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I wish that they would install some of these chargers at interstate highway rest areas. It is really aggravating to have to drive up to ten miles just to access a charger.
@@TheIoniqGuy Drove from Long Island to Central Florida lately on I95 and once you pass the Maryland House rest area, no more EV chargers on the interstate rest areas. It is sad.
@@raypabs5374That's actually due to an old insterstate law that prohibits them, pushed by local commerce groups back in the day, and they still exist pushing politicians to keep it. So it's political. People need go after their politicians to change it. States like NJ gets around it by having INTRA -state PAID highways like the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.
@@raypabs5374 Maryland House rents space in their food court, so it's a no-brainer that they would add chargers, especially since EV demand per capita is greater there than just about anywhere else on the east coast. You can't get on the beltway these days and not see EVs.
Hey Corbin, It was great meeting you! Glad my drone footage was useful! You made some great points as always and cant wait to see what Ionna does next! This gives me more confidence for the future of EV's
As someone who charged twice at EA stations with only 4 spots today, holy crap we need these. Waiting is nightmare and availability is only getting worse with more EVs on the road.
Had an unusual charging scenario a couple days ago. I stopped at a 150 kilowatt Electrify America station with about 13% battery and was not able to precondition but I ended up getting the fastest charging I've had the whole time I've had my Ioniq 5. Got up to 187 KW and went from 13% to 85% in about 30 minutes. Outdoor ambient temps were in the mid 50s
The best thing to take away from this is competition.That's the only way to get better service in the USA. And do NOT allow mergers which just put us back in the toilet.
I wish automakers and charging stations could agree on some standard for port door placement. It seems like charging stations mostly have the equipment at the back of a parking space, or where you normally have the front of the car. Thus, you have a lot of people backing in, which seems awkward and potentially invites a lot of fender benders. I know this is a minor issue, but the fact is that we don't have to think in terms of gas caps... Amirite or just a nudge?
YAY! I hope IONNA will roll out its DCFC sites quickly and reliably! I wonder if those automakers equally share the costs, or are they distributed according to company size…? Maybe Ioniq 5 owners should pull in frontwards, and extend the cable to the passenger side back of the car…? I agree that the stalls should have two screens, one for each cable. Happy Holidays to you! 🎄
Great reporting Corbin! Although I'm VW ID.4 owner, love your content. We need rechargies like this one in metro Boston like yesterday! EA is broken down all the time, and EVgo footprint is so small.
Thanks for the update, and especially the info about the reach of the cable. It sure seemed from other videos that it could go across to the other side. And no one else pointed out that there's only one screen. Is it just me, or does anyone else think that your videos could have more light in the background? It kind of looks like you're reporting from a basement with a single lightbulb. Anyway, too bad about the flat! I had an AWD Subaru, and if there was any significant wear, I had to replace all four tires if a single one went bad. Was that your experience?
Just looking at the layout, I wish that the charging stalls were drive-through, with at least one stall dedicated to vehicles with trailers. My I5 has the port on the back and the very long wheelbase makes it surprisingly difficult to back into a spot on the first try. (don't judge me - I've been backing in and parallel parking for 50+ years, this car is more difficult than most that I've owned)
Hi, nice to see alpitronics working in US, too. It‘s my favourite stall, so far. But why did you not park the other way around? This should work. It depends which side of the hpc is free, how I park my ioniq 5. In Germany we have a lot more CPOs and most of them use Alpitronic, too. Close to me we have a charging hub with 14 Stalls and 28 CCS points. Like your content, all the best from Germany 👋
Surprised that you could not reach the port on the far side rear while still in the stall. It looked like there was plenty of cable. I'll have to check that out the next time I am at an IONNA site. The side mounting might be for protection from direct sunlight. Only having one I am sure is a cost control thing. I know folks love plug and charge, but I would be happy if all sites had working card readers. Then, I would not need all the apps and subscriptions. I love road trip videos. Looking forward to the one on this trip.
@@TheIoniqGuyyeah but you’re at the peak of EV demand right now and as soon as the EV credit goes away it’s going to cause demand to collapse. I know a bunch of people who only ended up getting an EV because of the incentives. Not to mention, both power companies as well as manufacturers like Ford with their Power Promise are incentivizing charging at home. Things like this will be far and few between. Manufacturers are about to lose incentives to build EVs anyway and will slow development of new vehicles because of both drop in demand since the credit will be gone as well being incentivized to build more ICE vehicles. At least in the US I think we are about at the peak of EV demand and it will be that way for a while until things either get cheaper or the government gets its head out of its butt. Most people can’t afford 50k for a car and that’s about the average for vehicles including ICE vehicles. There are just more used and cheap ICE vehicles available so the average person will lean towards those.
