Tesla charging network access in the US

[tob1as]

A while back, I charged at a Magic Dock here in Colorado (we now have 2 locations). With the transition to NACS / J3400 here in the US and Ford and Rivian having enabled Supercharger use (with an adapter), when do we think BMW will finally add this capability and do you think the i3 will be included in that?

 

[bwilson4web]

I just tested my BMW i3-REx with a Magic Dock and everything seemed to work fine. But I pressed the disconnect button and got a "charging station' error. It displayed all the way home. Then I plugged in my J1772 and got the "blue light' indicating charging was working.

The Tesla App states, "Stop Charging in the app, then press the button shown to unlatch." Low cell phone battery, I just used the button. Anyone else see this?

Bob Wilson

 

[JohnKelly]

I just tested my BMW i3-REx with a Magic Dock and everything seemed to work fine. But I pressed the disconnect button and got a "charging station' error. It displayed all the way home. Then I plugged in my J1772 and got the "blue light' indicating charging was working.

The Tesla App states, "Stop Charging in the app, then press the button shown to unlatch." Low cell phone battery, I just used the button. Anyone else see this?

Bob Wilson

The first two times I used the magic dock I got a drivetrain malfunction error... which went away as soon as I later plugged in to a CCS... the third time I used the magic dock the error did not appear.... I was able to charge successfully all three times. This super charger station is conveniently located about 2/3 of the way on a 150 trip we take a few times a year. There is also a free level 2 station about 1/3rd of the way so we can now take this trip without using the REX. The level 2 is located at a wonderful beach on the Pacific ocean in Washington state called Kalaloch.. so bonus!