Not exactly. There are older 250kw not available for CCS. Always check the app for compatibility. For example, Quartzsite on the 10 had two sets of stalls. The older set do not support CCS but the 2nd set are newer and do support CCS
Thanks again for more good info. It seems like long trips in any EV pretty much requires a smartphone to find public chargers now. Is a smartphone also required to pay for the charge? Does Tesla require me to set up an account with them that includes a method of payment before I can use a Tesla charger? Do some other public chargers have card readers so anybody with a credit card can recharge or do you have to establish an account with the charger company before you can recharge at their chargers?
Required? No. But it’s really the preferred way to go. Or RFI cards. The CC generally suck and are dead/broken most of the time. You will end up collecting apps. Every idiot company with a charger has their own app. Many require a preload which sucks when you want to use it one time at a place you will never be at again. Here’s looking at you Blink. Some of this was put in place years ago and it shows.
you also get a running tally of the charge in Kw and in dollars.Thanks; your response has been very helpful. What I meant by "requires a smartphone" is that, if I am in an unfamiliar place, I expect it will be hard to find a public charger without one. Driving an ICE car long distances is stress-free because gas stations are so plentiful (although, I have had some close calls driving in west Texas). I don't need an app for that because there are roadside signs for gas stations (some put up by government agencies). As more public chargers are built, recharging will get easier. It looks like the path of least resistance is to get a smartphone and the Tesla app and a Tesla adapter. But, I am concerned that the Tesla Supercharger division was eliminated six months ago. I searched for news stories to see if it has been rebuilt but I only found a couple of stories behind paywalls. So, are Superchargers being maintained? Will there ever be more Superchargers? I figure all those brilliant engineers who designed the superior Tesla public chargers have gone to work for other charger companies by now and they will be motivated to retaliate against Elon for summarily firing them by designing even better chargers for their new employers (or just starting new charger companies). So, the future looks bright for EV owners who want to travel.Required? No. But it’s really the preferred way to go. Or RFI cards. The CC generally suck and are dead/broken most of the time. You will end up collecting apps. Every idiot company with a charger has their own app. Many require a preload which sucks when you want to use it one time at a place you will never be at again. Here’s looking at you Blink. Some of this was put in place years ago and it shows.
Tesla doesn’t “require” you to use their app but it’s a long ways better than just about anyone else’s app that can use their superchargers. GMs app sucks balls. It’s so bad. I did use it once to charge and never again. The tesla app is pretty painless to set up and use. Yes you set up payment ahead of time. I use my Apple Card and get the rebate. When you start the charge it throws a temp 20’dollar charge on the card and when you finish, it clears that and only the actual amount is charged. You start and stop the charge from the app which is handy given how no user friendly the bolt charging screens are
I have a 2017 Bolt and use a NACS adapter to plug into a Tesla Supercharger. It took me 1 hour to go from 80 min miles to 180 miles and it cost me about $14. I did it all on the MyCheverlot app. I also prepared an instruction sheet on the process. If you need it let me know.
I could use your instruction sheet.
Does this require an onstar subscription?
I expect that your instruction sheet will be useful to me after I get a smartphone and an adapter. It doesn't matter if the smartphone is Android or Apple does it? If you could post it here, many people could probably benefit and I could come back later to refer to it. Thank you in advance.
I did post it...can you locate it?
Yes, that was very useful. Thank you. Would an Android phone work the same way (if you know)?
I suggest if you paid for the OnStar app- call Onstar support and ask for their help.
Support put me through MANY updates, to no avail. I still did not have Public Charging on my MyChevrolet app. Ultimately, I needed to get in the car, push the OnStar button and have a "Welcome call" with them. I did not agree to have an OnStar subscription but they were able to do something to activate the Public Charging option on my app. So I deleted the app and reloaded it.
At the risk of going off topic… If you want to get a smart phone to run the MyChevrolet app and you haven’t used a smart phone before, then Apple iPhone is a little easier to get started than Android. I’ve had both. I like the Samsung Android phones. The things I like about Apple is that they support their devices longer with software updates and if you have other devices from Apple they share information with each other very seamlessly. Apple’s download store is better curated than the Android store so you are probably less likely to accidentally download an app containing malware.
Ah. Be very careful about picking partners. Spectrum does use Verizon but you are second fiddle to Verizon’s real
Good information. It probably depends on where you’re at whether or not network congestion is an issue. So far Spectrum has been performing OK in the area where I live. Verizon probably has the best customer service I have experienced when calling their 800 number. Where I live, Spectrum has a storefront and the walk-in service is competent and courteous, probably better than Verizon’s company owned storefront. T-mobile’s company owned store here is also very good. I’d recommend staying away from any sellers who aren’t the company owned store - they’re OK at selling but often don’t have the resources to solve tricky technical problems.
