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My family owned a gas station. We made a couple pennies per gallon. The C-Store is far more profitable. Im guessing charging stations are much more of a loss leader. Really best for the owner to have it located where they can bring in a captive audience who will spend more on drinks, food and...

I probably have my terminology mixed up. My L2 FlexPoint charger maxes at about 7. something kWh (?) or 24-ish miles of range per hour. This one was delivering 10.4 or 10.7, I can’t remember which, or 30+ miles of range per hour.

I charged at a Tesla destination charger for the first time yesterday. I got over 10kWh of charge, which I thought was pretty good for a public charger. I used my Lectron adapter for the first time since I bought it even before I had my MME. It was very easy. Not a fan of the musky person, but...

Yes. I called. They said the stations were down for maintenance to improve my charging experience.

I don’t think one can truly know exactly what the experience will be until you try it. Believing otherwise is prejudging. The MME is my second car, my road-tripper is a PHEV. I relocate as a snowbird and decided to try taking the MME so DH and I could have a second car. I had taken road trips of...

I will admit that infrastructure is a difficult issue. Many early adopters have at-home charging capability. This is my preferred method as it is so much less expensive. However, there is still demand from drivers who don’t have at home EVSEs and from road-trippers. There will be mistakes made...

I stopped at the Marion Tesla SC even though I didn’t really need to. It was very easy. Eight stations, no other users so I pulled up to the right of the first station, selected my charger by #, the Magic Dock then released. I plugged in and the charge started. I had previously downloaded...

The Midwest has a long way to go to be EV friendly.

I’m truly glad your route works out. My point is that other routes do not work. I live in a charging dessert of SW IA, NW MO isn’t much better. I have the EA app. I need to rely on their ONE L3 charger in the KC area. Of four stations, two are out of service, and the other two are throttled. It...

I stopped at a Supercharger with a magic dock a couple days ago. I pulled up very close, parked in the stall to the right of the dock (no other cars were charging at an 8 stall location) and I was just able to make it reach. The lighter weight cord actually made it easier to connect than some...

My pooch also hits the flashers on the regular. He’s in a harness and clipped into the seatbelt system but has just enough play to reach the flashers. He’s too small to activate the airbags. I’m not going to tell him he has to sit in the back! Hybrid2bev, you are welcome to come tell him. PS...

I’ve since added them on my iPad but they weren’t on my phone. Inconvenient when looking it up on the road.

I had very inconsistent results on PlugShare on my recent road trip. Stations I know exist wouldn’t show up on my searches. I like to submit feedback but wasn’t able to on many of my stops.

The rest of the trip was much better. JRSNova sums it up above. I’m hoping this is the low point of charging infrastructure development and maintenance. Hopefully, when Tesla’s network opens up and IRA sites come online it will get much better. I did use a Tesla Supercharger to try it out...

I’m disappointed as I love my MME, and given the number I’ve seen at the charging stations, I’m not alone. I knew from my research before the trip it would be dicey. I took this same trip a year ago and had zero issues. Today, 2 of 3 stops have been problematic. I want EVs to succeed and I wish...

I left home 5 hours ago and have driven about 3.5 hours. First charger wouldn’t accept my credit card info so had to call. I’ve been waiting at my second charging station for an hour and still don’t have a seat at the table. It will probably be 45 minutes to adequately charge. Another call to...

Brushes are fine for the family minivan. My MME baby only gets brushless.

Ditto. Hoping the PU to improve fast charging is a good one as will be traveling over Christmas.

I’m at the two year mark with my ChargePoint HomeFlex and have had zero issues. I had it installed by an elevctrician. I use the app to monitor my electrical usage. I chose it as my utility company had a $500 rebate on it. Also got a federal tax credit so it was inexpensive in the end.

PlugShare is where I found it. Only SC on my route and I look forward to trying it.