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.
One big reason: preferential treatment for Tesla owners.
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.
She's beautiful; I hope you get a lot of years of enjoyment out of your R2. Historically Silver has been my first choice for vehicles because I hate washing them and silver hides my lack of washing.All, I took delivery of my Esker Silver R2 with 20/AT wheel/tire option on last Wednesday 7/8/2026 and promptly took a road trip over the weekend from Dayton, OH to Madison, WI (about 1000 miles round trip) for my nephews wedding. I have Gen 1 R!T and Gen 1 R1S, so all my comparisons are to my Gen 1 vehicles.
A couple quick observations.
- - R2 drives great, smooth and quiet.
- - Universal Hands Free was really good. My wife, who refuses to use anything but basic cruise control on the R1, even used the UHF and was starting to get a little confidence. Lane change on command was a little aggressive for my liking as it was pretty harsh and quick making it a bit jerky on the recentering in the new lane. I found myself initiating the turn signal and then taking over for a more smooth lane transition for the comfort of my passengers. I will say that it is a seamless takeover and does not fight you when you take over.
- - Averaged about 2.7 m/kwh on the highway driving between 75-80 in All Purpose Mode. I did not monitor this too closely, but the one current drive average on highway stated 2.7 (EDIT I was in All Purpose Mode, not Conserve)
- - Did not have my CCS1 to NACS adapter yet, so used Tesla surperchargers and one IONNA. Superchargers were a bit slow maxing out at about 180 kw. Never saw above 180 kw, even at low SOC, on a Supercharger. IONNA when straight to about 210 kw.
- - Mapping and Navigation, with this early build, was a little buggy. I expect this to get all fixed quickly. Routing was not great … much worse than my R1s, so something is different with the R2 build. While charging, I constantly had to end trip and replan to get SOC at arrival of next destination. There were a bunch of other similar small buggy stuff going on as well. I am a very experienced EV road tripper, none of this was a big deal. I expect all this to get fixed quickly since the R1 is really good Can chalk it up to the early build of the new software stack.
- - Plenty of room for all of our stuff and one of my nephews (25 year old, 6’1” 190 lbs) rode along in the back seat and was very comfortable.
- - Only issues were some missing functionality in the software that we know is coming quickly.
- - I had folks at multiple charging spots ask me about it, so awareness is pretty high.
- - My Daughter, driving her 2021 Model Y, made same trip at same time except from Cincinnati, so on the way home, basically drove together the whole way to Indianapolis and the stops and times were basically identical.
Overall, really impressed with the R2.
I currently have a Quicksilver Model 3 and am also interested in seeing the comparison with the Esker Silver.
Yes, I am keeping my LE R1T. The R2 will be my wife's daily driver while I continue to drive the R1T.
I'm assuming it's for safety reasons. Tesla vehicles are rare in that that they are on a 400V architecture, which means pulling more Amps to compensate, which means increased resistance/heat. A non-Tesla that can pull more than 600A at ~400V is wildly rare, but the R2 can. Maybe they'll allow it.
Why did I run in AP mode? I was going to stop 2x each way on the trip regardless of drive mode. Coming from gen 1 R1 where running in conserve increases uneven tire wear, I generally default to all purpose unless I need the extra range on a given trip or leg of a trip. With rear wheel focus on R2 vs front wheel focus on R1, maybe not as big a deal. But I didn't really need the extra range so just stayed in AP mode.
Thanks for the reply! I did some digging and found out some good info:
