The time it takes to get DC charging started - video

[Benjamin Kegele]

This video shows you, how long it takes until a DC fast charger starts to charge.

I show 5 examples.

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[jrstinkfish]

This video shows you, how long it takes until a DC fast charger starts to charge.

I show 5 examples.

Nothing says "Welcome to the future1" like seeing an EV owner trying 3 or 4 different plugs to try and charge. I've taken two long road trips, and I'd say 90% of the time, I plugged in and was charging 30-45 seconds later. But that 10% where I've had to unplug/plug-in several times, or back up and pull into a different stall, or go into FordPass and disable PNC, was really frustrating, especially considering I am totally dependent on charging working at that single location to get to my next stop and I was hundreds of miles from home. That distinctive spinning-up sound of the charger actually starting to charge should be a sound I play before I go to sleep at night, it brought me peace of mind.

Also, good work on the one-handed plug-in -- I always feel like I'm wrestling a firehose if I lose any slack at all in the cable.

 

[Benjamin Kegele]

Nothing says "Welcome to the future1" like seeing an EV owner trying 3 or 4 different plugs to try and charge. I've taken two long road trips, and I'd say 90% of the time, I plugged in and was charging 30-45 seconds later. But that 10% where I've had to unplug/plug-in several times, or back up and pull into a different stall, or go into FordPass and disable PNC, was really frustrating, especially considering I am totally dependent on charging working at that single location to get to my next stop and I was hundreds of miles from home. That distinctive spinning-up sound of the charger actually starting to charge should be a sound I play before I go to sleep at night, it brought me peace of mind.

Also, good work on the one-handed plug-in -- I always feel like I'm wrestling a firehose if I lose any slack at all in the cable.

Thank you.

It was for me same sort of feeling. I really feel relieved once they finally start. I do not want to hunt for chargers.

Just last weekend I had it were 2 EVGo's both would not work, after 20 min on the phone with them I went to the chargepoint which was blocked off. Already the parking lot design sucked there. So I had to wait.
And once it finally worked I realized that they charge 5 dollar connection fee. I only needed to add 20 miles.
I ended up paying 6.50 for 20 miles...

 

[RockwallRick]

Thanks for the video! How do you stop the charging process? Some on this forum say that you should stop it from the button on the car. I am getting tired of seeing Charge Station Faults every time I go to an EA station!!

 

[macchiaz-o]

Thanks for the video! How do you stop the charging process? Some on this forum say that you should stop it from the button on the car. I am getting tired of seeing Charge Station Faults every time I go to an EA station!!

I'm confused... You know how to stop it from the vehicle but haven't tried it yet, though you're tired of the fault-inducing way?

 

[Benjamin Kegele]

I just stop at the station and stop next with the button next to the cord plug at the car and ignore any error codes if any

 

[RockwallRick]

I'm confused... You know how to stop it from the vehicle but haven't tried it yet, though you're tired of the fault-inducing way?

Maybe my post was confusing! Lol Still have not had a successful Plug and Charge at EA but might be because I tried it too soon after enrollment? Driving up to Orlando next week so I will try again on the way back.

 

[RockwallRick]

Thank you.

It was for me same sort of feeling. I really feel relieved once they finally start. I do not want to hunt for chargers.

Just last weekend I had it were 2 EVGo's both would not work, after 20 min on the phone with them I went to the chargepoint which was blocked off. Already the parking lot design sucked there. So I had to wait.
And once it finally worked I realized that they charge 5 dollar connection fee. I only needed to add 20 miles.
I ended up paying 6.50 for 20 miles...

Tried out my Chargepoint account for the first time today. It was just a level 2 charger so only got 3% battery boost after being on the charger for 45 minutes! It cost 94 cents but then they added $10 of free charging to my account. Gave my Wife plenty of time to spend more money at Kohl’s!$! Lol

 

[macchiaz-o]

Tried out my Chargepoint account for the first time today. It was just a level 2 charger so only got 3% battery boost after being on the charger for 45 minutes! It cost 94 cents but then they added $10 of free charging to my account. Gave my Wife plenty of time to spend more money at Kohl’s!$! Lol

I misunderstood the $10 of free charging thing the first time I used ChargePoint, too... Check your credit card bill.

It turns out they work like a debit account. Anytime your prepaid balance falls below $5, ChargePoint charges your credit card $10 and adds this amount to your CP credit balance.

I used a CP station a few times during a road trip and paid something like $7.50 in charge fees. But ChargePoint charged me $10 and then another $10 the next day.

The first $10 was because I'd just opened the account and had a $0 balance and incurred about $3.75 in energy costs. So my remaining balance after that was about $6.25.

Then I returned to that location the next day and charged the MME again... Another $3.75 or so, which dropped my balance to $2.50... but as soon as it dropped below $5, CP hit me for another $10.

So in exchange for my $20 paid to them for $7.50 in services received, I get to loan them $12.50 in credit until next time I need to refuel at CP. ?

 

[RedStallion]

I misunderstood the $10 of free charging thing the first time I used ChargePoint, too... Check your credit card bill.

It turns out they work like a debit account. Anytime your prepaid balance falls below $5, ChargePoint charges your credit card $10 and adds this amount to your CP credit balance.

I used a CP station a few times during a road trip and paid something like $7.50 in charge fees. But ChargePoint charged me $10 and then another $10 the next day.

The first $10 was because I'd just opened the account and had a $0 balance and incurred about $3.75 in energy costs. So my remaining balance after that was about $6.25.

Then I returned to that location the next day and charged the MME again... Another $3.75 or so, which dropped my balance to $2.50... but as soon as it dropped below $5, CP hit me for another $10.

So in exchange for my $20 paid to them for $7.50 in services received, I get to loan them $12.50 in credit until next time I need to refuel at CP. ?

Yes, that's how CP works. They also like to charge a session fee, or parking fee, or both.

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