Comment by rconti
Damn, ouch. Seems crazy that they're now in the position of breaking supercharger compatibility with existing cars.
Damn, ouch. Seems crazy that they're now in the position of breaking supercharger compatibility with existing cars.
Sure, but some Tesla owners are going to be surprised when they pull up to a third party charger with a Tesla plug that doesn't work on their car even though it plugs in.
Only ~once.
A little bit of pain when there aren't that many vehicles is fine if it makes things quite a lot better going forward.
I just scheduled the upgrade for my 2018 Model 3. It’s not free, but only costs $280 and they do it in my driveway. Rumor has it I might get a CCS adapter out of the deal too, but I’m not sure. It’s an older car but still going strong, and my biggest concern is that if I don’t do the upgrade now they’ll run out of upgrade kits and the car’s value will be permanently damaged even if it lasts another ten years.
No compatibility break as far as I know. I believe V3 superchargers speak CCS to 2019 and newer cars and fallback to the older Tesla-proprietary communication if necessary.