Boy that is a slap in the face for 800+ volt systems for the early days of charging. In Oklahoma we have a lot, like 250+ of France Energy DC fast chargers so very glad to see you test these. Glad to see some worked, but FA will have to note what chargers work with 800+ systems.
That L3S charger is also built in 2019 like in your previous video. So it's either an issue with only Francis Energy's software/firmware or it's a more widespread issue with any BTC L3S charger manufactured before 2022 or so. I'm saying 2022 because that was the first year 800 V-architecture cars started being produced en masse. The cutoff appears to be between 2020 and 2022. Hopefully fixing it doesn't require a hardware update. At 6:10 you can see that for a split second the charger matched the car's second voltage request of 460 V. However it didn't output any current. Then the output voltage dropped to 429 V, 260 V, and finally 96 V. (The car's first request would be pack voltage which is above that charger's 500 V max).
Screens on DC fast chargers is another area where Tesla has learned from doing all the connections on the phone screen. No need to add more cost and a screen that has to be in all types of weather and direct sun. You can be in the comfort of your vehicle with the ac or heat on and able to view the charge status from the phone.
Plus, no screens mean less chance for vandalism. DC fast charging should be just like Tesla Superchargers... no menus, just plug in and the phone provides all the charging & billing info.
Yeah this is certainly the worst implementation of it, Ford does it pretty good where you can just flip it down and the BMWs versions are nice as well but Hyundai just did this terribly 😂
On the EV6 you can just pull on it and it’ll pop out a little nub on the end of the molded in rubber string. Push it back into reinstall it. Doesn’t break anything and takes however long you want to ponder and work up the courage to carefully yank it out. 🫢
Walters has not worked in months. The one you got to work will only work a few minutes before it overheats and stops. The Lawton high speed one you tried is the only one of the high speed that works there. The one next to it only goes up to 30kw, been that way for months, the next one is out with a sign and the 4th one will not start charging CCS give comm error. Never had an issue with the slow Tellus ones there.
So if BTC completely craps the bed and they really can't get parts they could definitely get a replacement machine from another company within a year that's ridiculous! They uninstalled working stations in Hobart Oklahoma and replace them where did they put those working stations that they pulled out of Hobart?
@@Crazypostman good question. Antlers would certainly make my trips from Texas to SE OK a whole lot better though. It's doable now, but going north I have to stop way to early in the trip. Antlers would be just right.
Did the battery update nerf your ECO mode? Just had my I-5 updated today and it was so bad I drove home in normal mode so I wouldn't get run over. Like an American made 4 cylinder from the 70's.
Yeah, except the people that operate these chargers work hundreds of miles away or in another state so they don't bother coming to put a bag over the handle you just have to figure it out yourself that it's broke 😂
Boy that is a slap in the face for 800+ volt systems for the early days of charging. In Oklahoma we have a lot, like 250+ of France Energy DC fast chargers so very glad to see you test these. Glad to see some worked, but FA will have to note what chargers work with 800+ systems.
Seems to just be the 50 KW BTC stations. The taller higher power ones should work the one in Walters was just broken
That L3S charger is also built in 2019 like in your previous video. So it's either an issue with only Francis Energy's software/firmware or it's a more widespread issue with any BTC L3S charger manufactured before 2022 or so. I'm saying 2022 because that was the first year 800 V-architecture cars started being produced en masse. The cutoff appears to be between 2020 and 2022. Hopefully fixing it doesn't require a hardware update.
At 6:10 you can see that for a split second the charger matched the car's second voltage request of 460 V. However it didn't output any current. Then the output voltage dropped to 429 V, 260 V, and finally 96 V. (The car's first request would be pack voltage which is above that charger's 500 V max).
Screens on DC fast chargers is another area where Tesla has learned from doing all the connections on the phone screen. No need to add more cost and a screen that has to be in all types of weather and direct sun.
You can be in the comfort of your vehicle with the ac or heat on and able to view the charge status from the phone.
Plus, no screens mean less chance for vandalism. DC fast charging should be just like Tesla Superchargers... no menus, just plug in and the phone provides all the charging & billing info.
Another fine Charging Road Trip!
I think I would be cutting that tether on the DC fast charging cover on the vehicle. That would drive me nuts on a road trip. :)
Yeah this is certainly the worst implementation of it, Ford does it pretty good where you can just flip it down and the BMWs versions are nice as well but Hyundai just did this terribly 😂
On the EV6 you can just pull on it and it’ll pop out a little nub on the end of the molded in rubber string. Push it back into reinstall it. Doesn’t break anything and takes however long you want to ponder and work up the courage to carefully yank it out. 🫢
Walters has not worked in months. The one you got to work will only work a few minutes before it overheats and stops. The Lawton high speed one you tried is the only one of the high speed that works there. The one next to it only goes up to 30kw, been that way for months, the next one is out with a sign and the 4th one will not start charging CCS give comm error. Never had an issue with the slow Tellus ones there.
The charger in Antlers has been down waiting for parts for well over a year. I don't get it either.
So if BTC completely craps the bed and they really can't get parts they could definitely get a replacement machine from another company within a year that's ridiculous! They uninstalled working stations in Hobart Oklahoma and replace them where did they put those working stations that they pulled out of Hobart?
@@Crazypostman good question. Antlers would certainly make my trips from Texas to SE OK a whole lot better though. It's doable now, but going north I have to stop way to early in the trip. Antlers would be just right.
Did the battery update nerf your ECO mode? Just had my I-5 updated today and it was so bad I drove home in normal mode so I wouldn't get run over. Like an American made 4 cylinder from the 70's.
Eco mode is dangerously slow I don't use it
ha when those chargers don't work, that's the petrol equivalent of having a bag over the nozzle. lol.
Yeah, except the people that operate these chargers work hundreds of miles away or in another state so they don't bother coming to put a bag over the handle you just have to figure it out yourself that it's broke 😂