[acadapter]

A lot of Kia & Hyundai owners have had problems with the 12V going flat, dates back to the earlier models like 28 & 38. Typical reason is something happens to keep the computer alive (door left open while packing car for 10 minutes...) and that can drain the 12V batteries. So we learn not to stress the 12V. E.g I leave my 38 On-but-Parked while I pack, and I carry a booster pack around on the just-in-case principle. A small price to pay to avoid minor glitch on what's the best set of EVs around imho. You'll find the efficiency of the 6 to be excellent (but not quite as good at the 28/38s!), especially if you can get the 18" wheels!

This should actually read: A lot of EV owners period. Teslas too. Folks were getting new batteries installed in their Model S and X when I bought mine in 2016. Sometimes it's due to forgetting how the ACC mode functions and others it was premature failure. However, it's many EVs.

 

[acadapter]

I have only had my I6 for 2 months (2500 kms) and have charged almost exclusively in my garage. I have a 40a Grizzl E and my port has never been hot, just warm like on my other EVs which can only charge to 32a. My 50a breaker gets on the panel gets warm, too.

I know on other forums have heard that some EVSEs are not as good and people have had heating problems at only 32a (other cars). So I wonder if a charge port can be damaged by a defective charger (could be a public one, too).

My son has had a Tesla M3 since 2018 (one of the first built), and his Tesla charger went (started overheating) after 3 years. He bought another non-Tesla one (Morec) and has been good ever since.

I know this part of the discussion comes up often; however it's not the charger. We've posted enough data to show this. The issue doesn't show up out the gate and plenty of us, myself included have other vehicles that charge just fine above 32A on the same charger. Even car to car isn't the same on the eGMP platform. Our EV-6 with 40k miles never has the increase in temp by the GV60 does. My I6 is too new to likely experience it at the moment. I charge my Model X on both the 80A High Speed Tesla EVSE (2016) and JuiceBox, no issue.

It's not the EVSE.

 

[acadapter]

Well, I do know that if your EVSE is defective, it will overheat your charge port. My son experienced that with his Tesla, and as I said, others have reported that, too.

Here's one that I have seen a lot of issues with on my Kona forums (I had a Kona EV before). Googling will give you lots of examples.

MUSTART CHARGERS DAMAGING CARS

As in at least two other recent posts, MUSTART chargers are overheating at the J1772 plug, melted one guy's port on his car Damaged at least another. Not a great sign. Likely and out of spec J1772 plug. No fixing that. STOP USING THEM. I know this is a double triple redundant post and I'm...

www.chevybolt.org

I don't disagree with you that faulty things cause problems. I disagree that applying the logic in reverse order is faulty.

Bad chargers can cause overheating is not the same thing as saying all overheating is caused by bad chargers. I hope that makes sense.

 

[acadapter]

I would think you would want it on instead of off just based on location/proximity.

If your wheels are turned in a way that even when moving in reverse your trajectory could clip something tied to the front sensors, I'd want to be aware of it even if it's just to look.

Yes, me too but is it a bug or a feature? Again I bring up the parking lot scenario when cars are doing their in and out movements all around you . . . do you want your front sensors off when you are in reverse mode. I don't think it's a great idea.