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It won't matter how many EVs automakers release if they can't build a reliable charging network. Most EVgo and Chargepoint chargers don't work (entirely, or at
by gamblor956 6y ago
It won't matter how many EVs automakers release if they can't build a reliable charging network. Most EVgo and Chargepoint chargers don't work (entirely, or at their putative rates).
Electrify America's charging stations almost always work...unfortunately, as the last man on the field they have the least convenient locations.
Tesla's car build quality may be crap, but they'll be able to coast on the superiority of the Supercharger network for at least 3-4 years.
- jeffbee 6y agoThere aren't any Tesla chargers in my town of 120k people and there are over 200 other kinds of chargers, all of which have worked fine whenever I've needed them.
- gamblor956 6y agoYou must currently be outside of the U.S.? There is no location in the U.S. which has "200 other kinds of [EV] chargers" but no Tesla chargers. EVgo is based in LA...but even in EVgo's home base it has fewer than 1/10th the number of chargers as Tesla. More embarrassingly for EVgo, Tesla has more chargers within 10 miles of EVgo's HQ than EVgo does. The combined number of non-Tesla EV chargers in the LA area is fewer than the number of Tesla chargers (even without including limited-access Tesla chargers in this number, such as those in hotels or office buildings that are limited to the use of those buildings' guests or occupants), and most of the non-Tesla chargers are located just far enough away from anyplace you'd actually want to go that you'd have to drive out of your way to use them...and then spend 30 minutes hanging out on a dark, deserted street away from any shops or restaurants. Tesla has done many things poorly, but the Supercharger network was the one thing they got right.
- mhh__ 6y ago3-4 years isn't a very long time even compared to the lifespan of an unreliable car