This days I'm having hard times making my car charging on ABB DC fast chargers as it abruptly stop charging few minutes after it initiate charging process. Trying everything possible that could come to my mind but no success. Sent from my SM-N960F using Inside EVs mobile app
Sounds like an issue with the charger.. I have had similar issues at certain chargers. It's likely not an issue with the car..
This one is easy- Firmware upgrade to the ABB CJ type machine: https://insideevsforum.com/community/index.php?threads/bc-hydro-stations.5252/page-2#post-59257 Find the network and /or maintenance in charge and advise them of this- Plugshare check ins do work as well as most monitor them. Note: since firmware upgrade the DCFC machines work with Kona.
Unfortunately in our country we have only ABB chargers Sent from my SM-N960F using Inside EVs mobile app
Try the Fines one next to Okrajna. It's not ABB, it's SETEC. You might need the EV Point app starting today to start the charger. Edit: it's this one: https://www.plugshare.com/location/196639
I'm sure the issue is with the charger and almost sure Fines will work flawlessly. The big problem is that we need much more of those in highways and other big cities Sent from my SM-N960F using Inside EVs mobile app
Always seems when a new car comes out, the machines need a firmware upgrade otherwise causing errors. (ABB at least) At least they have hopefully figured it out.
there is also an issue with the car. mine randomly stops charging on AC 240V chargers as well at funny percentages like 79%, 84% etc. happened several times on different chargers. unplug and replug and charging starts again.
I just had charging suddenly stop on a Level 2 charger. The alert I received was: “Your vehicle is not charging. Please try again. Ensure the vehicle ignition is OFF and gear shift is in PARK. “ I’ve gotten cable disconnected alerts in the past, but never this one. My SOC was around 58% when it stopped and all proper conditions were met. Anyone else experience this particular error?
Was it the EVSE or the vehicle that gave the alert? I have received that notification once from a defective public Chargepoint L2.
Doing my first ever DC fast charge. Working flawlessly. 50 minutes from 30% to 90% . It's an My EV Route affiliated station in Toronto. Very nice performance. Curious what the bill will be! *My receipt says $5.00! Hope that's true. Plus $20.00 for 9 hours of parking in deep downtown Toronto. Not bad.
$5 for 50 minutes seems really cheap. In my area of the US North East, aside from a free fast charger that only provides 11 kWh rate (so much for fast), the nearest pay station (EVgo) charges $0.35 PER MINUTE. Very pricey.
For $20 parking they should include the charge for free. I used to install/program parking control systems and the most expensive city (at that time 2001ish) was Montreal @ a whopping $24 for the day. You had to leave your car for the day as we used to "rack and stack" meaning other parked cars will be blocking you from exiting until about 5pm.
I Actually you don't have to pay to park while you charge. I had some business to take care of so I stayed. Had I not it would have been a $5 fill-up. Not bad. And I don't how long ago you worked but in certain downtown Toronto locations parking can be $30 for anything over an hour.
I have often thought of getting back into the parking business as it is very lucrative, but then I start recalling the hassles that go with it. When the machines don't work properly you are under pressure 2 times a day - for an hour in the am and again as people leave at 5 - 6 pm as no one wants to be held up by an inoperative machine that gobbles up your $.
I tried my first DCFC a couple of evenings ago, on a dual-head Chargepoint 50 kW [a "Veefil", made by Tritium out of Australia]. A woman was just finishing on her Leaf as I pulled up, on its CHAdeMO side, which gave me time to hook up my scope to the pilot line so I could watch the fast-charge communication. Even though the station is free, I just took it from 30% to about 60% for proof of concept and self-education, not to mention a bunch of geek-porn pictures. It all seemed to work. Rapid-charging is a much more complex protocol, and it's not surprising that failures and incompatibilities happen in some scenarios. It happily settled in at 44 - 45 kW for most of the time, with the car and station in good agreement on rate. It was a little unclear how to stop the charge in the middle, other than the "stop" button on the EVSE. The usual fob-unlock was *not* releasing the handle latch in this case. Is that expected behavior?? Exploring alternate workarounds, such as if a station has wedged and won't release, I pulled the "mushroom" and clicked the latch up and listened. The relays dropped as I expected, but then the charger sat there saying "error 50" for quite a while even after I pulled the head out of the car. I don't know if the car told the EVSE to actually reduced current on the unlatch, or if I wound up arc-flashing the DC relays. The car should have told the EVSE to stop at the moment of latch raise, well before opening up the path itself ... this might need further testing. _H*