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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]60-70 ish minutes to fully charge the Model Y on Supercharger according to numerous sources on Google[/quote]

It's not like your gas powered vehicle where you might drive it on fumes and putter into the station to fill the whole tank. Its a totally different way of thinking and driving. Mostly you are plugging it in at night at home and never think about it otherwise. Ours is rarely below 80% charged. We only charge outside of home on road trips longer than 300 miles.

On a road trip, the car tells you what is going on vis a vis your distance to a charger and amount of charge left. You tell the car your destination, and the car tells you where you will be vis a vis available chargers and how much charge you will have when you get to each. If its a long trip, you plan the charge, but you will are never waiting for it to get to zero and then sitting around doing a full battery charge. You only need to charge enough to get where you are going and plug in there. Also, there is a difference in charge speed from low to mid and 80% to full (charging slows down as you get closer to full). If you are in a hurry, you charge it enough to get where you are going and then some which takes much less time than fully charging, then plug it in when you get there to charge more. It would be silly to be out on a trip and get low enough that you'd need an hour to fully charge. No one does that. We usually plug in for however long it takes for a normal pit stop, then move on. Waiting for full is unnecessary.[/quote]

I'm the PP who said we can charge in 20 minutes at a Supercharger, to which someone answered that they're in and out of a gas station in 5 minutes.  This PP nails it.  We never charge the car outside of our garage unless we're on a road trip.  And Tesla has put the Superchargers in shopping centers or strip malls where there are restaurants and convenience stores.  We're not talking a quick in and out fill-up during the work day, but a road trip stop where everyone goes to the bathroom, gets snacks, etc.  We typically time the stops around mealtime so the car charges while we have lunch.  But to the point, we did charge our Model 3 at a Supercharger from a very low battery to full charge in 20 minutes.  It depends on the model you have.

Tesla also has chargers that are called Destination Chargers, these are installed by businesses such as hotels, shopping malls, etc., for the convenience of their customers and are free.  These are not Superchargers, and take 6+ hours for a full charge, but they're very convenient on a road trip.  We've stayed in hotels that have had them in their parking garages.  You just plug in overnight and you're good to go on a full charge the next morning.

Another cool thing about Teslas that I haven't seen mentioned, is that the car is fully controlled by the App and there are tons of features, like climate control, that you can control when you're away from the car.  There is also "dog mode" where you can exit your car and keep the heat or AC on if you need to leave your pup in the car for a bit.  I used it the other day when I had to run into a store for about 20 minutes and was able to leave my dog in the car.  The computer screen even displays something like "My owner will be back soon - don't worry the AC is on and it's 68 degrees in the car"!  My dog happily took a nap in the back seat while I was gone.  [/quote]

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