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OK, I'd agree that almost everyone would call that a "large electric bill". Even with higher than average peak rates in CA, that's something on the order of 10,000 kWh consumed, which is crazy high for a residential account. 10,000 kWh in a month (720 hours - 24 hours, 30 days) is 13.8 kW...

What's a "large power bill" to you? How many kWh was the total bill for you? How many kWh were used in the previous month? How many kWh were used in the same month last year? How many miles did you drive your Rivian (and any other EVs in your household). Since you mention PGE and are in...

Nice. if possible, I would definitely work on getting a home charging solution setup. You paid close to $0.43/kWh. That’s about average for DC Fast Charging (CCS), but you would probably be paying something like $0.12/kWh at home or a 72% lower rate for the same energy. I’ll pay whatever the...

I don’t know what’s going on with the rates there. When Tesla Superchargers were first deployed in Kansas, they had per-minute billing rates. The reasoning was, as you stated, that state laws said only utility companies could charge per-kWh. Maybe back sometime around 2020, Tesla switched to per...

The Wichita site looks open. Have a Tesla, so couldn’t test it out…

The PlugShare listing for both shows the Magic Dock is installed - this is the larger dock that the charging cord is plugged into. https://www.plugshare.com/location/481218 shows an R1T charging at this location back in January (before the NACS announcement). My understanding is that to use the...

In Washington, it looks like the only Tesla sites that have the MagicDock with the Tesla to CCS-1 adapter in the charging pedestal are located in Forks, WA Quincy, WA Moses Lake, WA The 2nd and 3rd locations on that list are right along I-90 and located about half-way between Bellevue and...

Yes, the Moosic, PA site is an older v2 (150 kW) Supercharger site. While Tesla sometimes goes in and expands a v2 site with new v3 hardware, they rarely, if ever, rip out the original v2 hardware. Due to potential confusion on which are able to be used by other vehicles with a NACS adapter...

A week is nothing to be concerned about. Your plan to set the charging limit to 50% is what many consider optimal. In reality the difference between leaving it at 50% or 80% for a one week trip is negligible and would be difficult to measure with even the most accurate test equipment.

Does it give charging session details on that station? Things like peak charging speed… earlier, people pondered what happened for new charging sites. Maybe Rivian gives sites just added to the database an “A” score until that’s proven to be undeserved. Just guessing as to why you see that on a...

I had a 2yr2mo wait from reservation to delivery on my Model 3. There were no regular updates during that period. No updates on the development or outlining changes that had been made along the way. I did get a letter with a reproduction of one of the early design ideas and a thank you note...

On the same page that you can vote for sites on the current round, you can also suggest sites for the next round of voting. I don't know how much it helps, but it is an option.

I'm really looking forward to retirement to be able to take more leisurely travel plans. I might do closer to 8 hours of travel in a day, but definitely not the endurance run I just did for travel to/from the total eclipse!

Wichita, KS Updates since March 23 (#1,766) About a week after the last post, Evergy installed the utility transformer. At that point, it didn't have an electric meter installed. I drove by today and noticed the electric meter is now in place. The charging pedestals were still covered like in...

I stopped at 75 new (to me) Tesla Superchargers in the last week. Travel days were Fri/Sat and Tues/Wed. I ran into a line at 2 of them on Sunday, but those were just locals without home charging. I stayed with relatives and we just walked to a nearby viewing area and laughed at the huge 6-hour...

In Moosic, PA - right next to the Tesla station. The Rivian gear is in. The irrigation folks said they are waiting on the main power feed to be run to the transformer - happening in “two weeks”

With TurboTax not accepting the 2024 model year on the form input - I’m thinking you could enter a 2022 vehicle using the Easy Step questions to get the proper forms attached to your return. Then select the Forms interface and find the worksheet for the EV credit and manually change the data to...

PayPal has buyer and seller protection policies. To get that coverage, you need to do the transaction as a "goods & services" instead of a "friends & family" (basically like mailing cash). For the goods and services, PayPal takes 30 cents plus 2.9% as a fee for the transaction. This allows you...

It's definitely a non-standard outlet. There's probably a marking on the face of the outlet with the details. Grab a multimeter and measure the voltages between the various pins. However, since it's at an Airbnb, you may not have your normal tools with you.

Someone that read the article in the paper mentioned it to me on Thursday, but the only charging stations I knew about were at the car dealers about a mile south of the REI. After seeing the note here, I stopped by the Wichita site an hour ago. Looks like it’s waiting on: the utility...