I’m Trapped With My In-Laws at a West Virginia Farm Because My Tesla Cybertruck is Going to Take 6 Days to Charge Enough to Make it to the Closest Supercharger

The title is misleading. The original post stated that the Cybertruck had around 100 miles of range and would take six days to fully charge (likely from 0%), not to reach the nearest supercharger. The closest supercharger was reported to be in Charleston, WV, with the most remote point having this supercharger as the nearest one being about 80 miles away. Why did the author choose to alter the original post in a way that misleads readers? Most likely because clicks are valued more than accuracy.

Should donated money charity expensive a## price trash!

I live in rural Idaho, 90 miles from the nearest Supercharger, and I've been driving a Tesla Model Y for 3-1/2 years. It is quite clearly the GIL and the Cybertruck owner who are not ready for rural life. I knew how many amps my Model Y would draw and what gauge wire was needed to wire my 14-50 outlet before I ordered the vehicle. I also found all the nearby level 2 charging options, including the 14-50 outlets at many RV parks & campgrounds, on
PlugShare. Using 10ga wire for a 240V circuit says they simply didn't do their homework.

So, the tesla app allows you to lower the charge amperage. Don't see why 10 guage wouldn't work at a slightly lower amperage setting.

I.e. Wouldn't be able to charge at 220v 50amp rate but shouldnt have any issues charging at 25 or 30 amps over 10awg. Still much faster than standard 110v.

Hack: get towed in maximum regenerative breaking mode. Works great for my wife's EV Kia Niro behind my V8 Suburban.

HAR - No clue how to figure out your charging needs, in advance, in WEST VIRGINIA???

Not surprising!!

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If he were smart enough, he can charge at any Dryer or Stove outlet. He won’t need to wait 6 days.

Plug or Outlet?
Sounds to me that the original 14-50 outlet / plug (??) was the trouble. Or is the charger somehow aware it wasn't getting the expected amount of current (because of the 10g wire?
I'd think the charger would just drop back to a lower amount (amps) of current draw, with a slightly longer time needed for charging.

The article shows how spoiled people are. Anyone considering a life of waiting for days (with inlaws) while your $50k electric vehicle charges, doesn't realize how far we have come. As recently as the 90s, I drove my family of 5 to see a sick relative in the snow with no heat. Times were tuff, suck it up. I won't cry for anyone who has a newer car.

Wouldn't drive that POS if I was gifted one. Looks like a DeLorean with several chromosomal abnormalities!

What charger is being used? It sounds like a Tesla Wall Mount with a cord and plug attached. It also sounds like the plug gets changed when the wiring gets an upgrade. I have a Model Y long range and had the wall mount charger properly installed (hard wired). It was clear in the instructions that 6 gauge wire is needed to get the full benefit of 60 amps of service. The charger will draw 80% of the breaker rating, or 48 amps. I can go from 20% charge to 80% charge in about 4 hours. That is 48 MPH. The truck will take about 50% more time as its battery is 50% bigger. Why put in the 60 amp breaker and not use the right wire?

Of course, he could have called a tow truck to take his Cybertruck to the Tesla Supercharger. Why blame his car for the wrong electrical equipment.

I spent 8 months in the redwood forests away from any charging station and using only a 110 volt circuit to charge my Model 3. I had no problem getting a full charge and averaged 5 miles in charge per hour. I most days I drove about 100 miles and occasionally about 160.

I had a hard time believing he way the article as it was written.

Like this issue had anything to do with the cybertruck.

Ok, this shows how dumb some can be. The 14-50 plug is in every rv Park in America and on many stoves and some dryers. What am I missing beyond agenda from the author? If your an ev follower, why allow such propaganda vs being honest?

You ever think you're in laws are trapped or the giant douchebag?

This doesn't pass the sniff test. There are tons of superchargers in VA and NC well below Charleston from anywhere in WV. Not to mention Level 2 chargers if in a pinch.

Every Tesla owner knows on day one that level one charging is abysmally slow. That's just EV 101. This is click bait, overtly sensational, or just stupid. Any prudent Tesla owner going to a destination where charging is an unknown arrives with enough SOC to reach another L2 charger. Or, carries an extension cord and enough dogbone adapters to convert to some other commonly found 220V outlet (like a 30A dryer outlet) for use in a pinch.

no the moral of the story is not: "many parts of the USA, especially rural America, might not be ready for EVs."

the moral of the story is get someone qualified to put in a circuit.

and 32A at 237V is only 7.5kWh charging which is lame. i think the 14-50 can do 48A which would be 11.5kWh (50% faster), but you'd likely need 6 gauge wire (disclaimer: i'm not an electrician).

This is a just silly. EV’s just don’t charge fast on 120v. He expect to have access to a 220v line and didn’t. This is like arriving with virtually no gas and finding none on the farm. 5is is not the fault of the vehicle.

Get rid of the EV if you plan on driving maximum distance!

He shoulda bought a gas powered Chevy.

I've told my Model Y to charge below the plug's rating (which you can do in 1A increments) because at my dad's 200 year old farm house, 24A is too much, but 18A is fine. I wonder if he had told the Cybertruck to charge below 32A if he could have charged over night.

Would have been easier just to set the charge rate in the car down to 24A (appropriate for 10 AWG copper wire).

Instead, he continued with the NEC violations. You can't put a NEMA 14-50 on a 60A circuit breaker, and you need 6 AWG wire (if THHN in conduit and the breaker and 14-60 receptable are rated for 75C terminations, otherwise you need 4 AWG copper wire. On a 50A circuit breaker, you need 8 AWG if THHN and you can qualify for the 75C terminations, otherwise 6 AWG.