Dirty_B
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What premium...it's not universally a premium, it's cheaper for me and those in the mid-atlantic to use SCs vs EA or EVgo.... even at a bit of a premium.
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What premium...it's not universally a premium, it's cheaper for me and those in the mid-atlantic to use SCs vs EA or EVgo.... even at a bit of a premium.
If you believe there is just "one anecdotal report" of non-functional DCFC stations, you're not up on current eventsHaha…. So one anecdotal report on a bolt forum about two charging station in Cali is representative of the overall CCS charging picture in the US? I don’t really see this as a sound counter point.
Have you take a cross country EV road trip? I have without charging station issues. Also read multiple trip reports on this forum that were without issue. Just like anything else negative reports get amplified.
If you believe they hype I definitely would not by a Rivian or other CCS vehicle if you want to road trip it.
It was just one anecdotal report, and not even an emergency as they were able to charge.If you believe there is just "one anecdotal report" of non-functional DCFC stations, you're not up on current events
I'm glad your trip/sessions worked out, but many, many don't. You are characterizing the US CSS charging infrastructure as "fine" based off just your experience which doesn't necessarily represent the "complete" picture of the overall system health.
I routinely encounter ea stations that do not work for a variety of reasons.It was just one anecdotal report, and not even an emergency as they were able to charge.
I would travel cross country without hesitation, people do it everyday in CCS vehicles and I have yet to see the person who had to get a tow because of charging infrastructure, at least where the person wasn't completely incompetent on EV charging.
The whole station out or just one stall out of 4 or 6 not working? I have only once encountered a station that was completely unusable (due to construction in Mojave, CA) but the EA app didn't show it as available so I put that on the Rivian UI for suggesting I stop there.I routinely encounter ea stations that do not work for a variety of reasons.
Like you mentioned the charger was retrofitted with a ccs cable as well, but as they pointed out, tesla cables tend to be quite short, which is fine for rivian and some other vehicles due to their port location, but others like the lightning, etron etc would find them mostly unusable.
I think a compelling product would be a Tesla-made charging adapter in the $299 to $499 range that contains all the wireless and authentication electronics that makes the Supercharger network seamless. Use an app on your phone once to configure the adapter your billing info/link your Tesla account. On the other end, just a normal, dumb-as-possible DCFC connector that works with as many vehicles as possible, with a long-enough cable to reach most charging ports.My concern is what adapter are we going to need? The go to right now is the Lectron that can handle 48AMPs which runs $160. How many amps will the adapter for DCFC need to handle and how much is that going to cost us?
Our family just got back from a trip Carmel to Kaiser pass and back. We used EA and I had to call in for charging advice on both legs of the trip.I routinely encounter ea stations that do not work for a variety of reasons.
I don't what Tesla chargers for the CCS to Tesla adapter in South Korea, but I would gladly pay the price and then some for the reverse to have access to their Supercharger network for the Rivian here in the US.Well there are CCS to Tesla adapters that run $450 and take up to 250kW...so I'd gladly pay that to use the SC network since I paid $150 just to use my Tesla L2 charger.