Video: Tesla Car Charging

PLEASANT HILL– Host, Sarah Rutan: If you’re thinking about purchasing a Tesla electric car, you’ll need to consider your options in regard to charging. Today we’re in Pleasant Hill with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Jeremy Carlock of Got Watts Electric to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Jeremy Carlock: Electric vehicle charging can be quite complicated these days. For Tesla owners, you get two options. The first option here is a NEMA 14-50 outlet. This outlet would be installed by your local recommended installer. The cord set that comes with your car would plug directly into this outlet and supply current providing this outlet is 40 amps. That would give you 29 miles of range per hour of charge. The second option for the Tesla owner is a Tesla wall connector. This is an additional item purchased through Tesla. The advantage to the wall connector is you get a 25-foot cord, where the stock cord that comes with your car is only 20 feet. Another advantage to this is you get to tune it up to 80 amps of supply current, which will allow 58 miles of range per hour of charge. This can also be tuned down to lower amperages below 40 amps if needed. The same with the stock cable that comes with your car. If you have any more questions, please contact your local recommended installer through Tesla.

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