September 19, 2024 at 10:30 by More: GM EV Owners Get Tesla Supercharger Access, But There’s A $225 Catch Tesla’s Wes Morill responded to a thread on X touting one of these NACS DC cords, warning about heat. “Would recommend AGAINST using an extension cord on a supercharger (or any DC charging station with a liquid cooled cable). Have seen multiple instances of the cable overheated and shorting DC +/-” he says. According to him, the handle of the charging cable is constantly monitoring temperature and the Supercharger reacts to that reading. Adding an extension cable changes that equation and according to Wes, “that safety goes away.” Understandably, nobody wants their EV or even their EV cord to burn up so this advice seems altruistic. Would recommend AGAINST using an extension cord on a supercharger (or any DC charging station with a liquid cooled cable). Have seen multiple instances of the cable overheated and shorting DC +/- There's a temperature measurement in the handle and the supercharger derates based…