R2 (Esker Silver) Road Trip Report

[jrproli]

Nice report. I took a R2 for a test drive here in Tampa this week. Same impression, it drives so nice and smooth, also really quick and powerful.
That said, i would not downgrade from my R1T unless i want to save some money. R1 is a higher level product.

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[dcdttu]

Non-Tesla vehicles are limited to 500 amps on all superchargers no matter the version. IONNA can provide 600+ amps on the Alpitronic units to R2. This is why IONNA will always charge a little faster when the SOC is very low, at least until Tesla allows for more than 500 amps to non-Tesla vehicles. Once you're north of 30% or so they're the same. R1 cannot take more than 500 amps so it's a non-issue for them.

Gosh, I really hope they can tweak the Supercharger software to allow higher Amps for the R2. no reason why not that I can see.

 

[Mos Eisley]

No reason why not that I can see.

One big reason: preferential treatment for Tesla owners.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Gosh, I really hope they can tweak the Supercharger software to allow higher Amps for the R2. no reason why not that I can see.

Main reason is safety I believe as they don't control the hardware or software of those vehicles. 500 amps has been the limit for years until recently on all DCFC. I think Tom from State of Charge said they may open that up soon, but it's really only going to be 1-2 minutes difference as around 30% or so the car isn't taking more than 500 amps. And that's if you plugin at 10% or less...if you plugin at 20% or more it's barely noticeable.

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