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> Only EVs with CCS charge inlets were used. The vehicles used for testing were the Chevy Bolt, Kia Niro, Hyundai Kona, Ford Mustang Mach E, and Porsche Taycan.
by clouddrover 4y ago
> Only EVs with CCS charge inlets were used. The vehicles used for testing were the Chevy Bolt, Kia Niro, Hyundai Kona, Ford Mustang Mach E, and Porsche Taycan.
It would be good to see a breakdown of which EVs had which problems. They say that all of the "cable too short" problems were with Chevy Bolts only, but it also sounds like they didn't make every EV visit every station. Maybe most EVs would have the same issue at those stations, maybe not.
The Chevy Bolt is also known to have problems with initiating charging sessions. So if most of the charge initiation failures were with Bolts then that may be more of a problem with the car than the station.
This YouTuber tests and reviews a lot of charging sites with his Chevy Bolt. In this recent station test video he talks about some of the Chevy Bolt specific issues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgeh3CozLFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgeh3CozLFo