Did your car list it as an EV Charging station? What provider did JLR they think it was?
My car won't find an ABB 350kW station even after it's charged there before.
My car won't find an ABB 350kW station even after it's charged there before.
Not sure why my car won't see DCFCs. Two different dealers looked at it.I’m in the Orlando area and the navigation system can find the fast dc chargers at both the Florida mall and the outlet mall. It has the kw rates listed correctly. I’ve only used the 50kw at the outlet, not the 150 or 350 at the Florida Mall.
That is great, by contrast as I posted elsewhere when I test Electrify America headquarters in VA last weekend 2 of the 4 fast charges didn't work (one was out, other couldn't read any credit cards or touchless), the other two only were delivering 37KW and 29 KW Hr charge rates to the I Pace at 50% SOC (both not NEARLY useful enough).My faith in the burgeoning EV infrastructure was definitely boosted today!
What was your max charging speed? Shows on the text'd receipt.So a 305mi round trip today to Orlando created my first need to fast-charge remotely-outside the home. I stopped at the Electrify America station at the Florida Mall. They had 2 350kW stations and 4 150kW stations, all empty at 4pm. ...
So a 305mi round trip today to Orlando created my first need to fast-charge remotely-outside the home. I stopped at the Electrify America station at the Florida Mall. They had 2 350kW stations and 4 150kW stations, all empty at 4pm. I pulled into a 350kW station (merely because it was convenient, before I realized they were not all the same), plugged in, and charged. FAST. I charged 35% to 80% in exactly 30 min, got a text message that I was at 80% (after entering my cell number for that purpose) while inside for a bite to eat. I came out to check on the car/charge, then went back for another beverage (another 25 min - including 5-7 min walk each way to/from the mall entrance, they didn't position these for convenience to shoppers!) and upon return had charged to 100%. So basically added 150mi in 55 min (the last 20% was slower, as expected). Credit card was charged $22.28 for 53 kwH - so about 3.5x as costly per kwH as at home, but was happy for the ease of remote fill-up! My faith in the burgeoning EV infrastructure was definitely boosted today!
Yes. :wink2: (Just kidding)Am I missing something??
I doubt that any charging company is making a ton of money right now. Which is probably why Tesla prefers to keep it 'private' ... they would not make much money if they converted/extended their chargers, and instead add a bunch of non-Tesla-fanboy support headache.The fast charging companies are like vultures taking advantage of their unique customers
and monopoly until competition presents itself.
I don't understand why Tesla can't use their charger brand to gather revenue to others with a CCS
charging option.
If you can't make money charging triple the going rate for electricity, maybe a new line of work is in order. Leave it to Tesla to pass up a golden opportunity to pay off some of the development costs of their superchargers. By the time they figure it out, there will be a charging station in every gas station. Knowing Elon, they declined to support other EV vehicles thinking they'd sell more Teslas. Pretty short-sighted view of where the world is headed unfortunately.I doubt that any charging company is making a ton of money right now. Which is probably why Tesla prefers to keep it 'private' ... they would not make much money if they converted/extended their chargers, and instead add a bunch of non-Tesla-fanboy support headache.
EA isn't designed for cars charging at 80kW. It's designed for cars charging at 150, 320kw. It charges by the minute so becomes much more affordable that faster the car can charge. They're building the network for tomorrow, not today.So, if my math is correct, you went from 35% to 100% in just under an hour, and that's roughly 150-160 miles of additional range. The cost was $22. In round numbers, that equates to about 10 gallons of gas where we live. Translation: At $.40/kwH, the cost is about the same as gas for a car averaging 15 to 16 miles per gallon. And you wonder why the Exxon's and BP's of the world have a renewed interest in electricity. Am I missing something??