I was looking into getting the CCS adapter and it lead me to many articles and videos about how awful the EA chargers have been.
I have read 3 articles on EVs that have been literally bricked at their chargers and this is only 3 that we know of!
One was the F-150 (F-150 Lightning Bricked at Electrify America Charging Station),
next was the Rivian (Rivian R1T Fried, Stuck to Electrify America Charger for Days After 'Loud Boom' While Charging)
and very recently a Chevy Bolt (https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/0...by-electrify-america-fast-charger-in-florida/).
All of them had to be towed away. The Bolt owner said $20k(!) in damages, and I haven't heard what the final outcome was for the others. There are So Many videos of people having issues with EA that I'm starting to think it's some kind of conspiracy by big oil or Elon. I'm struggling to comprehend why this is. I actually created a youtube video of what I have seen.
Then there is a new study from the University of California Berkeley (https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=242517&DocumentContentId=76033) that says more than a fourth of all public chargers were found to be nonfunctional when tested. From the study: Overall, 72.5% of the 657 chargers were functional. A random evaluation of 10% of the chargers, approximately 8 days after the first evaluation, demonstrated no overall change in functionality. This level of functionality appears to conflict with the 95 to 98% uptime reported by the EV service providers who operate the EV charging stations. So does EA even see how big their problem is? Is it by design that they can't see the issues? The chargers in the study were primarily operated by EVgo and Electrify America.
It's just really sad - there is already so much BS that EV haters make up and now there is this reality that will really help make the case against EVs. I just watched a video by Stradman where is took his Hummer to MOAB Utah and had an awful "adventure" trying to get home due to all of the non-functioning chargers. It was 12-20 degrees F... This would be called a complete failure/nightmare by anyone else who's not a rich Youtuber.
I have read 3 articles on EVs that have been literally bricked at their chargers and this is only 3 that we know of!
One was the F-150 (F-150 Lightning Bricked at Electrify America Charging Station),
next was the Rivian (Rivian R1T Fried, Stuck to Electrify America Charger for Days After 'Loud Boom' While Charging)
and very recently a Chevy Bolt (https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/0...by-electrify-america-fast-charger-in-florida/).
All of them had to be towed away. The Bolt owner said $20k(!) in damages, and I haven't heard what the final outcome was for the others. There are So Many videos of people having issues with EA that I'm starting to think it's some kind of conspiracy by big oil or Elon. I'm struggling to comprehend why this is. I actually created a youtube video of what I have seen.
Then there is a new study from the University of California Berkeley (https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/GetDocument.aspx?tn=242517&DocumentContentId=76033) that says more than a fourth of all public chargers were found to be nonfunctional when tested. From the study: Overall, 72.5% of the 657 chargers were functional. A random evaluation of 10% of the chargers, approximately 8 days after the first evaluation, demonstrated no overall change in functionality. This level of functionality appears to conflict with the 95 to 98% uptime reported by the EV service providers who operate the EV charging stations. So does EA even see how big their problem is? Is it by design that they can't see the issues? The chargers in the study were primarily operated by EVgo and Electrify America.
It's just really sad - there is already so much BS that EV haters make up and now there is this reality that will really help make the case against EVs. I just watched a video by Stradman where is took his Hummer to MOAB Utah and had an awful "adventure" trying to get home due to all of the non-functioning chargers. It was 12-20 degrees F... This would be called a complete failure/nightmare by anyone else who's not a rich Youtuber.