I woke up this morning to a listing that was on the Chevrolet website for a Tesla Super Charger adapter that looks a lot like the Lectron Vortex. I wish I had taken a screenshot, because the page is no longer there. But seeing it was all that was necessary to motivate me to try something out. I drove to a Super Charger on the way to work to see if I could charge my Bolt EUV on it. Until now, the only vehicles that could use Tesla Super Chargers were the Tesla vehicles themselves along with vehicles from Rivian and Ford. Just before the original expected announcement for GM vehicles, Elon Musk fired the entire Super Charger team. That may have affected the rollout.

I have a couple of Super Charger adapters, including the Lectron Vortex. That’s the one that I tried out at the Super Charger. A word of warning though, the first time I used this adapter, the retention string was a bit strong and I had a hard time removing it. I almost abandoned it! But since that first experience, I’ve not had any further problems. If you find your adapter stuck, I have a post about removing it.

After connecting the adapter and the charger to my car, I opened the Tesla app, selected my charger, and that was it, the car was charging. My car already had plenty of charge. I was only testing to make sure that current would flow. I don’t have much to say about how long it took. I will comment on the cable length. The Tesla cables are short! Teslas all have their adapters on the driver’s side rear tail light. The cables are just long enough to reach the tail light. My port is on the side of the car right in front of the driver’s door. To charge, it is necessary to double-park. The Tesla website instructs people to park this way to make the cable reach. Newer chargers have longer cables.

Key to using a super charger is having an adapter. They’ve tended to be in short supply. The Tesla website states one should only use OEM adapters. To date, the only OEM adapter are the one’s made by Tesla for Ford, which feel to be in a perpetual back order state. I used the Lectron Vortex. It has an appearance that looked identical to what was on the Chevy site (minus branding). These are available on Amazon (affiliate link) or directly from Lectron.

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