Delivery Spreadsheet - Let's Track These Inbound SEs

That's what I saw when I tracked it earlier.

 

Let me know if the Serenity actually goes through the channel opening by Virginia Beach. I think our two ships are currently close together. But mine is sitting still.

 

I know a separate thread...but what charger did you newbies get?

I ordered the Juicebox 40 but it’s delayed too so a race to see which gets here first, the car or the charger.



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Chargepoint Home Flex. Been installed almost 2 months and not used once.

 

I got the Grizzl-E. But I didn't get it installed until a month after having the SE, so I struggled to keep charged that first month. Way better to have it before the car comes.

 

Just saw it passing thru the Miraflores Locks on the live cam...


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That is so cool.



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@mikeg0305 - both of our ships are finally headed into the channel! But yours did jump in front of mine.

 

Some screen grabs from "my" boat going through the Panama Canal today. Never been so exciting to watch a dot.

 

Oops. Meant to add the finish!

 

You appreciate L2 more after living the L1 life for a while. Also, you now have a tested L1 charging cable, which we lazy L2-firsters don't have. (Did we ever find out if/how @Tommy Electric's charging problems were resolved?)

 

With 3-4 days until ‘exterior body assembly begins,’ I am exploring portable EVSE options.

My community has complimentary ClipperCreek L2s so I’m set at home.

My in-laws (who live right at the edge of the SEs range) have a NEMA 14-50 outlet prepared for the MINI. I’m thinking of getting a Gen 2 Tesla Mobile Connector with a TeslaTap Mini (to J1772) to keep in the SE’s boot. This would let me charge at my in-laws’ and open up Tesla destination chargers as well.

Wish List: BMW Group should provide a like complimentary/portable L2 EVSE with the 22 MINI SEs.

Would they surprise us? They should start with mine as it rolls through the assembly line. #yolo

 

WOW! Thank you for catching it! I didn’t even know about a webcam for that!

 

hmm, interesting. I own a model 3 but so far haven’t been able to charge at home as we are in an apartment complex. We’re moving this month to a townhouse with 5-20 nema outlets in an attached garage though which should be a nice upgrade over no home charging. I had resigned myself to the MINI not being able to take advantage of 5-20 though, but since I already have a mobile connector a Tesla tap might be a nice option. Would that work to get the mini the full 120@16 amps?

 

Would it work? Yes.
Will it be slow? Also yes.

With a NEMA 5-20 outlet, you will nominally draw 120V x 16A = 1,920 watts or 1.9 kW. For the SE, that’s 18+ hours to charge from empty.

If the garage has a power panel in it, it might be worth considering adding a 240V outlet (and for proper Level 2 charging). If you are renting, maybe help the owners understand they get a tax break with upgrading for EV charging. Hope this helps

EDIT: Worth joining the MINI Charging: EVSE and Home Charging conversation for more on this. // If the NEMA 5-20 is all you've got, you should make ends meet with the included Level 1 charging kit.

 

I have good news and bad news. The good news in my freaking ship finally docked in Baltimore after the longest Atlantic crossing in modern history. The bad news is, I need this ship to dock in Brunswick, Georgia before I get my new Mini. So that means you have not heard the last of me tracking the "Niagara Highway".

 

Aw, man! The dreaded extra stop!

I feel ya... my boat has already taken two stops, and is scheduled for a third before it hopefully doesn’t stop anywhere else. That said, many ships heading to the Los Angeles ports these days are just sailing back and forth up the coast, waiting to see if Los Angeles or Oakland will let them unload first. ((Slow unloading due to COVID))

 

[mention]GvilleGuy [/mention], [mention]bldxyz [/mention] and [mention]mikeg0305 [/mention]keep the updates coming! I’m taking good notes.

 

like I said, I have zero charging right now for my model 3 and it’s fine, plenty of charging around town (I have a chademo adapter for it) and I work from home at the moment. If that changes I have charging at work too. Level 2 chargers are kind of overkill, but obviously would be nice. Definitely not necessary though.

My question is can I use a Tesla tap and a Tesla mobile charger to get more than 10 amps (the limit on the normal level 1 cable the mini comes with) when I charge my mini on a nema 5-20.

 

Might be worth perusing the thread on the topic of EVSEs... Lots of discussion there on just these kinds of things.