• Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      You cannot use these at all without a Tesla account

      You absolutely can if you own a Ford or Rivian on Plug and Charge. I don’t have a membership, I’ve used the chargers. Confidently incorrect.

      As someone who actually uses these chargers

      As someone that’s clearly used them longer than you, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

      they can deliver the maximum output for this vehicle

      That’s why I mentioned vehicles that can charge at a high rate.

    • invertedspear@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      A membership and an account are two different things. I have a Tesla account, and pay about $0.56/kWh at local SCs. If I dropped $7 or so per month on a membership, it would cost me about $0.36/kWh. I don’t because I don’t use them often enough. I have had them derate to 70kW but it was 115F in the middle of the desert, don’t know if it was my car or the charger that was dropping the speed, either way it seemed reasonable at that temperature.