(Yet Another) Charging Frustration

[Logal727]

Those are normal speeds for a Mach E. What speed are you expecting? This car may be rated to 150kW but you’re never going to hit that. Best you can hope for is about 80-100 in the meat of the charging curve. This is not a Tesla.

Not sustained, but for a few minutes…

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[Phil Martin]

I'm glad others are having better success than we are. I'd accept if we could plug in and hit 130 reliably. However, in the few times we've taken trips in the MME long enough to need a DCFC, we have plugged into more malfunctioning chargers (literally not working, or throughput less than 50% of rated) than working chargers.

I'm not willing to give a pass on this. Maybe some people's expectations are defined by their experiences, and the generally poor CCS network is a "fact of life" for owners of those cars. But the "other brand" has demonstrated that chargers can operate with extreme uptime and at rated speeds.

I know it will get better eventually, but until it does, it will continue to be an impediment to widespread adoption.

No, in general DCFC is not a good experience. In fact it's becoming a major issue. It's so bad that the manufacturers have or are drafting SuC agreements with Tesla.