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It honestly makes no sense why non-tesla charge managers care so little about their stations. It costs a LOT of money to install a L3 charger (Last I saw, some
by cogman10 3y ago
It honestly makes no sense why non-tesla charge managers care so little about their stations.
It costs a LOT of money to install a L3 charger (Last I saw, something like $500,000). So having it go offline for a significant amount of time is a fairly big loss. And, what's completely frustrating, is the parts that are breaking/being vandalized aren't the $500,000 inverters, it's the screen, cable, or card reader. $100 parts. (Maybe more like $500 for the cable).
The only thing I can think of is there's simply a skill shortage and these companies aren't willing to pay for enough employees to maintain their stations. You need to be an electrician to work with these stations and it may be that these companies don't want to pay for the amount of electricians they need.
- xnx 3y agoThe business of non-Tesla chargers was to get paid to install them, not to get paid to keep them running.