Over 50% Of EV Chargers Working At This Electrify America Site! Drivers Share Their Experiences
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
- Join me as I visit my local EA station in Stamford CT to randomly check in to see status of dispensers being up or down. I also speak with drivers who I met at the station to ask them to share their charging experiences
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As usual great video! Fred Flintstone, LOL
I used to go to this car wash, in Florida now.
Great video Dave. I just stopped yesterday at my local Chevy dealer. They have no information from GM of when they are coming online with NACS. I told them I’ve heard from (Kyle and Tom) people in the know, that it should be in a few weeks. They have no idea, I’m really concerned with these cars companies who do not communicate with their dealers. Then I informed him I heard I have to pay for my adapter yet ford and rivian owners are getting them for free. Again, they had no info. My poor little Bolt, oh well keep up the good work and stay safe.
A salesman at my local Chevy dealer tried to tell me that all their cars already have access to the supercharges. I think he was mistaken with magic dock
At least stop and shop has a liquor store in that shopping center 😊
EA was out at the site on Wednesday afternoon(6/12) working on at least one of those units that was down. Interestingly the tech had a Model 3 and was plugged in with an adapter. Second time I've seen a tech out there, last one had a Lightning. Also those Urban Chargers have been busy lately, last week 10 stalls were in use....most I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!
I love these charging videos. I own an Ioniq6. I did not know I can get 175kw off a 150kw. Thanks Dave. I love when you talk to real owners. South Korea represent. I live in North Carolina.
You're awesome, Dave :)
The couple with the mini are incredible for road tripping with 100miles range!
This is Jing of Frank and Jing 😆 Thank you Dave for the shoutout and sharing our experience to the world. You really made our day! 😊 Btw, I drive an electric MINI too, it's a red one from 2021. Out of Spec channel played an important part in our decision to buy two electric MINIs.
Hi guys! So nice to meet you!
Oh you’re the couple from the video… your ignorant replies on my comment make much more sense now lmao
@@Thrice-er6ry Looks like you deleted your comment that EVs will become a total failure in America because a part of people sometimes might need to drive over 100 miles without ANY stop along the way in a low-range EV, where multiple people happened to countered your points in the replies. You chose to leave a reply under my comment and call me ignorant without context. You know what, my friend, have a good night, and let the time tell.
@@jinglejungle3710 no sorry… you chose to come to my comment first… I didn’t delete my comment either RUclips or the creator must have. And yes I believe you are an ignorant person the context was the comments you left under my comment!
@@jinglejungle3710 also part of my argument is and always will be certain states and the federal government forcing taxpayers to fund this BS by way of incentives and infrastructure.
$80 a month for unlimited car washing sounds great
I've have the good fortune to be driving electric for 11 years (In Australia). I have only used EV stations 5 times. 3 for fun, and twice because i needed to. Otherwise I have simply always charged at home. Of the 2 times i did charge out of necessity (on a road trip), 1 of the charges only worked on the 4th or 5th try. It was not a good feeling. So I can totally see why people are weary of charging stations. Perhaps i will have to use one again in another 4 years, so lets hope they are working better by then.
Perfect timing, as I will be doing the EA dance on a road trip next month in my Ioniq 5. They seem to be upping their game in 2024, but apparently not over by you!
Maybe EA is trying to avoid higher peak demand fees when the 350kW chargers operate during on-peak hours. It would be an interesting project to see if those same 350kW chargers were "working" during off-peak hours.
I bought my EV less than a month ago. So far there are 3 locations for EA chargers in my area. 2 is behind a Bank of America and 1 is in an outlet mall. I went to both of the EA stations that are behind BOA. 4 chargers each location. Mostly 3/4 of the 150 kwh chargers work. On one occasion, the chargers were updating one at a time. Which made only 2 available on one of the location. The one that was not working has a busted card reader. I went 2 days ago to charge and they were fixing it. 3/4 working well. No issues with payments as its plug and play. I have yet to test 350 kwh chargers. We are heading for a road trip down to DC and will probably hit Stamford CT I 95 chargers. Hoping charging will go smoothly
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Nathen looks like he has a lot of pride.
Visiting friends in Newtown, CT, I decided to charge our EQS at the EA station in East Hartford. Surprisingly, all 4 stations were operating. In contrast, I’ve charged at the Naples, FL EA station and have never seen all 4 stalls functioning. Each time 1,2, or 3 stalls are down.
If our road trip needs more than one DC Fast charger, we use a Tesla instead of a CCS car. Until MB can charge at a Supercharger, I have extreme charger anxiety when riding with my wife. Our household will never have an ICE or hybrid car.
Its' amazing how many people you meet that watch "Out of Spec" channels. Do you think anyone at the mall could grab a broom and do a little cleanup around those EA chargers and return the shopping carts?
I thought someone should return the shopping carts while charging but they may be busy.
7:08 If he's talking about the CCS charger in Utica I'm thinking of, I had problems on that and couldn't use it. Granted, I have a Model Y and there's a Tesla Supercharger in Utica which worked flawlessly all the times I used it.
In massachusets here. My tesla starts with ev and my wife new tesla starts with ve too.
I wonder what they will do when they run out of VE#s.
