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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 12:20 PM
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Allen K
Round up you heathen
Math was never my strong suit
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Allen K
$0.59 a kWh is about right when supercharging / DC fast charging. Will vary by location and demand, but that's what I've been seeing on my travels.
Is that .59 in Canadian money? I think the highest I saw between IL and FL was low .40/kWh.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 03:10 PM
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Is that .59 in Canadian money? I think the highest I saw between IL and FL was low .40/kWh.
Nope, USD. I’m heading to Boston for Thanksgiving and Tesla chargers range between $.49 and $.55. EA stations along the same path can go as high as $.64 which is ridiculous
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 03:27 PM
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If you don't already have them a $12 Supercharger membership discounts rates to the same price Tesla owners pay and a $7 Pass Plus membership should drop those EA rates down by 25%.
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Old Nov 25, 2025 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames
If you don't already have them a $12 Supercharger membership discounts rates to the same price Tesla owners pay and a $7 Pass Plus membership should drop those EA rates down by 25%.
We’re taking the minivan this round because need the full 8 seats while in Boston. Otherwise I don’t charge enough to need the membership. I L2 charge at work for $.25
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill
this has to be a fake
that energy qty (222kWh) is 3x the size my ev batteries.

as i’ve said before, gm took an ‘approach’ to give range by installing gigantic batteries. makes for a ridiculously heavy and inefficient ev. hard to build ev’s efficiently or make money with the uaw though.

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
that energy qty (222kWh) is 3x the size my ev batteries.

as i’ve said before, gm took an ‘approach’ to give range by installing gigantic batteries. makes for a ridiculously heavy and inefficient ev. hard to build ev’s efficiency with the uaw though.
One thing I have to say about Jill... pretty slick. If one isn't paying close attention, you would think fast charging an EV was expensive. The "this has to be fake" is great cover 🤣. Jill, you have to give that Chattanooga guy some much needed pointers. I'm totally serious here, dude has no idea how to do it right
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Headed to NJ yesterday on 95, this is the rest stop in DE, brand new chargers! There are also Tesla chargers at this stop, so both options are here.


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Old Nov 26, 2025 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Headed to NJ yesterday on 95, this is the rest stop in DE, brand new chargers! There are also Tesla chargers at this stop, so both options are here.

No cover/shade like in California. ☔️🌧️
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Nope, but at least the whole rest area is in there with food etc
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Headed to NJ yesterday on 95, this is the rest stop in DE, brand new chargers! There are also Tesla chargers at this stop, so both options are here.
the chargers in the pic do NACS too so those work with teslas as well.

what does charging cost at those?
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That's a lot of excess cabling because manufacturers can't standardize on a location for the port
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Rode in a colleague's Lucid Air today. It was pretty nice.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
the chargers in the pic do NACS too so those work with teslas as well.

what does charging cost at those?
Yep, they had both but then they also had a row of actual Tesla superchargers, those have been there for a few years, these are new. I didn't check but nobody was using them and the Tesla chargers were full, so my guess is more than Tesla...

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That's a lot of excess cabling because manufacturers can't standardize on a location for the port
I thought the same thing Twice as many cables as necessary.
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