargers at the Strip: Tesla rolls out first entire V3 station in Las Vegas
Tesla has opened its first Supercharger DC fast-charging station that's entirely stocked with its higher-power V3 hardware.
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Tesla opens access to CHAdeMO chargers for Model 3 drivers
With a $450 accessory adapter, those with a Tesla Model 3 can tap into DC fast charging from CHAdeMO chargers as a backup in urban areas.
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Tesla opens first 250-kw charging stations at Fremont factory
Tesla V3 Supercharger hardware allows the Model 3 to be the fastest-charging electric car currently on the roads; but so far it's only in Fremont.
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What matters most when fast-charging an electric car on a road trip? Twitter poll results
Varied priorities may mean that the same highway-charging strategies may not work well for every vehicle or driver.
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Tesla starts Hardware 3 rollout: Enhanced Summon, red-light warnings
Like Teslas rolling through parking lots on their own, the self-driving future is inching closer. This week, Tesla owners began to experience new features of the company's long-promised next update to its self-driving system, including Enhanced Summon, which is one of the first features of Tesla's...
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Which new electric car may be able to recharge 240 miles in less than five minutes? What is the bestselling electric car in the world, and what milestone did it pass this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 8, 2019. The press preview for the Geneva auto show was held in Switzerland on Tuesday and Wednesday, and with strict new emissions rules taking effect across Europe, it brought enough news in the plug-in car world to mostly fill out our week. The big news, perhaps predictably, came from European...
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Tesla Superchargers, Nissan IMQ SUV concept, Mitsubishi Engelberg: Today's Car News
Nissan gave a peek at a future SUV—only with gas-hybrid power, this time. Tesla turned on its first 1,000-mph version 3 Supercharger on Wednesday. The Mitsubishi Engelberg plug-in hybrid concept may preview a replacement for the Outlander plug-in hybrid. And a Japanese judge released former...
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Tesla Model 3 gets Supercharging V3 first: How about 75 miles of range in 5 minutes?
If you road-trip with an electric car like a Tesla, you soon become acutely aware of miles per hour. That's not the miles per hour you see on the speedometer, but the rate at which the car will gain range when being fast-charged. It determines how quickly you can pull out of the charging station...
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Pickup drivers target Tesla Superchargers in "ICEing" incidents
People are jealous of things they can't (or don't) have. In a spate of incidents reminiscent of "rolling coal," truck drivers have begun seemingly intentionally blocking whole banks of Tesla Superchargers across parts of the South. Photos shared across Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit over the weekend...
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Plug-in Subaru, Toyota hybrids, changes at the top: The Week in Reverse
Which electric automaker will get a new Chairman? What new model gets the highest gas mileage of any SUV without a plug? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 23, 2018. With the Thanksgiving holiday this was a short...
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2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, EPA chief, faster Tesla Superchargers, giving thanks: Today's Car News
We get our first drive in the extra-efficient 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid. President Trump plans to make acting EPA head Andrew Wheeler official. Tesla CEO Elon Musk plans more and faster Tesla Superchargers. And our Twitter poll asks readers to give thanks. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is tweeting again, this time about expanding and potentially upgrading the company's Supercharger network. On Monday, Musk tweeted that the company will start deploying "much faster" Version 3 Superchargers early next year. The news comes on the heels of Tesla's announcement that it will ship Model 3s to Europe and Australia with new CCS Combo charge ports in place of the original proprietary charge port in Models S, X, and 3 sold in the U.S. Supercharger V3, which starts rolling out early next year, will also charge much faster — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 19...
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Tesla will soon be compatible with all DC fast charging—in Europe
When the Tesla Model 3 arrives in Europe in early 2019, it will carry a special toolkit: the ability to charge—quickly—in more places than any other electric vehicle. Tesla revealed this week that Model 3 sedans sold in Europe will come with a CCS charge port (inlet). Full compatibility...
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Tesla expands Supercharger network as Model 3 rolls out
As Tesla works to ramp up Model 3 output to two-three times the levels of its previous models, the company is apparently anticipating the need for more Superchargers to charge them. According to the crowdsourced website Supercharge.info, Tesla added 121 new Supercharging stations since the...
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Electrify America maps out charging network to rival Tesla Superchargers
Mark 2018 as the year that practical, widespread electric-car charging really started coming to America. We've had a lot of news about new charging networks coming to the U.S., and it doesn't look like it will be slowing down any time soon. Following the announcement last week that 100 Walmart...
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Why I traded my Chevy Bolt EV for a Tesla: one reader's story
As a nation, the U.S. takes lots of road trips, because most of the country has no viable mass transit between city pairs. If electric cars are ever to enter the mass market in North America, they have to be usable on those road trips. Last year, our reader Jay Lucas of Alexandria, Virginia, wrote...
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Electric car sales in Germany finally start to soar: Tesla leads
It's starting to look like China will lead the world in adoption of plug-in electric cars, but which carmaking nations will follow it? While electric cars were launched simultaneously in Japan and the United States, Europe lagged somewhat behind. Now, however, Germany—home to the largest...
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One of the obvious challenges of even the latest electric cars is that you can't drive them coast-to-coast as quickly as you can gasoline cars. It's far from impossible to do such a trip—especially if you own a Tesla and can use the company's DC fast-charging Supercharger network—but it will take longer. Even under optimal circumstances, a Tesla trip at highway speeds will require a 20- to 40-minute stop about every 2 hours to recharge. DON'T MISS: What will get more people to consider electric cars? Take our Twitter poll It's important to note that very, very few people actually...
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Tesla Model 3 fast-charging at Superchargers will not be free
Before production of the Tesla Model 3 began, company CEO Elon Musk promised Tesla would offer owners some sort of free Supercharger use. Specifically, Musk said, "free long-distance charging is [included]," which led many reservation holders to believe they would receive free Supercharger credits...
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Tesla expands Supercharger fast-charging sites into cities for Model 3 owners
With the mass-production Model 3 in mind, Tesla has begun to expand its Supercharger fast-charging stations into urban areas. Earlier this month, Tesla opened its first two Supercharger stations in Chicago, Illinois, and Boston, Massachusetts. The Chicago site features 10 charging stalls, while the...
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Tesla Supercharger electric-car charging sites in CA surge (photos)
In January 2016, before the public introduction for pre-orders of the Model 3, Tesla had 585 Supercharger locations around the world. By the end of June 2016, that number had climbed to 655. Then the potential of 400,000-plus reservations for the more affordable Model 3 pushed Tesla to promise it...
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Tesla extends free Supercharger use to all current owners (updated)
Tesla has bestowed upon its current owners a sought-after perk previously reserved for early adopters: free Supercharging. Last year, Tesla announced it would begin charging for Supercharger station use for buyers of its electric cars after a certain date—but now it appears to have walked...
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Chargeway: the best electric-car idea you've never heard of
Pretty much everyone knows how to put fuel into a conventional car. You pull up to the pump, open the vehicle's fuel door, put a credit card into the pump, select diesel or one of three grades of gasoline, lift the hose, and pump. (In New Jersey and Oregon, someone else does this for you.)...
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