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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Richard230 on January 24, 2024, 11:45:18 PM
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Here is interesting news regarding VW's "dieselgate" requirement to install 1000 DC fast chargers throughout California. Apparently they are not working very well. I guess you get what you pay for. Page 1.
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Electrify America seems to be the most expensive one to use and never seems to want to work right here in florida. Its like ok, we got these ev tards , now lets sock it to them in fees to charge their cars!!! The other services are a lot cheaper, including some local ones the municipal electric company are running.
I use the PlugShare app to find various chargers and try them out, and EA has been the worst by far sadly.
Aaron
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Here is interesting news regarding VW's "dieselgate" requirement to install 1000 DC fast chargers throughout California. Apparently they are not working very well. I guess you get what you pay for. Page 1.
I find we cannot trust AE chargers. But a few of them never give any problems, such as the ones at the Wal*Mart in Fernley, NV and at the Shell Gas Station in Bridgeport, CA. And the one at the Safeway in LoveLock, NV. Those are the only three AE locations I trust will work every time.
I gave up on the four AEs at the Elk Grove, CA Wal*mart. Fortunately, there are other non-AEs within a few miles that work perfectly. I find it's the older ones that don't work with my Energicas. I assume they run a different FW version. I have had hassles with other AEs as well at various locations.
Another thing I do not like about AE is they do not have their own RFID cards. At best, they are a hassle to use. But they do have a few that will work with Credit Cards if you don't want to look at the info and charging progress from a different location on a Smartphone as you're charging.
AE is my last pick in an area that has other CCS chargers.
I have the least trouble with ChargePoint CCS since they updated their FW to work with Enegicas. They now work everywhere on the first try, every placed I tried.
Perhaps I will have better look with the AEs and others when I get my Energias updated with the latest FW.
-Don- Auburn, CA
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Richard: Thx for posting this!
That deal of VW in the US was totally news to me! Here in Germany/Europe VW wiggled themselves out of any punitive payments. Authorities let them escape with the promise of a mere software update that in the end left the owners with less horsepowers and higher fuel consumption.