Random EV thoughts.....

Tesla can be a accused of lots of things. But a lack of innovation that's inane.

Tesla don’t announce that far in advance….

The Highland was announced and started deliveries a few weeks later….

You don’t know much about Tesla do you?

Anyone aware of plans to install ev charging around arbour hill/stoneybatter area?

Wide open spaces suitable for it, heavily populated, national museum of ireland, collins barracks, arbour hill prison, a glut of any charging nearby, particularly no high speed in the area. Moved into the area and disappointing facilities.

Possibly not a good connection to the charge port. This can happen with heavy cables that are off the ground when connected and the top of the plug comes away slightly from the charge port. In those cases, it's best to hold the plug in place while the charge session is starting. It should continue normally then and you can leave it. I had this problem on the new eCars chargers in Carrickmines.

I'm charging at tesla Enfield for the first time today. Two question:

Are the chargers always so hard to remove? I even assumed the first one was broken/locked and moved to another, same issue. Found this thread and seems like it's just kind of the way it is?

https://www.speakev.com/threads/struggling-with-the-ccs-cable-at-supercharger-stations.143861/

The other thing is tesla has charged my card €25, is that typical?

I'm talking about taking the cable out from the charging stand, nothing to do with my car. I had the app set to charge from the appropriate charging point and it was telling me to plug it into my car

I mean it's a thread talking about the exact issue I was having, I'm not sure how that makes it random?

I tried on the very left one and the very right one. I did get it out of the one on the right.

I was chatting to a guy for a minute when coming back to the car and I asked him about it , he said he had the same issue til his friend told him to tilt it up first before pulling it out. So I guess I was just missing the proper knack to it

To answer my question around the €25, it originally charged me €25, but changed to the appropriate amount after the charging session

Had the same thing first time i used one back in 2020 and was sure I'd break it 😁you have to tilt it up before pulling out. Once you've done it right once or twice you'll just do it automatically.

I mean it's a thread talking about the exact issue I was having, I'm not sure how that makes it random?

Apologies if I came across harsh - not intended that way. Was just responding to the suggestion that it "seems like it's just kind of the way it is?" being based on a 5 year old thread. I thought if it was a common problem/complaint, I think you would readily find more recent complaints online, even here on Boards on one of the dedicated Tesla threads.

As I said, I don't recall this ever being an issue in those threads, but might be worth asking the question in the dedicated Supercharger thread.

My tiguain doesn't anyway and even warns you when you turn it on that there is no charge left. Even at that thought it will switch to battery mode in stop/start traffic, i assume something like a mild hybrid would do but i've never had one of those.