NACS extension cord = supercharging-while-towing solution, no?

[SCTesla]

The cable is UL rated and the connector is pending.

 

[EctoSlymer]

It’s too bad that in the course of advising against using UL-rated products, Tesla did not come up with a more elegant solution for drivers availing themselves to superchargers while towing. After all, the Cybertruck is not the first Tesla that can tow.

 

[hemiarch]

Wasn’t there talk of induction charging for a while a few years back? Where you drove over a pad in your garage? What happened to that?

 

[hemiarch]

I will admit to having parked like a complete asshole across multiple stalls before for lack of a better option. Even with just the bike rack mounted on the hitch. It’s always at a place that’s empty and I have never kept anyone else from charging to do this but there has to be a better way.

 

[mongo]

Wasn’t there talk of induction charging for a while a few years back? Where you drove over a pad in your garage? What happened to that?

Cybercab will use it.

 

[hemiarch]

Cybercab will use it.

I’ve never asked Mongo, what do you do for a living? Feel free not to answer if you prefer, won’t hurt my feelings. Just curiosity.

 

[REM]

The cable is UL rated and the connector is pending.

Good to hear. Now tell me how that gets around the fact that Tesla expressly forbids it from being plugged into their supercharger network.

Did you even bother to read the links I posted?

 

[REM]

I will admit to having parked like a complete asshole across multiple stalls before for lack of a better option. Even with just the bike rack mounted on the hitch. It’s always at a place that’s empty and I have never kept anyone else from charging to do this but there has to be a better way.

I have unfortunately had to do that at Superchargers too. Tesla has at least 50 stall layouts/configurations, and the absolute worst one is where they are all directly behind and centered in the parking space, super close to the curb, and perpendicular in orientation so that you cannot fit a bike rack between the stalls.

Its infuriating. Especially after I have seen some arrayed in a parking lot in a manner that every single stall is pull through and dummy proof.

 

[hemiarch]

I have unfortunately had to do that at Superchargers too. Tesla has at least 50 stall layouts/configurations, and the absolute worst one is where they are all directly behind and centered in the parking space, super close to the curb, and perpendicular in orientation so that you cannot fit a bike rack between the stalls.

Its infuriating. Especially after I have seen some arrayed in a parking lot in a manner that every single stall is pull through and dummy proof.

Yeah. That’s a very frustrating arrangement. Also the one where it looks just like that, but there is also a single side-curb charger occupied by a 2017 model 3 with duct tape on the spoiler and a 19 year old dude inside it who is completely oblivious watching Netflix.

 

[BrockN]

I will admit to having parked like a complete asshole across multiple stalls before for lack of a better option. Even with just the bike rack mounted on the hitch. It’s always at a place that’s empty and I have never kept anyone else from charging to do this but there has to be a better way.

Superchargers need to have longer cables - that's the bottom line. Non Tesla vehicles that use them now invariably have their charge port in the wrong spot to allow for "normal" parking. That often means parking in the adjacent stall and blocking a second charger while charging themselves.

And parking is often too tight to allow for a trailer even in the forward park stall that sometimes exists. Good for a bike rack, but not much else.

Locating supercharger sites in parking lots is problematic from the start.

 

[mongo]

Superchargers need to have longer cables - that's the bottom line. Non Tesla vehicles that use them now invariably have their charge port in the wrong spot to allow for "normal" parking. That often means parking in the adjacent stall and blocking a second charger while charging themselves.

And parking is often too tight to allow for a trailer even in the forward park stall that sometimes exists. Good for a bike rack, but not much else.

Locating supercharger sites in parking lots is problematic from the start.

V4 posts have longer cables.

 

[gadgetmerc]

The longer the cable the more issues you have. More cost, more heat (which is lost energy), more weight for the user to handle, requires the user to hang it up properly, and gives assholes more cable to mess with.

 

[Kenneth K.]

these extension are safe for level 1 or 2 chargers Not Tesla superchargers.

 

[EWELON]

these extension are safe for level 1 or 2 chargers Not Tesla superchargers.

so for our home wall connectors, these extension cords are cool, right? Tesstudio makes some, but theirs look a bit shady. A2Z seems to be a more trustworthy company for some reason. an extension cord would solve alot of problems in my small drive way with a CT and M3 trying to charge.

 

[hemiarch]

I think if it is an appropriate sized cable for 48 amps plus 20% that should be pretty safe. There are certainly people with more expertise than me on here.