range 637 km (396 miles) WLTPĢ1" wheels: up to 348 miles (560 km) of EPA est. The total energy dispensed was 97 kWh, according to the car display.ġ9" wheels: up to 396 miles (637 km) of EPA est. The charging curve suggests that the best practice is to arrive at low SOC, when the power level is the highest and for sure do not waste time at a high SOC if it's not necessary to reach the destination/another charging point. Interesting is that the car remains at 100% SOC - for more than 15 minutes - charging (or maybe balancing the cells) at a few kW (we guess that most of the power is for auxiliary purposes - car electronics and battery temperature management). Above 95% SOC it's less than 28 kW and at around 99-100% it slows to a single-digit kW. Then, the charging output decreases smoothly, below 148 kW at 50% SOC and below 68 kW at 80% SOC. The maximum output was available between about 8% SOC and 33% SOC (25 percentage points or 6 minutes). In the case of Kyle's test, it was mostly at 249 kW peak (250 kW number was blinking from time to time as well). The Tesla Model S Plaid can charge at V3 Superchargers at a maximum power of 250 kW. We don't know why it remained for a while at 150 kW - maybe the battery required an additional temperature increase (despite it being preconditioned before the session). Charging started at a relatively high 150 kW level and after a while quickly increased to 249 kW around 8% SOC. Kyle's test was from 0-100%, but we were able to collect data only from about 2% SOC.
Let's crunch some numbers and see the outcome.
In other words - three different cars, three different V3 Superchargers, three different users and weather conditions. In the second part, we will compare the numbers with a Model S Plaid test, conducted also in October, by our very own Tom Moloughney ( he reported the results here), as well as with an initial MotorTrend' test from June. We will focus solely on this one in the first part of the article. The first Tesla Model S Plaid (presented above) is the one tested in October by our very own Kyle Conner for Out of Spec Reviews.
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