The reviewer wants to show how far Electrify America has gone. A bit long, YouTube playback allows increasing the playback speed: 18:19 (hh:mm) - a challenge 37:50 - excellent charging strategy advice Bob Wilson
Completely agree with charging to the taper point and more often at a faster rate on long distance trips.
This isn't the only video out there that seems like a shill for GougeAmerica, however... and when their stuff doesn't work they *are* to blame, despite the guy's assertion to the contrary. More charging-network execs need to look up what "critical infrastructure" means... _H*
My only Electrify America experiences, bad, were at the Manchester TN stations with our BMW i3-REx. Only two of three attempts worked and the ones that did happened on the last of the four EVSEs. This was even after calling support. The failed attempt led to the REx taking me home. I checked the Manchester station record on Plugshare and it still had problems this summer. Bob Wilson
As for charging strategy, I don't worry so much about what gives you the fastest charging speeds versus what strategy is the best for the battery. Even though we have a lifetime warranty in the US for the battery (original owner), I still would not want to degrade it rapidly. Running it down to 1% can't be a good thing for battery life. I personally have never discharged my battery below 9% and I'm not planning on doing it. I rather spend more time at the charger, as often, you can combine it with lunch or dinner which often takes as long or longer than it takes to charge the car to like 85% or so..
I have had issues with EA prematurely stopping the charge, and then getting dinged for another session fee. I have used ChargePoint with success. Sent from my SM-G930V using Inside EVs mobile app
Just playing with the plug share app, I still see some holes in the charging infrastructure. Try planning a route from Fargo, ND to Bozeman MT, for example. West Virginia is also pretty challenging. Sent from my SM-G930V using Inside EVs mobile app
Alabama has little charging options too.. Interstate 20 has a HUGE hole between Bremen/GA and Dallas/TX.. So, if you want to take an EV road trip in the South, don't take I-20... No Level 3 anywhere close to I-20 between Georgia and Texas..
Electrify America remains a work-in-progress. But change from a CCS plug to Supercharger and you'll see what others have. I have a Supercharger gap between Little Rock AR and Tulsa OK that exceeds our Tesla range. However, we can stay at an RV park in Fort Smith, camp-out and charge, to bridge the gap. Bob Wilson
Even Tesla is imperfect. I was talking with a Tesla owner who went out to Yellowstone, and he was telling me about the circuitous route he needed to take to get there. He even had some sort of chadeno dongle so he could use the other chargers Eventually it would be nice to somehow unify all of these. Sent from my SM-G930V using Inside EVs mobile app
It looks like the EU did but it isn’t clear that the Superchargers are open to non-Tesla cars. Bob Wilson
The superchargers are *not* open to non-teslas, and it seems likely that Tesla is going to fight tooth and nail to keep it that way. When in fact they should put CCS heads and the appropriate protocol electronics onto every one of them, and become part of the public network. It would still be a revenue stream, help the community, and maybe help make Tesla appear just a tiny bit less snooty. _H*
They seem to be good with giving people the chademo dongle and let them use our chargers. Sent from my SM-G930V using Inside EVs mobile app
Superchargers in Europe are being equipped with CCS and Tesla connectors : https://electrek.co/2019/04/03/tesla-ccs-adapter-first-look/ while in North America a CHAdeMO adapter is available for $450 USD. https://electrek.co/2019/07/09/tesla-chademo-adapter-model-3-charging-networks/
