[m463]

No, tesla should take their 50,000 superchargers offline until they can upgrade and end this tragedy.

seriously though, even charging a tesla, their superchargers have always had "tiers", with the plentiful superchargers (like 20+ stalls) at malls usually 75kw, and the faster ones between cities being 150kw or newer ones 250kw. You just pick the charger that fits your needs and drive there.

[brnt]

I understand that port improvements enabled more power, but who would actually choose to charge at a lower speed if it's an actual choice? Imagine that fuel stations would have tubes of different diameters. It's silly. Replace the old junk already, and stop being your own enemy, car manufacturers!

[m463]

Maybe not speed, but time.

If the charger is nearby an errand, you can match it to your charging time.

For example, if you need to get only a few groceries, a full-speed supercharger might be ok.

If you need to spend more time, a slower 72kw supercharger might be what you need.

and L2 chargers might match a few hours at the mall.

[Suppafly]

>but who would actually choose to charge at a lower speed if it's an actual choice?

A lot of the chargers are at supermarkets and such. If you're shopping for 30+ minutes anyway, what's it matter if charging takes that whole time?

[ambichook]

not to mention blitz charging a battery isnt ideal for it's health, if you want to maximise the life of your batteries you should be charging them more slowly where possible

[brnt]

Why would I even want to think about that? Never needed to before. Don't need to for technical reasons (faster chargers exist). It's only cheapness to let those old things stand. They may be able to pawn them off on you by telling you to time it with your shopping, but not on me.