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Kallista brunch, and a spin in a BYD

Kallista Deli & Cafe
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A lazy day trip up the Dandenong Ranges to Kallista Deli for brunch. Delicious smokey beans and corn bread or Eggs Benedict.

Our friends, Sue and Ron, took us for a spin in their newly leased BYD EV. We envied the retractable sunroof, V2L (vehicle to load) and virtual top camera view of the car parking. But it lacks Tesla features like autopilot.

Charging

The BYD car includes a V2L cable that plugs into the car’s charging port with a double outlet power point on the other end. Ron was able to run an electric sander from that power point, drawing power form the car’s battery.

We tried plugging our Tesla into that power point, to charge from the BYD, but the Tesla kept saying there was no power. It might have been because it didn’t like the BYD’s charging cable. I had left our charging cable at home 🤦‍♂️.

We also tried using the V2L cable from the Tesla, to run the electric sander. As expected, no power. The Tesla does not support V2L. I am naively hopeful that one day Tesla will release a software update to make this work. Though I’m guessing it also needs done hardware update for that to happen. Maybe a Christmas miracle?

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  1. Ian Bradford via Facebook ↗
    Did you try using the BYD charger? I tried charging with the Tesla UMC from an Ioniq5 and the Tesla didn't like it, but someone said it was due to the Tesla insisting on everything being properly grounded, which it senses via the UMC. It worked fine when I swapped to the Ioniq5 charger. 😄
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    1. Tesla Tripping Elec Tripping
      Ian Bradford Interesting. I only tried the BYD charger, because I left our Tesla charger at home.

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      1. Ian Bradford via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping interesting...... I would have expected that to work.
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    2. Luther Wong via Facebook ↗
      Ian Bradford. That is my understanding and the reason you cannot use the Tesla UMC on a portable generator unless it is properly grounded.
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  2. Ant Day via Facebook ↗
    As I understand it, the Tesla won't charge as there is no ground.
    You can use a less intelligent EVSE and it will
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  3. Jon Bowly via Facebook ↗
    No Autopilot functionality wow that’s awesome unusual in a car full of technology
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