Tesla Superchargers Open To GM Vehicles, Electric Semi Truck Corridor Announced

[@Smidge204]

At the end there the topic briefly touched on EV trucking. There are a lot of EV trucks out there but it feels like Tesla has managed to suck all the oxygen out of the press room. Freightliner, Volvo, Mack, Kenworth, BYD, Peterbilt are all legacy brands that have all-electric options, and there are even more startups and smaller brands. Some of these brands had semi-tractors on the road and in service years before Tesla fielded their first non-prototype units...

[@sprockkets]

Sucking out oxygen is the correct way to look at it, especially when the cyberturd is the worst vehicle in production in the entire usa.

[@leelightfoot1627]

How about an extension cable that is also an adaptor?

[@Lorwildrose]

I’m in Canada and no one has gotten their Ford adaptor yet. I’m one that ordered the first day we could. A2Z

[@Andre-cj3ec]

A2Z is headquartered in Canada. I wish them well

[@DiegoMejia86]

at 17:26, its not 150 minutes, its a range of 150 miles minimum. The Bolt gives you the Max range, Normal range and Minimum.

[@kakashi3543]

Good point!

[@dennissabo3885]

I believe I read that GM may cancel your car warranty if you don't use their adaptor.

[@Nebula1701]

No just the damage caused by the non-approved adapter won’t be covered.

[@dennissabo3885]

And what about possible damage to the charger? And what about possible electrocution from arcing?

[@BMWI35433]

Well my 2014 Chevy Spark won't work on a Tesla supercharger what a shame 😢

[@petehelme7714]

probably something in the certificate exchange is missing on the GM side for plug & charge to work right with the Superchargers, maybe they aren't fully ISO 15118-2/20 software compliant yet.

[@Nebula1701]

That’s what my assumption was in live chat.

[@phillyphil1513]

(Smidge from the Chat) Q: How much cheaper could a vehicle be if they stripped it to bare minimum compliance in terms of tech? A1: not much, A2: 0 to none. i mean it was pretty obvious not just those in the Auto Industry, but to everyday Auto consumers that when the Model 3 first arrived back in 2017, what it's "stripped out" interior represented was an attempt at PEAK DECONTENTING in order to save manufacturing costs, and of course despite this effort very few Model 3's ever actually sold for this $35,000 target price... okay then, what Elon's greedy nature means is no matter the rhetoric and propaganda Tesla Corp puts out regarding a "fictional" Model 2 (notice how he's already "strung everyone along" with a few years of it) he is NEVER going to manufacture and sell a $25,000 car, and despite how much i dislike him i really can't blame him since what doing so represents is the proverbial "Race To The Bottom" # RACE TO THE BOTTOM

[@TassieEV]

Sorry Martyn, although confused why Dom isn't running the show this week, but miss the weekly news update, as Clarkson showed in a Top Gear episode many years ago in the UK with an F150(non-EV) someone will just thieve and run from the back of the truck when you're sitting at the red light. Not sure Martyn the F150 will be liked on your country roads think may be called A or B roads where it can be single lane with hedge rows on both sides. I can never watch you live due to the time difference, right around midnight my time Friday night after a long week of work have tried on occasion but just too tired.

[@newworldodor2641]

Most of the new chargers are non-tesla. Recently, I was able to drive my model y on interstate 40 through oklahoma, texas ,and new mexico without using a single tesla supercharger.

[@Hildepedia]

Thanks guys as usual!! TOM I just pulled the trigger on Lectrion and saved $30 with your code (free shipping to FL) for my 23 Bolt.

[@kevincao9619]

Bought my lectron adaptor with Tom's code for my bolt euv and saved $60

[@Dactylonian]

Another great show. Lots of movement in vehicles and infrastructure, which is awesome. What I would like to know is, where have Jordan and Francie been. I miss the Podcast…

[@2pdlpwr]

I worry that a newbie, or someone thinking of going electric will be scared off. Gas cars, you just pour gas in and stop when it's full. Octane is the only question. I hope new ev owners know you don't have to know much except NACS or CCS mostly. And you will mostly charge at home. It's so much cheaper and convenient to charge up while you sleep, 80% full in the morning. Not worrying about fluctuating prices and dumping 60.00 to fill a gas car

[@kekdogg]

Why are GM's Lectron adapters immediately backordered? It's months overdue and Lectron will happily send you one immediately.

[@Nebula1701]

That back order looks regional.

[@kekdogg]

@@Nebula1701 Really? Hopefully it will be resolved shortly then

[@Andre-cj3ec]

​@Nebula1701 , is it official that GM is using the Lectron?

[@ericroe]

Sorry, I’m a little late to the game, I listen to the podcast when I’m out road tripping my EV on weekend drives. On the extension cable there are currently 17,000 Ish superchargers that are open to non-Teslas and there are approximately 300,000 EV’s that now have access to the supercharger with about 120,000 Fords and about 90,000 Rivian’s and however, many GM’s so to expect all 300,000 to get extension cables which you know not even 1000 will probably get them versus Tesla replacing all of their cables with longer cables is only having to change 17,000. Tesla regularly replaces cables on their superchargers so they’re already sending out a technicians to replace cables so my thought is as they go out and replace these cables. They should replace them with longer cables. Maybe put a hook at the top for the V3 so they can wrap around and then eventually change them all out with the V4 of dispensers.

[@garyclark6747]

I say broadcasted live and re-air it on Friday. If I’m available, I’ll join in. Sorry I missed you this morning. Hope you have a great weekend ya’ll. 34:18

[@brucejankowitz4501]

re: the hybrid discussion: Hybrids are a non starter for me. Not only do they still use lots of gas, they are incredibly complex. The money spent(tax rebates) on hybrids is better spent of speeding up charging infrastructure.

