Moar charging woes

[snowdoggie]

I just want to vent... charging was already challenging, I wish they would implement a queue system and make their equipment more reliable.
To top it off my local charger from EA turned grey on the app for 3 days then poof disappeared entirely. Now the other chargers which are further away are always full. Not sure if it is due to them changing relations with that lucky supermarket or they are just getting out of that location but that sucks...
They need to fix charging else no one will want to switch to EV, and those who have may want to switch back or live with regret.
Anyone else have seen their charging locations just disappear? did they come back? I hope it is just an upgrade but it looked like they were removing the chargers

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[Kamuelaflyer]

Day to day charging should be at home using a L2 EVSE. Even L1, if your daily use isn’t high, would be preferable to DCFC. DCFC us expensive and suffers from the problems all public charging has.

 

[eStang]

Perhaps if you specified the location of the stations you are talking about others here in the forum would be able to compare experiences for you.

 

[RickMachE]

Moar? Where is Moar?

 

[AKgrampy]

Moar? Where is Moar?

Right next to Less?

 

[AKgrampy]

I just want to vent... charging was already challenging, I wish they would implement a queue system and make their equipment more reliable.
To top it off my local charger from EA turned grey on the app for 3 days then poof disappeared entirely. Now the other chargers which are further away are always full. Not sure if it is due to them changing relations with that lucky supermarket or they are just getting out of that location but that sucks...
They need to fix charging else no one will want to switch to EV, and those who have may want to switch back or live with regret.
Anyone else have seen their charging locations just disappear? did they come back? I hope it is just an upgrade but it looked like they were removing the chargers

I have done zero DCFC in 14 months but was planning a trip to a micro brew/restaurant about 120 miles away. There was a 50kW unit nearby. Looked into it just the other day and it was just removed! When it was installed it was built in the DOT right of way and DOT has now asked them to move it. It is not being reinstalled. So other units are planned across the street so hopefully they will come on line at some point. Nothing else, EV charging wise, between here and there.

 

[snowdoggie]

Day to day charging should be at home using a L2 EVSE. Even L1, if your daily use isn’t high, Wouk’s be preferable to DCFC. DCFC us exiensive and suffers from rte problems all public charging has.

Unfortunately house is old and only has a 100a panel and permitting and utilities agreement is about 7 months and thousands of dollars

 

[snowdoggie]

Perhaps if you specified the location of the stations you are talking about others here in the forum would be able to compare experiences for you.

Clayton CA, Lucky's EA

 

[eStang]

Clayton CA, Lucky's EA

EA has a message for this location posted on PlugShare (don't ask me why they don't post these messages within their own app. This makes no sense to me.)

 

[Martin desbrulais]

1: IONITY chargers at Beaconsfield are hit and miss for me, will either charge or invariably not due to communication issues with my MME.
2: APPLEGREEN chargers at Soutn Mimms will either have power outage or predominantly have communication issues IE accept the card but then won't communicate with the charger or won't accept the card at all.
3: GRIDSERVE chargers nationally will either have communication or outage issues, they have upgraded them to dual chargers at 120KW which then gives 60KW per output, however one is CCS and the other is Nissan to make matters worse alot of their charging stations now being dual charge have only parking space in the front.
4: I have noticed that in at least 2 motorway service stations APPLEGREEN are adding more charging stations, allowing APPLEGREEN to have 14 chargers, it seems the infrastructure in the UK is finally adapting to demand.

 

[snowdoggie]

EA has a message for this location posted on PlugShare (don't ask me why they don't post these messages within their own app. This makes no sense to me.)

Thanks Bud

Yea I've been exclusively super charging since my home doesnt have a 14-50 or have the cap to have one installed and the 5-15 1% per hour doesnt seem worth it. Now the pleasant hill EA charger is slammed and always FULL.

 

[generaltso]

Moar? Where is Moar?

So I guess charging woes are wanted very badly?

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Unfortunately house is old and only has a 100a panel and permitting and utilities agreement is about 7 months and thousands of dollars

Use the mobile charger and the 110v adapter while the car is at home. It is slow, but every bit you charge at home is less expensive than DCFC and less wear and tear on the battery.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

We've been using our Ford 110V L1 EVSE for almost a year. It's been perfectly fine for us, but our usual daily travel is less than 30 miles. I've even used it while traveling.

 

[Mach-Lee]

Unfortunately house is old and only has a 100a panel and permitting and utilities agreement is about 7 months and thousands of dollars

You could probably install a smaller outlet, a 240V 20A circuit (NEMA 6-20) without overloading your panel. That will charge 3 times faster than a regular wall outlet (11 MPH). You can buy a 6-20 EVSE pretty inexpensively too. If I lived in a house with 100A service that would be what I’d do.

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