So, is the stop button on the charger available to just anyone who walks up to it? What's stopping a malicious actor (say, an impatient Uber driver in an ID.4) from walking up to the charger and stopping your charging session while you're inside the building?
IF they roll out as planned, will be a game changer for the industry and give a true, viable, multi-charge point option over Tesla. It can't come quickly enough.
I'm hoping they bring one somewhere close to my location.. there is a tesla supercharger and EA location about 25 miles from me but otherwise there isn't much in the way of public charging :(
@@TheIoniqGuy I’ve not had to deal with this yet with my EV6 but so far I’m planning to use a plug on the spot to repair my tire if the puncture permits. I have thousands of miles on plugged tires since about 1975 and only recall one that leaked later.
@@TheIoniqGuy Hi Corbin, bummer about the tire, any chance you will have a video in the future describing that situation? That is my biggest nightmare, dealing with a flat on a roadtrip. I am specifically concerned about EV tire availability here in Texas!
Yeah that was the problem I ran into is that they had no EV tires available so I just got a regular tire. Wasn’t a big deal to me since the car is getting traded in soon and will need the other 3 tires replaced before it gets sold. So likely just a whole new set but I can understand your concern if you already have a fairly new set
Flying j is a highway interstate adjacent stop. This is a small town stop, mostly single family home with existing home charging. a bit away from highway. Much less likely there will be trailering.
Sorta cool, but I cant see the store making too much off of EV owners alone. Hope its advertised as a coffee shop as well. Sorta neat to see more than just a stand alone charger. Merry Christmas, happy holidays etc.
Don’t like these side mounted chargers. Stopped at nice Electrify Canada 350kw the other day in my Ioniq 5. Couldn’t use it cause the charger cable was too short and the charger was on the side. Thankfully a Polestar finished on the other side.
The ratio of ccs to nacs is dumb at this point. Have all be nacs with a vending machine of ccs adapters that are free with a credit card deposit that you return at the end.
@@TheIoniqGuy Trying to keep breakage and repairs to a minimum as in a few years CCS will be extinct. If you link the CCS to a stall via a magic dock it can still break rendering that stall useless and you have to move your car. If you grab a busted CCS adapter, go back and get another and mark that as not working in the app.
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I wish that they would install some of these chargers at interstate highway rest areas. It is really aggravating to have to drive up to ten miles just to access a charger.
I was happy to see on the drive down chargers getting installed at the rest areas in NJ and I think Maryland. It’s soooo needed
@@TheIoniqGuy Drove from Long Island to Central Florida lately on I95 and once you pass the Maryland House rest area, no more EV chargers on the interstate rest areas. It is sad.
@@raypabs5374That's actually due to an old insterstate law that prohibits them, pushed by local commerce groups back in the day, and they still exist pushing politicians to keep it. So it's political. People need go after their politicians to change it. States like NJ gets around it by having INTRA -state PAID highways like the NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.
@@raypabs5374 Maryland House rents space in their food court, so it's a no-brainer that they would add chargers, especially since EV demand per capita is greater there than just about anywhere else on the east coast. You can't get on the beltway these days and not see EVs.
Not me. At night, those highway rest areas are pretty sketchy. I’d rather drive 10 minutes to a busier spot with food, coffee, a rest room, etc.
Hey Corbin, It was great meeting you! Glad my drone footage was useful! You made some great points as always and cant wait to see what Ionna does next! This gives me more confidence for the future of EV's
Happy Holidays and all the best in the new year, Corbin! Your channel is awesome.
Happy holidays!
Tap to Pay. Music to my ears!
Your share is fantastic! It's informative and insightful. I've gained a lot from it.
As someone who charged twice at EA stations with only 4 spots today, holy crap we need these. Waiting is nightmare and availability is only getting worse with more EVs on the road.
Thanks for sharing this, looks like a nice deal. Nothing like this in CO yet.
