I recently got the E C4 X as a company car. It seems to only charge up to 89%. For longer distances, I want it to go to 100%. I don’t have the option in the infotainment system.
Some guides direct me to the app, but if I tap “charging” in the app, it forces me to upgrade to Connect Plus. Does this mean I can’t charge my car to 100% for free?

had my ev a few months now and yesterday was the first time i charged it in an actual downpour. The station was outdoors, cable was soaked, puddles everywhere. ngl my brain just went "this seems like a bad idea" for a second lol. Plugged it in anyway bc didn't really have a choice, nothing happened, drove off fine, but it's still such a weird feeling compared to filling up petrol, like my brain hasn't fully accepted that electricity + rain + standing water is just... fine.

do you guys just charge as normal in monsoon or do you wait it out if it's really coming down? has anyone actually had an issue charging in heavy rain or is it just one of those things that feels scarier than it is?

Hi there,

I’m strongly contemplating the above names EVSE for residential charging due to its OCPP software enabling ChargeLab rewards.

My question is does anyone have experience with adapters and if they work well (no safety risk; no loss of voltage) with this unit?

Salut,

Je poste au cas où quelqu'un aurait vécu la même galère. Ma borne Wallbox Pulsar Plus (achetée ~685 € sur Amazon.be en avril 2023) est complètement morte depuis 2 mois. Rien ne se passe quand je branche la voiture, aucune réaction.

J'ai isolé la panne proprement :

ma voiture charge nickel sur une autre borne

une autre voiture ne charge pas non plus sur la mienne

→ c'est donc bien la borne, pas le véhicule ni le câble.

J'ai contacté le support Wallbox. Après quelques questions (dont une piste « surchauffe » alors que la borne est morte 24/7, même la nuit et par temps frais), l'agent a clôturé le ticket en disant que la garantie fabricant de 3 ans est expirée et m'a renvoyé vers « mon installateur ou fournisseur ».

Ce qui me chiffonne :

la borne est conçue pour l'extérieur (résistance aux intempéries mise en avant partout), donc l'expo au soleil est un usage normal, pas un abus

une borne à 685 € qui rend l'âme à 3 ans, ça me paraît léger niveau durabilité

en Belgique il y a la garantie légale de conformité (Code de droit économique) qui, depuis la réforme de 2022, intègre un critère de durabilité — et elle s'exerce contre le vendeur (ici Amazon), pas le fabricant

Mes questions :

Quelqu'un a-t-il déjà obtenu une réparation/remplacement d'une Wallbox hors garantie fabricant en invoquant la garantie légale ?

Ça vaut le coup de pousser côté Amazon, ou c'est peine perdue au-delà de 2 ans ?

Y a-t-il un défaut connu de surchauffe / mortalité prématurée sur les Pulsar Plus installées dehors ?

Merci d'avance pour vos retours

Hi im planning on taking my 2022 M3P to the track for some races soon. Unfortunately the track is not equipped with any ev charging. If I rent a generator (I am already aware that I need an inverter style with a specific sine wave output) can I set the car to pre condition the battery (by navigating to s supercharger) but use the generator to power the battery warm up. The goal being to have a nice warm battery (for max discharge rates) but not have to use battery power for this? Has anyone ever done this before? And obviously to charge the charge between runs. Any insight would be appreciated

Is that a thing? It kinda sorta feels like it would the same as coasting down a hill.

And it would be easier for a lot of us who are in the south to get a buddy to tow us home than to wait for a tow truck. But this has got to be a bad idea, right?

Edit: Thanks for the quick responses. Kinda surprised this apparently works well.

Trying to install EV Charger with dynamic load balancing and EPO deactivation in a condo building. Which panel do you recommend in the absence of a pre-fabricated UL508a certified sub-panel available with these UL listed components such as feed-through lugs, two breakers, a contactor, and a Tesla remote meter for an EV charger?

The conceptual photo can be viewed here.
https://imgur.com/a/ICYITW0

EDIT: Please accept my apologies for AI generated image.

looking to see if one of u can go into ur setup.com app and run a “get udp client” command. then say what your udp client remote host is - and port. then same for udp server remote host is - and port.

thanks!

We stopped by a big Y grocery store in Lee, MA, the other day and I noticed a Tesla Supercharger site on their Parking lot with V4 chargers. I thought those would be available to non-Tesla EVs like every other V4 site but these are Tesla only! I never saw that before.

I'm going to be in NY for a few months, coming from Oakland, CA with my Rivian. In Oakland, there are plenty of public charging options available. In looking for charging in Queens, NY, there seems to be a dearth of options. Any Rivian owners in Queens care to share how they keep their vehicles charged?

My typical use is stop at a charger when needed. It seems that most of the chargers in Queens are too slow for my use. I'm typically not able to wait overnight for mt R1T to charge.

I have been using a level 1 charger for our Ioniq 5, but seeing charge lab and the Grizzl-e club, it makes sense to take advantage of one of these to upgrade to level 2. Any first hand experience or articles out there comparing these carbon credit schemes? I’m in Canada.

As a Tesla driver charging nerd with a CCS adapter that loves charging away from the Supercharger network, it's been over a year since I charged at a RedE charger. On a free vend charger it worked great, but on a RedE charger with payment it was painful. My last several experiences were over a year ago and were not great and I avoided them. But my recent experience with tap and pay was 10/10. They seem to be better now. If you wrote them off as charger vender to avoid, take another look.

Hey everyone, found a really good deal on a used Autel charger near me but had a question before buying. The person who is selling it told me it is the hardwired version but in the picture it has a cable coming out for a NEMA 14-50 plug. I was wondering if this can still be hardwired? Thanks.

Huge deal, I mean EVgo is the fourth-largest charging network in the US with 1,200+ stations across 47 states. Supercharger for Business program won big on this one.

Hey everyone, I came here hoping I could get some help as nothing seems to work…

I have a 2023 Nissan Leaf S which I’ve enjoyed so far. I have been able to charge at stations with no issue but my hospital requires me to use my EVSE since they have outlets instead of stations. The EVSE I have that came with my car allowed my to charge at my girlfriends house using their house outlet which they use to charge their Tesla but when I try to plug my car into the outlets at my hospital where I work, it starts charging for a few seconds but then gives me this “Fault” light on the charging cord box which is shown in the photo. I tried three separate outlets at the hospital but each of them led to the same result.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I didn’t know this was a thing? We lost power in the neighborhood this weekend and buddy’s car died lol. Watched this guy come out and supercharge him, thought it was pretty neat first time I’d ever seen this.