New EV owner here. We charge at home so I don’t need to use them, but stores nearby have chargers. I tried them to see how they work. They are often broken.

One store has a Volta charger (free!). It worked great the first time; the next time I went it was broken.

Walmart has an Electrify America fast charger. The first time I went, 1 of 3 was not working. The next time I went, 1 of 3 was not working, but it was a different one.

Was I unlucky, or are these charging networks unreliable? Has it been getting better or worse over time?

  • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world
    11·
    8 months ago

    A legacy industry funded advertising group is criticizing the disruptive novel EV companies. All of them, lucid, rivian, and polestar plus tesla.

    I’m shocked.

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
      22·
      8 months ago

      Unlike other manufacturers, they do not grant J.D. Power permission to survey its owners in states where authorization is required.

      Rankings are lower when it’s harder to find good data. I’m shocked.