Hi everyone,

I’m a long time EV driver (first one being a Twizzy back in 2013) and I was wondering: have you ever waited to charge on DC fast charger on the highway for example?

One of my ev-skeptic colleagues told me I saw multiple lines of multiple EVs waiting to charge on the highway this summer. I never witnessed it or being through this myself and I’m more incline to think that this is grossly exaggerated but you never really know… so have you had such experience?

  • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 天前

    J.D. Power runs surveys which you’ll get if you use PlugShare (and if you aren’t using it, you should to find out about out-of-service chargers!). They publish their results, and a recent publication addresses no-charge and waiting visits:

    Non-charge visits and availability vary by location: To better understand the EV charging experience, J.D. Power monitors non-charge visits and availability at public stations nationwide. The findings reveal that the Pacific region has the highest rate of non-charge visits (21%), with 12% of customers also reporting wait times for an available charger. In contrast, the East South Central region has the lowest incidence of both issues, just 7% for non-charge visits and 5% for wait times. Among major cities, EV owners in Seattle (25%) and Los Angeles (24%) report high rates of unsuccessful charging attempts, while a greater share of drivers in San Francisco (18%) and Denver (14%) experience wait times to access chargers. By far, the most common reason for non-charge visits is the charger being out of service or not working properly, which affects 60% of failed charging visits.

      • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        23 天前

        It does look like PlugShare has coverage in Europe, but I don’t know if it’s as necessary — from what I hear y’all have much better charging infrastructure. J.D. Power does have some non-US surveys, though I only see Canada and China.

        • hylobates@jlai.luOPEnglish
          2·
          21 天前

          Depends on the country. In France, we have a relatively stable, performant and available charging infrastructure for DC or AC (with a lot of 22kW AC charger because of the Renault Zoé). In Belgium, Italy or Spain things are a lot sparser and difficult for EV owners.

          EDIT: ChargeMaps seems to be a more European friendly alternative to PlugShare. In my own neighbourhood, I saw only 1 AC station on PlugShare, 3 DC station + a lot of AC station on ChargeMaps which reflects the reality more closely.