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You should play the lottery because you sound like the luckiest person alive.

vel0city 4y ago
I don't think I am. I've never had a failure to charge, but I have seen dispensers out of service at several locations. I do see stations out of service on PlugShare, I just don't go to those. While I have gone on a few road trips, the vast amount of charging has happened at home, so we're really only talking a dozen or so fast charging times over a couple of years. I did encounter a few people who had issues charging while I was on those road trips. It seemed like the BMW i3's were the ones most likely to have a charging issue from the cars I saw. A few people were confused about how to get it started. I saw a Tesla drive up to CCS charger trying to figure out how to get their J1772 adapter to work with the CCS cable (hint: it no work). But the vast majority of the people I encountered on my road trips managed to plug in, potentially negotiate payment if needed, charge their car, and go on their way without any issue. Like lots of things, I think its mostly just that you hear about people sharing their horror stories instead of everyone chirping in every time saying "yup, worked as advertised!" How many people are going to watch and share a video of someone driving up to a CCS dispenser, plug it in, have it charge for ten minutes, and then drive off? Probably not very many. How many people are going to share someone's story about how a charging failure ruined their Christmas? How many videos do people share of people pulling up to a gas station, pumping gas, putting the handle back, and driving off? How many people share videos of people starting fires at gas stations? I tend to see way more videos of fires at gas stations and crazy collisions with the pumps, I guess that's just what everyone's experiences are at gas stations every day! Seriously, while YouTube series like OutOfSpec Reviews shares some of the recent failures and challenges with charging infrastructure, they have tons of videos where you see lots of people pulling up to chargers, charging their cars, and going on their way. They even talk about how they go on lots of road trips with their non-Teslas, and seem to have generally good experiences on average. And they're constantly driving and charging their cars at public chargers, most drivers probably will only use DCFC a handful of times a year.

I don't think I am. I've never had a failure to charge, but I have seen dispensers out of service at several locations. I do see stations out of service on PlugShare, I just don't go to those. While I have gone on a few road trips, the vast amount of charging has happened at home, so we're really only talking a dozen or so fast charging times over a couple of years. I did encounter a few people who had issues charging while I was on those road trips. It seemed like the BMW i3's were the ones most likely to have a charging issue from the cars I saw. A few people were confused about how to get it started. I saw a Tesla drive up to CCS charger trying to figure out how to get their J1772 adapter to work with the CCS cable (hint: it no work). But the vast majority of the people I encountered on my road trips managed to plug in, potentially negotiate payment if needed, charge their car, and go on their way without any issue. Like lots of things, I think its mostly just that you hear about people sharing their horror stories instead of everyone chirping in every time saying "yup, worked as advertised!" How many people are going to watch and share a video of someone driving up to a CCS dispenser, plug it in, have it charge for ten minutes, and then drive off? Probably not very many. How many people are going to share someone's story about how a charging failure ruined their Christmas? How many videos do people share of people pulling up to a gas station, pumping gas, putting the handle back, and driving off? How many people share videos of people starting fires at gas stations? I tend to see way more videos of fires at gas stations and crazy collisions with the pumps, I guess that's just what everyone's experiences are at gas stations every day! Seriously, while YouTube series like OutOfSpec Reviews shares some of the recent failures and challenges with charging infrastructure, they have tons of videos where you see lots of people pulling up to chargers, charging their cars, and going on their way. They even talk about how they go on lots of road trips with their non-Teslas, and seem to have generally good experiences on average. And they're constantly driving and charging their cars at public chargers, most drivers probably will only use DCFC a handful of times a year.