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James Britton Mar 1, 2023

Several #Tesla #superchargers in New York State are now open to CCS (non-Tesla) #EVs thanks to the #MagicDock NACS-CCS adapter. Elmo just wants some of that sweet #NEVI subsidy Uncle Joe has doled out. I can’t wait until this expands into the Dakotas and Wyoming where there’s not a DC fast charger in sight, so we can make a National Parks road trip. Download the Tesla app to use:

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responds to "pete"Mar 1, 2023

@jamesbritton Waiting for the first video of a shouting match between a #musk fan and a non #tesla owner when a #magicdock stall is blocked because of the Telsa-specific short cable at a peak time. Sadly, it's likely to happen.

"My port is in the right place! You bought the wrong car!"

"No! Mine is! Does yours come with a free blue #twitter checkmark?!" 😐

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Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦Mar 1, 2023

@eelpout @jamesbritton What is "the right place"? There is no industry standard.

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bhtooefr

@nafnlaus @jamesbritton I think it's safe to say that the "right" position for a Tesla Supercharger is near the left rear corner of the car, as that's where all Supercharging-capable Teslas have it, and how the Supercharger stalls are designed to connect

center front (what the LEAF and some European EVs do) should work fine, as should center rear (Aptera)

right front *should* work, but may have issues with cable length if it's behind the front wheel (although looking at the Cybertruck prototypes, there should be enough cable length to make it work if it can reach those)

left front and right rear may cause conflict depending on cable length, as they may promote parking in the "wrong" parking space for a charging stall, blocking a stall from use by a Tesla

(I'll also note that my actual belief is that right side is best for right-hand traffic/left-hand drive countries, and center (either front or rear) is second-best. while I'm generally opposed to promoting street parking, if you're going to charge in street parking, a left side charge port makes the charge connector extremely vulnerable to passing cars.)