I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken

Re:I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken by throwaway894345 on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:05PM (#38279112)

99% of the charging is at home anyway. People fixate too much on the public charge options (unless you are driving hundreds of miles a day, in which case the public chargers brands are probably the least of your worries).

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Re:I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken by ajross on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:12PM (#38279245)

Not 99% unless you never road trip at all. My fairly typical family Model Y with 30k miles has done 80% of its charging in our garage, per TeslaMate.

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Re:I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken by throwaway894345 on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @02:50PM (#38281456)

Fair point, I guess I meant "99% of the time", not 99% by energy or miles. I.e., I plug in whenever I'm at home and I only use a tesla charger maybe once a month (but that charge session consumes way more power than the average session because I'm putting more miles in).

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Re:I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken by katbyte on Thursday November 16, 2023 @12:34AM (#38286107)

Unless you don’t own a home/live in a house. Apartments do not have a charger for every parking stall generally

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Re:I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken by throwaway894345 on Thursday November 16, 2023 @02:54PM (#38294564)

Yes, that's true. I wouldn't recommend getting an EV if you don't have access to a charging station. I did it for a year and it was unpleasant.

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