[@brandenflasch]

Alpitronic sees 160k+ sessions per day!

[@BatteriesIncludedPodcast]

Wow! Thank you 🙏

[@Hildepedia]

Question regarding charging cost with my Bolt on Tesla supercharger Scenario 1 - I put my cc info into my Chevy app and activate Tesla superchargers Scenario 2 - I have a Tesla so I have the Tesla app and can activate a charger with Tesla app If I use my Tesla app to activate a charge will I get my Tesla cost per kWh? Vs If I use my Chevy app … where id pay more, unless i sign up for their monthly discount plan?

[@junehanzawa5165]

That last question is very interesting. If you're saying you own both a Tesla and a Bolt, you should take your Bolt out to a Supercharger and see if it will charge. However, I would imagine it won't since with a Tesla you just plug it in and it's recognized without using any app, where other EVs need to activate through the Tesla app or their own apps or their plug an play feature (Ford and Rivian, not GM yet).

[@TylerHilliard]

This podcast doesn't play in Tesla vehicles since it's not classified as a Podcast on KZbin. Could you kindly update that?

[@BatteriesIncludedPodcast]

It should be working now.

[@MikeWolff1]

Sounds to me he is asking Musk for a Job and ready to make the move!!!

[@woodsguykevin]

Could have parked the trucks in the yard like a car show!

[@StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney]

I would have but that's a septic field. No parking 7,000 lb trucks on that

[@marcfontana1454]

Martyn, the timelapse Chevy Bolt showing the dash during charging shows a max and min estimated range. Min in this case is the estimated minimum range, in miles, it's not a charging timer showing elapsed minutes 😮

[@garyclark6747]

EVgo AutoCharge can be set up weeks ahead of time and works seamlessly on the first attempt. 11:50

[@stephenbateman7254]

In terms of charge port location: why aren’t more manufacturers doing what the Niro and Kona do and have the port up the hood in the front of the vehicle? It would allow using pretty much any charger without taking up more than 1 parking space

[@drewmcg8613]

I'm concerned that GM (especially Bolts, god love 'em) coming online to Tesla network will encourage Tesla NOT to upgrade their ubiquitous V2 chargers -- in order to maintain exclusivity to Tesla owners for those stations. In Michigan over half of Superchargers are V2, and in many critical corridors (e.g., Bay City)....

[@kevincao9619]

I'm charging my BoLT EUV with the lectron adapter with toms code at supercharger in vegas. Thanks guys been watching since the pandemic

[@hankmoody7521]

Guys, you missed out a little bit on the IAA Transportation, it wasn't just Tesla. All the European companies are now pushing heavy duty trucks to the market. Mercedes announced, they have 2,000 orders already in the books for their eActros 600 truck and starting production in Europe in November. Scania, MAN, Renault, Volvo, Iveco and even Ford Europe are also updating their model lineup. Private charging networks are now scaling up with Milence taking the lead, but also the German government announcing plans to equip 130 rest stops short term. You might want to get in touch with the Elektrotrucker, a startup guy going electric truck influencer making already now the case for electric trucks in Germany and showing the public in a weekly vlog his experiences.

[@GoPDemon1]

I don’t know if you hear this all the time but the intro on the podcast app is a really low bit rate and hurts my ears. It sounds fine here.

[@garyclark6747]

Tesla could do a mild interesting exterior and interior revision (X&S) but then put something exciting like 800V SOC packs in to really freshen up their line. They will be able to do it as all the other charging companies bring 800V J3400 plugs online over the next few months, and hopefully lights fire under the supercharger team to get those V4 cabinets certified. Yes and bring it down market to the 3&Y (2). 1:25:25

[@Chris21709]

Musk put the Mexican plant on hold and canceled the affordable car in favor of robots, AI, and the Cybercab (which is a non-starter). Musk cancelled the cast aluminum subframes for the new Model 3 to save money for AI development. The Model Y Juniper could have been out already.🙁

[@BMWI35433]

Well my 2014 Chevy Spark won't work on a Tesla supercharger what a shame 😢

[@bruceward1074]

I love the BOLT'S 4.7 miles/KWH in Tom's video!

[@COSolar6419]

I am not carrying around a six foot long adapter cable to use a Tesla charger.

[@Spanyrd]

Great show as always! Where in Wisconsin is Alpitronic making their chargers?

[@jomuyo]

Hate to be that guy. Concerning the discussion on Tesla should focus on building smaller, more affordable EVs, which I do agree that more OEMs should refocus on that issue. When Ford announced that it was canceling its three row SUV in favor for a skunk works project to build more affordable EVs, in the low $30K or even in the $20K range, you all were pretty negative on the change of direction. However nice that you all are in favor of more cheaper EVs, which was one of the biggest complains on the various surveys on the general public souring on EVs.

[@evanhil02]

I need an affordable (around 40k USD) three-row and was looking forward to the explorer. Maybe I'll just get an eTransit and add the seats.

[@Andre-cj3ec]

I'm still getting my Equinox EV. I plan to almost always charge at home. I'm glad the Equinox EV is marginally better than a Bolt or a bZ4X for road trips, but I hardly ever do road trips, and our family still has an ICE car.

[@Andre-cj3ec]

That said, my cousin and her husband bought an EV9 and I have a bit of DC fast charging envy 😉

[@xaionik]

Of course, the rich man doesn't like other people to have free things.

[@junehanzawa5165]

I have been saying it for the longest time, and will keep saying it. Tesla opening up the Supercharger network in North America to more and more brands is the biggest gamechanger since Tesla itself. EV adoption will shoot up in the coming years like never before.