So, a Tesla wall charger may not be the best fit for you if you want to smart charge a non-Tesla car (or have a Tesla car but don’t have a Powerwall).Īnd if you want to solar charge a non-Tesla car now or in the future, you might be better off with a third-party charger that can natively solar charge, or an OCPP-compatible charger that pairs with Charge HQ. Exactly how the future solar charging feature works remains unclear, but it seems likely that you’ll need the full suite of Tesla products - a Tesla car, a Tesla wall connector, and a Tesla Powerwall (for its solar monitoring)- to use it once it’s available. This is crucial for homes or workplaces where non-Teslas might need to charge cost-effectively.Įven the prospect of smart solar charging only for Tesla cars is not a current feature, though it is said to be in the pipeline. Other brands of smart chargers can be configured for optimal charging with your solar or variable electricity tariff and will smartly charge with any brand of car plugged in. However, this lack of ‘smartness’ is a showstopper if you want to charge a non-Tesla car with only solar power. The car decides when to charge and at what rate to take power, so the charging unit on your wall doesn’t need additional functionality beyond what the car instructs. This scarcity of features is likely because a Tesla car is engineered to control the charging process itself. I think these are two must-haves if you are looking for a home charger in Australia. The wall connector lacks a solar self-consumption function and misses out on OCPP 1.6 connectivity for third-party control and monitoring. When it comes to smart features, the Tesla Wall Connector resembles Elon after he started courting the far-right. Compared to other EV chargers, its price is on par with the ‘budget’ ZJ Beny charger. This is quite a reasonable price tag, especially when you consider the quality of the unit, Tesla’s reputation, and the generous 4-year manufacturer’s warranty. In the realm of EV chargers, the Tesla Gen 3 Wall Connector manages to deliver without burning a sizeable hole in your pocket. □♀️Confused by all this talk of connector types, AC/DC and EV charging in general? This video I made has everything an EV newbie needs to know in Australia: Considering this, it seems improbable that Australia would change its charging standards if it meant sacrificing the speed of three-phase charging from AC chargers. Although it does support single-phase charging up to 11 kW / 48A, which is the fastest AC rate a Tesla Model 3/Y can handle, the popularity of three-phase charging in Australia allows for charging speeds up to three times faster than the standard 32A single-phase (22kW vs 7.3kW), provided your vehicle can accommodate it. However, it is unlikely that NACS will become the standard in Australia due to a crucial limitation: it cannot charge vehicles with 3-Phase AC electricity. □ As a side-note: Last week, Ford and GM, and many charger manufacturers decided to adopt Tesla’s smaller NACS plugs in the US, hinting at the possibility of the ‘Tesla plug’ becoming the new North American standard. This is the plug on a US Wall Connector, but the Aussie version comes with the larger Type 2 (& CCS2) connector.
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