I just want to talk a little bit about supercharging eddicated especially
pulling a trailer now pulling a trailer with the electric is something someone
new and something that's going to become insanely more frequent now that the
model x officially supports towing and we have the eco hitch and who knows
what's coming apparently he landed mentioned a Tesla truck we had Tesla
semis
so who knows what's going to end up being in store for us down the line but
one thing's for certain
not all the superchargers our trailer friendly now there are some like this
that have a full install now not always the most available but it is the best
option if you're going to just be short charging a short time is using a pole
install now if you're at a location that does not have a full install and only
has back in slots you still have a couple options now if possible and in
the location such as this one is empty and you're the only chart car there and
you will be staying with your vehicle not going off to eat somewhere and the
keyword is stepping with your vehicle then feel free to park sideways and do
it in a manner that still uses a few stalls as possible i only recommend that
if it's going to be a shortstop and you're gonna be staying with your
vehicle now if it's going to be a longer stop or you're going to go get something
to eat or use the restroom please disconnect your trailer
if it is safe to do so and park your trailer in a open free space that does
not use up a supercharging stall so in this case it worked out great now we
have locations like Madison Wisconsin where there's only three total stalls
due to the ignorance of the mall not want to lose parking spaces and then
exit them out the additional spots so no one can park there anyways
now I you might have seen some pictures floating around me talking up two stalls
which still left a full install for somebody else now in that location
hey Paul install would not be ideal as the trailer would be sticking out
blocking the thoroughfare where the cars for the mall would be driving in that
case i did now someone did post a little complaint on plug share about it at
least seem like it but in that case the idea way is when I got there there was
nobody there so I did block and I used one stall and blocked another but I took
the install
so in that case i used the install for charging and then I ended up blocking
stall number two now if it would have been full or a lot busier which it just
as we completed charging two more Model S's hold up but at that time I
disconnected and move out of the way but we stayed with the vehicle at all times
in case someone else did show up I could have moved it was a shortstop at that
location but in the case of that's now if I was once again going to leave the
vehicle then I would have disconnected and parked in a parking space next to me
however that was a short drive so we didn't need too much power just enough
to make it the last 40 miles to my parent's home
this time we are going cross-country so we are going to be stopping quite a bit
so i'm sure i'll be disconnecting the trailer a few times now some of the
newer stations such as in California and down south and pretty much all the newer
stations are starting to incorporate more poland which is ideal
now if you're someone that has one of the luggage baskets on the back your
vehicle
ninety-five percent of those luggage baskets will leave unless you have
something really hanging far over the back but ninety-five percent of those
will still I'll tell you to back in close enough where the supercharger
cable will still reach because look at this that cable still reaches pretty
darn far so considering plug into your charge port there and most of those
especially if you have air suspension where you can raise it will clear the
curves that test law has put in i know because i used about 40 superchargers
last summer with one of those in mind was a larger carry rack on the back and
we had no problems what so ever and i had it fully loaded you'll watch my west
coast road trip video from last year and you can see that rack on the back for
bicycle racks those can stick out slightly
however those are definitely up higher which allows you to clear the curves as
well so if when in doubt don't be afraid to get out of your vehicle was not
always the backup camera can give you a good view but get out
judge your distance if it looks like everything's good back up a few more
inches or or even have a passenger in your vehicle
get out and direct you I mean it it's ok so if you can back in you have almost no
reason maybe of course like i said five percent the time those racks don't fit
in that case either remove the rack or do a sideways park at least in this case
with one of those racks unlike the trailer you could do a sideways park
without blocking any additional superchargers you'd only be using the
one supercharger that is on the end if so available and of course pulling
spaces always our best in that case as well so once again be courteous and if
you are going to end up blocking more than one supercharger stall please stay
with your vehicle or at the very least have an X dot com providers of Awesome
aftermarket testicle accessories have some really nice post cards placards
that hang on you're charging cable that you can put your phone number email
address and approximately how long you will be charging on so that way if for
some reason you know I see as you're traveling cross-country you got a case
of the yeah of the poops and not sound too crazy here insurance on your
chuckling but if you get a case of the Pope sometimes it just can't wait
in that case number one find a space that is not a supercharger and just get
out do your business come back then plug in or if you find as you're getting
there that you have enough time to plug in
I mean even then you really don't have an excuse just don't block stalls if you
don't have to if you do stay with your vehicle be courteous kind we need to
make this work right now the Tesla fleet is fairly small
yes a hundred and sixty thousand produced vehicles actually think we're
close 270,000 as of the making of this video is still a tiny fleet in the grand
scheme of the world but just remember we have about 400,000 model 3 pre-orders
and Tesla's going to really start pumping those out and on top of that we
still are there still producing model s and Model X vehicles
it's only going to get worse the congestion at superchargers I no
testicles expand them greatly if there's even some 20 and 25 stall stations open
already
please just be courteous we need this to work for everybody so that way everybody
can enjoy the benefits and privileges of being able to drive on pure 100-percent
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