There is a video of a flooded Tesla Supercharger - was it still usable?
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Flooded Tesla Supercharger
We have a video of a flooded area with water that is 10 to 12 inches deep in Ft. Lauderdale, and the owners of a Tesla vehicle were deciding if they should charge in this area or not.
The concerns of charging in an area like this are would you be electrocuted because water is a great conductor for electricity.
I think the owners of this Tesla decided to user the Superchargers because even though the area was flooded, there was no exposure to the electricity of these Superchargers, and they were indeed able to use them to charge their vehicle for their road trip.
That is a good sign of sound engineering that these Tesla Superchargers were able to used even in flooded conditions. Also, you wouldn't want the charging handle to dip in the water, but I think these owners of the Tesla were aware of that.
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Future of Supercharging
Tesla Superchargers are a remarkable technology and are the only reason that the EV revolution has taken off because in order to go on a road trip, you need some kind of charging capability to go on your journey - otherwise you would be stuck at slow chargers that would make a trip unfeasible as you charge for 8 hours a day from 0 to 100%.
I wouldn't charge at flooded stations or other chargers outside the Tesla Supercharger network. I've experienced too much downtime and engineering that wasn't sound to do that.
Unfortunately, charging is still not up to speed with EVs, and this is going to need to change before the majority of people get on board with EVs. EVs are awesome and beat gas cars in every way right now, but the charging and batteries are the main concerns I've seen with people.
I think most people would not go to a flooded gas station with 10 to 12 inches of water.
Would you go to a flooded Supercharger if you had an EV?
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Jeremy Johnson is a Tesla investor and supporter. He first invested in Tesla in 2017 after years of following Elon Musk and admiring his work ethic and intelligence. Since then, he's become a Tesla bull, covering anything about Tesla he can find, while also dabbling in other electric vehicle companies. Jeremy covers Tesla developments at Torque News. You can follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn to stay in touch and follow his Tesla news coverage on Torque News.
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