I’m Trapped With My In-Laws at a West Virginia Farm Because My Tesla Cybertruck is Going to Take 6 Days to Charge Enough to Make it to the Closest Supercharger

A Cybertruck owner, John Rogers, says he almost had to spend 6 days trapped at his in-laws’ farm in West Virginia after his Cybertruck experienced an issue with charging.

John says he made the 406-mile trip to his in-laws’ place without too many issues. However, when he got to the farm, his father-in-law had prepared a NEMA 14-50 outlet to charge his Cybertruck; however, the plug did not work, and he had to shift to a 110-volt outlet.

Using the 110-volt outlet, the Cybertruck was only charging at 1 to 2 miles per hour, which means he would need to spend more than 6 days charging before John could make it to the nearest supercharger station.

John shared his uncomfortable experience on the Cybertruck Owners Only group on Facebook.

Here is what he wrote…

“The Tesla Cybertruck did make the 406-mile road trip, but I almost got stranded. The truck did awesome; FSD did 95% or more of the driving and did lane changes, turns, and well-managed rural West Virginia roads. Only one turn went wrong because Google Maps had it bad.

Then I arrived at my in-laws, and my father-in-law had a 14-50 plug that he made ready for me to charge the Cybertruck. I plugged it in, and the truck wouldn’t accept the charge.

I was worried as the battery had less than 100 miles left, and the closest Supercharger was in Charleston, South Carolina.

Then I go to Google to figure out why. The Cybertruck must have an 8-gauge electrical wire between the breaker and the outlet, but the outlet was wired with a 10-gauge wire. So, I switched to a 110-volt outlet.

Using 110v only got me 1-2 miles per hour, so to get to a full charge would take over 6 days. That means I’m trapped at the in-laws until I figure this out. Plus, I need to be at 100% to make it to the first Supercharger when we make the trek back home on Saturday. YIKES!”

At this point, John seems unhappy with the whole situation; however, the Cybertruck owner decided to completely replace his in-laws' electrical system to be able to leave the farm sooner.

John replaced the electrical wire using a thicker 8-gauge cable, upgraded to a 60 amp breaker, bought a new NEMA 14-50 plug, and says he was able to get faster charging speeds.

Here is what he wrote…

“So off to The Home Depot, we go. We buy 50’ of 8/3 wire, a 60 amp breaker, and a 14-50 outlet and box. Then, we wired the new circuit back out on the farm.

Now, I’m getting 18 miles per hour, which allows me to leave the farm, see my parents, and return home.

The moral of the story is that many parts of the USA, especially rural America, might not be ready for EVs.”

Below his post, John provided several pictures. The first picture is a screenshot from his Tesla app showing his Cybertruck charging at 12 amps at 114-volt and adding only 2 miles an hour.

The second picture shows the breaker wired with the thicker 8-gauge wire. The third picture shows the new NEMA 14-50 plug, and finally, the fourth picture shows his truck charging at 32 amps and 237 volts.

At this higher speed, John was adding 18 miles an hour, and his charging time to full went down to merely 6 hours.

From 6 days to 6 hours is certainly a big improvement, and John appears very happy that he will finally be able to leave his in-laws’ place.

Overall, it’s interesting that John decided to redo the entire electrical wiring rather than spend more time at his in-laws’ farm. Please let me know what you think about the whole situation in the comments.

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Image: Screenshot from Kim Java YouTube channel

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Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and the evolution of the EV space daily for several years. He covers everything about Tesla, from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at @TinsaeAregay for daily Tesla news.