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Yes, there are logs of CCS charging sites but IMHO the whole Tesla charging environment is miles ahead of any of the others. To charge while I'm on the road, I
by Corrado 6y ago
Yes, there are logs of CCS charging sites but IMHO the whole Tesla charging environment is miles ahead of any of the others. To charge while I'm on the road, I just ask my car for the nearest charging location. It pulls up a map with all the nearest ones and gives me details about each one; if there are stalls available, what speed the chargers are, if there is a nearby coffee shop, etc. On the way there, the car prepares itself for charging, warming the battery if necessary, etc. When I get there I just pull in and plug in the car; no messing with a CC or an app, no trying to find out how much it costs, nothing. I walk away and the car lets me know when it's done.
I'm not positive, but from everything I've seen about other BEV systems, this experience is fairly unique. Every review of competitors (Polestar, VW, Ford, etc.) I see on YouTube reports that charging those cars is much more difficult than it should be and is awash of unique and disparate motions.
- clouddrover 6y ago> I just ask my car for the nearest charging location. It pulls up a map with all the nearest ones and gives me details about each one Lots of cars and third party applications do that. Here's an example for Audi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3fj973k4ZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3fj973k4ZM
- Corrado 6y agoThat's actually pretty cool and I didn't know that other manufacturers had gotten to the point where it's actually useful. Though I prefer the Tesla all-in-one solution I do appreciate that there are third party apps that provide some extra functionality for other vendors.
- clouddrover 6y agoHere's another one. A Better Routeplanner (https://abetterrouteplanner.com/ https://abetterrouteplanner.com/) now has onboard integration with the Polestar 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_WJSjy5sQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_WJSjy5sQ4