Excellent reporting👍 Happy holidays❄
Had an unusual charging scenario a couple days ago. I stopped at a 150 kilowatt Electrify America station with about 13% battery and was not able to precondition but I ended up getting the fastest charging I've had the whole time I've had my Ioniq 5. Got up to 187 KW and went from 13% to 85% in about 30 minutes. Outdoor ambient temps were in the mid 50s
doesn't take long to warm up from that.
@@Trashed20659 Indeed, and if you've been driving for a while the battery is probably above ambient already.
Happy holidays!!! Cool video as always
The best thing to take away from this is competition.That's the only way to get better service in the USA. And do NOT allow mergers which just put us back in the toilet.
I wish automakers and charging stations could agree on some standard for port door placement. It seems like charging stations mostly have the equipment at the back of a parking space, or where you normally have the front of the car. Thus, you have a lot of people backing in, which seems awkward and potentially invites a lot of fender benders. I know this is a minor issue, but the fact is that we don't have to think in terms of gas caps... Amirite or just a nudge?
Looking forward to the one they are building in Scranton PA
YAY! I hope IONNA will roll out its DCFC sites quickly and reliably! I wonder if those automakers equally share the costs, or are they distributed according to company size…? Maybe Ioniq 5 owners should pull in frontwards, and extend the cable to the passenger side back of the car…? I agree that the stalls should have two screens, one for each cable. Happy Holidays to you! 🎄
This is so cool!
WHAT do you tap to pay? An Ionna card? your phone? Visa? Debit?
It’s the same as any payment terminal. Credit card. Apple Pay. Whatever
That would have been a cool trip!
I enjoyed talking to you at the event. I'm sorry to hear about your tire issue. I am thinking of keeping a tire plug kit in my car.
Great reporting Corbin! Although I'm VW ID.4 owner, love your content. We need rechargies like this one in metro Boston like yesterday! EA is broken down all the time, and EVgo footprint is so small.
Keep checking the EA chargers. The company says they have a new commitment to keeping those up and running.
good to hear
How was handshake time to start charging? EA always feels like an eternity and can’t tell if it’s happy or going to time out.
Thanks for the content. I'm hoping to come to your next Meet and Greet in 2025 in the Boston, MA area.
Thanks for the update, and especially the info about the reach of the cable. It sure seemed from other videos that it could go across to the other side. And no one else pointed out that there's only one screen.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that your videos could have more light in the background? It kind of looks like you're reporting from a basement with a single lightbulb.
Anyway, too bad about the flat! I had an AWD Subaru, and if there was any significant wear, I had to replace all four tires if a single one went bad. Was that your experience?
Just looking at the layout, I wish that the charging stalls were drive-through, with at least one stall dedicated to vehicles with trailers. My I5 has the port on the back and the very long wheelbase makes it surprisingly difficult to back into a spot on the first try. (don't judge me - I've been backing in and parallel parking for 50+ years, this car is more difficult than most that I've owned)
Happily holidays Corbin. Have a great break.
Hi, nice to see alpitronics working in US, too. It‘s my favourite stall, so far. But why did you not park the other way around? This should work. It depends which side of the hpc is free, how I park my ioniq 5.
In Germany we have a lot more CPOs and most of them use Alpitronic, too. Close to me we have a charging hub with 14 Stalls and 28 CCS points. Like your content, all the best from Germany 👋
I agree with you on the conference rooms, sofas would have been better.
Surprised that you could not reach the port on the far side rear while still in the stall. It looked like there was plenty of cable. I'll have to check that out the next time I am at an IONNA site. The side mounting might be for protection from direct sunlight. Only having one I am sure is a cost control thing.
I know folks love plug and charge, but I would be happy if all sites had working card readers. Then, I would not need all the apps and subscriptions.
I love road trip videos. Looking forward to the one on this trip.
Looks great, but I still don’t understand why they and others aren’t building drive through stalls?
Awesome content! Sorry about your flat. My Volt is also mad that I am soon trading it in and has been encouraging people to rear end me.
