Electrify America needs to get their game going

[Paloverdejoe]

After a recent trip to Southern California nothing happened.

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[generaltso]

After a recent trip to Southern California we were talking with a neighbor down the street that have a VW. They knew about station 4 in Indio and the one in El Centro . That tells me that Electricity America really doesn’t give a shit about doing any maintenance on their systems beyond rebooting them from the control center. Bad move Electrify America, we are watching you. It’s a bad move when you have four charging stations and right next door Tesla has 54 under cover.

I read this 3 times, but I still don’t follow.

 

[Rt1AWD]

I read this 3 times, but I still don’t follow.

Needs more chargers

 

[MarkP213]

Maybe you need some coffee. I simply stated thatafter a trip to California my neighbor down the street knew the same charging stations at Electricity America that we had problems with, dah. That tells me they are not doing any maintenance on the system—can I make it any more clear for you?

Yeah, that’s why I only go to Electrify America. Electricity America is a poorly maintained knock off.

 

[Rob S]

OP, yes you can make it clearer. I also read your post several times and didn't understand it.
What is "station 4 in indio and the one in El Centro????"

Thanks for clarifying for us.
Peace out.

 

[generaltso]

can I make it any more clear for you?

Nah, don’t bother. I’ll just move on.

 

[KCole21]

El Centro and Indio is not indicative of the rest of Southern California. Those are sparsely populated as compared to the bigger cities in Southern California. While not perfect, EA is fairly good around LA and traveling down to San Diego.

 

[hybrid2bev]

Must have captured a unicorn. Actual photographic evidence of maintenance on EA dispensers.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

The 10 charger EA location about 3 miles from me just got upgraded to all 350kw units and there’s usually only 1 or 2 down at one time and they’re back up and running very quickly. I’ve never had one issue charging there. Lucky me I guess.

 

[voxel]

Needs more chargers

EA is building them as fast as their incompetent asses can.

34 new locations in CA in 2022. See "Opening 34 new ultra-fast charging stations in California" on page 2.

https://media.electrifyamerica.com/assets/documents/original/1016-2022CaliforniaAnnualReport.pdf

They built 90 new locations in total in 2022 so that's 56 in non-CA states which is about one new location per state. See "Opening 90 new ultra-fast charging stations nationwide"

https://media.electrifyamerica.com/assets/documents/original/1018-2022NationalAnnualReport.pdf

They built 117 locations in 2021 so maybe we'll see 70 built in 2023 with the excuses they've listed in the national report.

 

[Rt1AWD]

3-5 chargers per station ..... that's pathetic

 

[heisnuts]

As some of us know there is no real business sense in building and maintaining these stations. Charging 48 cents per kWh does not get you the investment back let alone make any money on it. Some might also know EA is owned by VW and came about as a requirement to the diesel settlement. If not for diesel gate, there would be no EA.

While I have never been stuck at an EA location, it is very common to see one or more chargers not working at any given time and not repaired weeks later. It will be interesting to see if this changes in the future, but if it doesn’t I can’t see how there is going to be any big movement to EVs anytime in the next decade.

 

[Rt1AWD]

As some of us know there is no real business sense in building and maintaining these stations. Charging 48 cents per kWh does not get you the investment back let alone make any money on it. Some might also know EA is owned by VW and came about as a requirement to the diesel settlement. If not for diesel gate, there would be no EA.

While I have never been stuck at an EA location, it is very common to see one or more chargers not working at any given time and not repaired weeks later. It will be interesting to see if this changes in the future, but if it doesn’t I can’t see how there is going to be any big movement to EVs anytime in the next decade.

EV manufacturers should fund them as a way to promote EVs

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

I’m so happy that all of you have no problem with charging stations but give me a break for pointing out some issues that need attention since the CEO of EA was busy doing a road trip to his headquarters.

Pointing out issues you’re having with DCFC stations is more effective when that information is posted on PlugShare and similar app or websites that have greater exposure than this website. Complaining here about a real or perceived problem won’t get diddly done as EA doesn’t have a presence here.

 

[heisnuts]

EV manufacturers should fund them as a way to promote EVs

Main stream Manufacturers like Ford are not making profits on EVs currently and funding millions if not billions in charging infrastructure also does not make sense. Ford is trying to push this investment onto its dealers by making it a requirement to have chargers on site available for public use if they want to sell EVs. I know almost 2,000 Ford dealers said they will, but talk is cheap and only time will tell how many actually come through, what speeds are actually delivered and if they are maintained properly.

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