Why did I get such a slow charging rate on 150KWH charger?

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Nick Jan
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Post by Nick Jan »

On recent long trip I visited a site in Coventry offering 150Kwh DC chargers. It worked fine, and accepted credit cards etc. However, I was amazed to discover that the max charge rate I received was 33Kwh when charging my ID3 Style Pro (2020), s/w version 3.2) when charging up from 20%. Checking other users there, and found most of them were getting over 100Kwh! So what was limiting my charging rate? Is there anything I can do to improve this?

sidehaas
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Post by sidehaas »

If you only got 33kw at 20%, most likely the charger was broken or derated. You are more likely to see 70-90 (you need to plug in lower than 20% to get over 100kw) but 33 definitely suggests a fault even if it's cold.
ID.3 Family Pro Performance (Jan 22). Also an ID.4 Max. Ohme Home Pro charger.
id3_life
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Post by id3_life »

Have a look here, worth a shot checking the temps:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3489&sid=976752c83 ... c2f543615e
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