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Old Nov 21, 2023 | 6:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Jerome10
I hear horror stories of electric car owners needing to wait hours just to get onto a charger. I need to be sure it is over 70% when dropping off... am I looking at stoppping at a Supercharger on the way to the airport and again, what if I cannot get a spot?
Originally Posted by Mr.Nuke
Those are largely b.s. Yes you would likely want to stop on the way to airport. There are 60 V3 250 kW supercharger stalls within about 5 miles of SFO. The odds of all 3 of those locations being simultaneously full is slim. As of the time of this post, between the 3 there are 32/60 available and none of the 3 sites is completely full. If one of the sites was completely full 1) the car would let you know (and there is a recent software update that is improving advanced warning on this and then 2) your choice is either to wait or go a different supercharger. Again in the case of SFO there are multiple options in fairly close proximity to the rental center. In my 18 months of ownership with most of my driving in the Midwest, and then this trip to California, I've never had to wait for a supercharger yet.
Very much depends on the location/time you're trying to get a place to charge. I have tried to use several chargers near EWR and they seem to continuously have long lines (>10 cars) trying to get into them. Sure, they're not Tesla chargers, but still public level 2 chargers. Similarly, I was trying to get a charge in the north Dallas area a few weeks ago. All 3 locations I went to (after 9PM) had >4 cars waiting to charge.
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