Wonderful video Dave. You sure know your charging stuff. Did your teacher that other guy Kyle something? 🤔 The eMini is on my short list for a 2nd city car. Sure hard to beat Tesla especially the Supercharger network.❤❤❤
Did anyone call EA to report the down chargers?
So the rate of charging will depend on:
Temperature
Humidity
Altitude
The Phase of the Moon ….
To name a few yup 😊
In Henderson, Nevada, the 2nd largest city in Nevada 400,000 residents 50 million tourists pass thru) right next to Las Vegas we have one EA station only with 4 chargers. If there was 16 chargers still wouldn’t be enough. Always one is down so everybody fighting for the 3 chargers. Always a line, always people giving up charging, it’s in a Walmart parking lot, not covered in this 115 heat and ridiculous the infrastructure sucks to charge a EV and they wonder why people are holding off buying them…
Maybe publish EA customer service numbers so people can register their issues. Text, call, email or post and let them know.
People having problems need to let the charger provider know what the specific problem is, what charger and what location.
To me it seems when most people are discussing EV’s it’s all about charging. I can understand that if you expect to use it like an ICE vehicle. Until there’s a lot more technology and infrastructure EV’s are an ideal vehicle for around town driving.
I'm seeing a lot of Ioniq 5s on the road recently. They are great for fast charging, but the CCS charging network lets them down too often.
#JustSaying
good video Dave
My Model Y pulls 115 kWs at 50%. ... But I really think it would be safe for Tesla to flatten that charging curve. There a couple of studies on Teslas that show Teslas that are fast charged 90% of the time vs those that are slow charged 90% of the time have no significant difference in degradation. And there are a couple of RUclips videos by people who have to fast charge a lot with a lot of mileage on their Tesla and they say they have no significant degradation. ... Come on Tesla, open up that charging curve.
Have you seen the Tesla DCFC locations that had 25-30% down? I've had to move around while charging at Enfield when my first time using Magic Dock because it errored out when trying to plug in.
When I have charged my Ioniq 5 on road trips, and the 350’s were down, it only added about 5 minutes to my charge time to go from 30ish to 80%. No big deal.
Notice the absurdly high cost of DC fast charging at this EA station: $.64/kwhr (before tax). The continental US utility rate for residential AC is around $.12/kwhr or so. This is why DC fast charging infrastructure is not as important as EV enthusiasts believe. Most people here in USA will charge at home on level 2 AC in their garage.
Still 1000% necessary, not everyone can charge at home. Even if every person charged at home, believe it or not, people sometimes go on road trips. They are used to driving 4-500 miles without stopping so quick charges are crucial. EA is overpriced but Tesla is about half that price
It is just crazy that charging companies (other than TESLA) have such poor charging reliability.
They have been installing chargers for years and should have the reliability issues worked out by now.
These chargers should be money makers for the charging companies but they make no money when they are off line and not working.
This is bad for the charging companies, it is bad for the auto makers selling electric vehicles and it is bad for owners of EVs trying to charge.
So glad I get to use Tesla when charging my Lightning!
I have not attempted to fast-charge my IONIQ5 in almost a year. I gave up. I don't think I've ever pulled over 150. The norm was a limited feed of 50 or 70. Some say Electrify America is part of an effort by VW to slow or kill EV transition. I used to think that was crazy. Well ....
So sad that you had that experience with such a great charging car. I think many will never go back to an EV if they are let down by fast charging on the road
I own an Ioniq6 but I road trip in West Virginia in my ICE Chevy Impala. I "gave up" also.
@@Ctnbl Oh, we have a Tesla Y LR. Road trips are fine and even fun. We love talking shop with other EV folks. We use the IONIQ5 for all kinds of shorter range work.
👍👍😎✌️🤟 When they work???? That’s sad.
Fast charging at non Tesla chargers is horrible in southwestern Connecticut. Traveling south of the George Washington bridge to New Jersey along I95 and the garden state parkway, I counted no chargers at the service stations on those roads. It’s pathetic. You have to get off the highway and find some non descript charging location. Wastes more time.
does the Mini have proper battery conditioning and cooling?
MINI does cooling for the battery and in car navigation to chargers, but it does not do preconditioning
@@jinglejungle3710 is there an option to activate preconditioning or activate cooling kind of necessity where I live in Phoenix
@@A_12USA unfortunately no way to activate preconditioning, it does cooling though
Completely automatic thermal battery management. The battery itself is fairly insulated in a T shape, running in between the front two seats and under the rear seats instead of the typical flat skateboard layout underneath the vehicle.
1/2 off sale, deal
I stick with Gas
Meet you there😂😂😂
A smartly dressed young couple on their way to a wedding and they have to stop in a grotty car park with shopping carts left about,too charge ,this is why EV ownership sucks not to mention some elderly man with a camera hanging about 😅,
Reality sinks in as I am now considered elderly. What a way to start the weekend!
This encounter put a big smile on the couple’s face
Hi dude your car will underperform here soon. 😮 calm down Dave.
Complains against automated car washes drives an automated car…. Little silly…. I’m sure those mucked up gloves do a great job for $80 a month.
Good point I am canceling thx for the wake up call