Chinese language automobile maker BYD is investigating why its common Atto 3 electrical SUV is having issues charging at lots of the newly opened Tesla Supercharging stations across the nation.
Final month, Tesla opened up almost half of its supercharger community to non-Tesla EVs. Since then many non-Tesla homeowners have taken their EVs to the 30 websites throughout Australia, largely with none hiccups.
It now seems that BYD Atto 3 autos at a number of of the quicker 250 kW Tesla V3 supercharger websites are unable to provoke a cost. That is generally often known as a “handshake” difficulty which happens when the automobile can’t talk with the charger.
It’s a main difficulty as a result of the Atto 3 is the nation’s third greatest promoting EV after the Tesla Mannequin Y and Mannequin 3, so may have an effect on numerous individuals eager to plug in to the Tesla community.
The most recent difficulty was dropped at our consideration by David, a reader of The Pushed who was unable to cost his Atto 3: “There’s a vital difficulty although, in that BYD Atto 3s won’t provoke on the newer V3 (250kW) supercharger stalls.”
Charging on the Colac charger in Victoria didn’t go in accordance with plan, and there have been no different public quick chargers within the space.
“I solely came upon when attempting unsuccessfully to cost at Colac in Victoria after which performing some web analysis to seek out out why,” he says. “That space of Victoria has little or no in the way in which of public quick chargers and will trigger a difficulty if one simply managed to get to Colac with minimal cost left.”
The subsequent closest charger is a single Tritium unit positioned in Camperdown, about 45 km away from the Colac Tesla supercharger web site.
Different BYD homeowners additionally checked into the Plugshare app after visiting the Colac supercharger web site, noting that the Tesla app doesn’t detect the BYD Atto 3 car whereas it’s plugged in: “Sadly not appropriate for the BYD. Couldn’t detect :(“, one mentioned. Others chimed in on the identical day by saying “Atto 3. Tesla app couldn’t detect the automobile.”
Out of the 30 websites now open to non-Tesla autos, 13 are the V2 supercharger websites which the BYD Atto 3 have been reported to cost at with none points. These embrace:
Clare, SA – V2
Berry, NSW – V2
Knockrow, NSW – V2
Bathurst, NSW – V2
Dubbo, NSW – V2
Hollydene, NSW – V2
Narooma, NSW – V2
Tamworth, NSW – V2
Gympie, QLD – V2
Rochedale, QLD – V2
Toowoomba, QLD – V2
Bendigo, VIC – V2
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The remaining 17 websites are the V3 Supercharger websites which BYD homeowners might have hassle with till a repair is discovered. These are:
Tuggeranong, ACT – V3
Tailem Bend, SA – V3
Mount Gambier, SA – V3
Blaxland, NSW – V3
Campbelltown, NSW – V3
Tenterfield, NSW – V3
Wollongong, NSW – V3
Field Hill, VIC – V3
Cann River, VIC – V3
Colac, VIC – V3
Geelong, VIC – V3
Moe, VIC V3
Mornington, VIC – V3
Shepparton, VIC – V3
Warrnambool, VIC – V3
Margaret River, WA – V3
Williams, WA – V3
The Pushed reached out to BYD’s distributor, EV Direct, who suggested that they’re conscious of the problem and are working with their Sydney-based engineering crew to research the issue.
A part of the investigation entails conducting assessments on the Tesla V3 supercharger websites that are being undertaken this week. Tesla was additionally contacted however has but to reply to our inquiry on this difficulty.
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Riz is the founding father of carloop based mostly in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV knowledge, perception reviews and tendencies. He’s a mechanical engineer who spent the primary 7 years of his profession constructing transport infrastructure earlier than beginning carloop. He has a ardour for automobiles, notably EVs and needs to assist scale back transport emissions in Australia. He presently drives a purple Tesla Mannequin 3.