My experience with Chademo chargers is somewhat different. Over the last 5 years I have done a little over 100 fast charges. I can only remember 5 times when I pulled up to a charging station where none of the chargers were working (twice they were actively being worked on, and hence powered down, twice there was no sign of any power going to the stations at all, once both stations on site faulted as soon they started the pre-charge tests). That said, there were a few times where only 1 of the multiple chargers on a site was working. I guess that comes to at most a 10% failure rate. Mind you, that's still pretty bad compared to the Tesla network.
I would say my experience with public chargers is about 95% positive. My favourite in my part of the world is called JULES and requires no app just has a contactless payment option.
I own one and haven't touched a supercharger for over 3 months. I do feel bad for people who buy an off-grid capable car yet are highly dependent on the grid.
My experience with Chademo chargers is somewhat different. Over the last 5 years I have done a little over 100 fast charges. I can only remember 5 times when I pulled up to a charging station where none of the chargers were working (twice they were actively being worked on, and hence powered down, twice there was no sign of any power going to the stations at all, once both stations on site faulted as soon they started the pre-charge tests). That said, there were a few times where only 1 of the multiple chargers on a site was working. I guess that comes to at most a 10% failure rate. Mind you, that's still pretty bad compared to the Tesla network.
I would say my experience with public chargers is about 95% positive. My favourite in my part of the world is called JULES and requires no app just has a contactless payment option.
New EV owner TYL. Good choice for me
.06 USD a kwh? Nice I pay about .14 USD and thought that was good.
Obviously get a Tesla.
Definitely Tesla has the best charging network!
I own one and haven't touched a supercharger for over 3 months. I do feel bad for people who buy an off-grid capable car yet are highly dependent on the grid.