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Is there any EV with the uninterrupted glass sunroof of the Tesla Model Y but doesn't look like a Tesla?

I would be in the market for that with the fast charging standards rolling out

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My Mustang Mach E has an all-glass roof. I guess it's available on the Premium and California Route 1 trim levels.

Looks like this is the winner since it now inherits the Tesla fast charging network in the article

All the government standard ones are broken

Polestar 2 (looks enough like a volvo that volvo fans will come up and ask about it, partly because the only branding is the + logo.)

Well, Polestar is a Volvo brand.

Volvo and Polestar are both Geely brands. Volvo is decoupling from Polestar and they'll each be pretty independent at that point, although the corporate lineage may lead to technology sharing you would think.

Audi e-tron GT. Sounds expensive but in the USA, there are huge lease incentives from Audi. Take a look on leasehackr.com

Take a look at the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Limited trim.

https://www.hyundai.com/worldwide/en/eco/ioniq5/design https://www.hyundai.com/content/dam/hyundai/ww/en/images/fin...

My Ioniq 5 does, but I don't think it'll natively support NACS until next year's model... That said using most Superchargers would be a step down in terms of charging speed, I think it would mostly be helpful in areas where there's low coverage for 350kW stations (edit: to be clarify, 350kW stations are the only ones I've seen that saturate the cars ability to charge. But it doesn't hit the full 350kW)

I think the max charge rate for an Ioniq 5 is actually more like 225kW. The bit about 350kW stations enabling the 15m 20->80 charging is because the next step down in an EA/Chargepoint station is 150kW. And in practice, mine rarely gets up anywhere near max charge rate, though that probably has more to do with EA's station quality than the car itself.

The bigger issue with Supercharger is the voltage, if it's not a 800V charger. The internal converter in the E-GMP platform for a 400V source ends up being a limiting factor and drags the system down to something like 75kW, similar to a Bolt.

Updated the comment to be a bit more clear. Funnily enough, I usually get better than 150kw on EA's 150kw chargers (I assume because being capable of 150kw at 400v actually means they can do even more at 800v?)

You're luckier than I am with the chargers! Fortunately, I almost always AC charge at home.

Rivian R1S is interrupted but only between 2nd/3rd rows. Which technically is the same as the Y since it supports a 3rd row.

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