I would like to see preferential rates for vehicles that are represented by the OEMs behind IONNA
Love this. What do you think will happen now though with new admin promoting ICE
I don’t think it’ll have any impact. This is private investment and there’s already a massive need for more charging stations
@@TheIoniqGuyyeah but you’re at the peak of EV demand right now and as soon as the EV credit goes away it’s going to cause demand to collapse. I know a bunch of people who only ended up getting an EV because of the incentives. Not to mention, both power companies as well as manufacturers like Ford with their Power Promise are incentivizing charging at home. Things like this will be far and few between. Manufacturers are about to lose incentives to build EVs anyway and will slow development of new vehicles because of both drop in demand since the credit will be gone as well being incentivized to build more ICE vehicles. At least in the US I think we are about at the peak of EV demand and it will be that way for a while until things either get cheaper or the government gets its head out of its butt. Most people can’t afford 50k for a car and that’s about the average for vehicles including ICE vehicles. There are just more used and cheap ICE vehicles available so the average person will lean towards those.
So, is the stop button on the charger available to just anyone who walks up to it? What's stopping a malicious actor (say, an impatient Uber driver in an ID.4) from walking up to the charger and stopping your charging session while you're inside the building?
Any idea what the actual charging cost will be ? I've tried looking and can't find it anywhere..
There are thousands of installed Alpitronic chargers in Sweden, and they just work.
Maybe I missed it, but could you describe if there is space for drivers to queue during normal operation?
There is definitely plenty of space for at least 6 or 8 queuing cars if side by side but I’m not sure if it’s going to be marked on the pavement
hey how did the tire replacement go? Seems like a big pain in the ass and tire can't run that way long, can it?
IF they roll out as planned, will be a game changer for the industry and give a true, viable, multi-charge point option over Tesla. It can't come quickly enough.
I'm hoping they bring one somewhere close to my location.. there is a tesla supercharger and EA location about 25 miles from me but otherwise there isn't much in the way of public charging :(
So, how did the tire fix work? Tire needed replacement?
Yeah once you use the fix a flat, it’s toast
@@TheIoniqGuy I’ve not had to deal with this yet with my EV6 but so far I’m planning to use a plug on the spot to repair my tire if the puncture permits. I have thousands of miles on plugged tires since about 1975 and only recall one that leaked later.
@@TheIoniqGuy Hi Corbin, bummer about the tire, any chance you will have a video in the future describing that situation? That is my biggest nightmare, dealing with a flat on a roadtrip. I am specifically concerned about EV tire availability here in Texas!
Yeah that was the problem I ran into is that they had no EV tires available so I just got a regular tire. Wasn’t a big deal to me since the car is getting traded in soon and will need the other 3 tires replaced before it gets sold. So likely just a whole new set but I can understand your concern if you already have a fairly new set
I can foresee with just one screen where one person might accidentally end the other person's charge session.
So, you are saying it is not 'plug and charge' yet? When will it be?
When Hyundai decides to implement it
If you had been at 5B instead of 5A, wouldn't the cord have been on the correct side for Hyundai/Kia?
Yeah
One screen is a bit of a miss. Nice station, but no pull through spots? Flying J has this right, screen on front and pull through spots. Nice report.
Flying j is a highway interstate adjacent stop. This is a small town stop, mostly single family home with existing home charging. a bit away from highway. Much less likely there will be trailering.
Cool.
With the high cost of DC charger cabling, I imagine EV drivers will have to get used to pulling in port side like at ICE stations
I am surprised they didnt have PlugNCharge capabilities especially with HYUNDAI being ivolved.
Hyundai and Kia have said that it’s in the works. Shouldn’t be long
Bit jealous. Live on Vancouver Island and the majority of chargers here peak at 100kW. A lot are 50kW.
Sorta cool, but I cant see the store making too much off of EV owners alone. Hope its advertised as a coffee shop as well.
Sorta neat to see more than just a stand alone charger.
Merry Christmas, happy holidays etc.
Don’t like these side mounted chargers. Stopped at nice Electrify Canada 350kw the other day in my Ioniq 5. Couldn’t use it cause the charger cable was too short and the charger was on the side. Thankfully a Polestar finished on the other side.
This is koo
Couch will invite homeless
The ratio of ccs to nacs is dumb at this point. Have all be nacs with a vending machine of ccs adapters that are free with a credit card deposit that you return at the end.
Not a bad idea. Alpitronic could also do something similar to Tesla and ChargePoint with a built in adapter that unlocks
@@TheIoniqGuy Trying to keep breakage and repairs to a minimum as in a few years CCS will be extinct. If you link the CCS to a stall via a magic dock it can still break rendering that stall useless and you have to move your car. If you grab a busted CCS adapter, go back and get another and mark that as not working in the app.