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European network missing coverage of the plug changeover

The European Network section should cover the transition from Tesla-Europe-plug to European-CCS2-plug, and what that change entailed. -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 22:09, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would be useful to mention voltage in the power specs

User5910 (talk) 21:30, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paired stalls at V2 sites are not always neighboring

I revised the text in the Technology table for V2 to clarify that while the paired stalls are usually neighboring, that is not always the case. The Supercharger at The Dalles, OR is an example, with stalls ordered 2B, 1B, 3A, 2A, 1A. I've charged there numerous times, but see the photos posted on Plugshare for confirmation Rv8 (talk) 22:27, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could somebody explain what "paired" chargers are. The article doesn't explain the concept at all. Stepho talk 02:32, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See the second paragraph in the Technology section: "The original V1 and V2 Tesla supercharging stations were built with a single charger equipment cabinet consisting of four modules shared between two charge posts. When cars are connected to the two posts, and both request maximum power, the station will assign two or three of the four modules to the car plugged in first, and the rest to the later car, limiting the charging output to each car to 50%-50% or 75%-25%." You have a good point, in that the terminology is inconsistent - "paired" and "shared" are both used, but they are referring to the same thing. One cabinet supplies two charging stalls, so that the power is shared between these two paired stalls.

Note: The current wording states that the first car to plug in gets priority, and the second car gets the remainder of the available power. This was the original implementation, but it was changed some years later so that if a second car plugs in, each car will be assigned two of the four modules, until one car has charged enough so that it can be supplied by a single module. At this point the other car is assigned three modules. I have not yet found a credible reference for this design change, so I have not changed the text. Rv8 (talk) 04:09, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]