At the start of the video, your camera setup makes you look like you are driving in England. Otherwise this is a great video. Ionna is not pronounced like Iona college. It is pronounced like Ions. I had a girlfriend named Ayanna, so now every time I charge at an ionna location, I will remember her. At 19:49 you get to a place that should have been the Ionna station but was actually EVGO.
None of the Meijer Shell Recharge stations around Columbus work very well. They have bad UI that requires the user to not just activate through the app and plug in, but also press the start button on the dispenser. Add to that poor reliability and presumably a lack of spare parts, and you have a pretty mediocre experience. I was happy to see recently that Meijer signed a deal with EVGo to bring DCFC to many of their midwestern stores. Wouldn't be surprised if some of that old Tritium hardware gets ripped out and replaced, especially since the grid connection is such a big part of the initial cost.
I'd love to see these sites be converted to something like Out of Spec's XCharge unit or other battery-buffered DCFC, but I feel the sheer complexity of a FreeWire style solution would yield the same mediocre experience as these older installations. I'm sure the fact that Tritium appears to be out of business doesn't help matters either for these locations.
Shouldn't it be that when you have to use a screen at a charger, it has already failed muster for user accessibility? I have a tesla and am spoiled with charging easiness, but really the new chargers that are coming online are in clouds already and screen is painfully redundant and generally fraught with issues. Ideally, one should just be able to scan a qr code and pay with app with one click at at worst case or automatically do it Tesla does based on vin or something.
At the start of the video, your camera setup makes you look like you are driving in England. Otherwise this is a great video. Ionna is not pronounced like Iona college. It is pronounced like Ions. I had a girlfriend named Ayanna, so now every time I charge at an ionna location, I will remember her. At 19:49 you get to a place that should have been the Ionna station but was actually EVGO.
That makes sense, thanks for the pointer on pronunciation!
None of the Meijer Shell Recharge stations around Columbus work very well. They have bad UI that requires the user to not just activate through the app and plug in, but also press the start button on the dispenser. Add to that poor reliability and presumably a lack of spare parts, and you have a pretty mediocre experience.
I was happy to see recently that Meijer signed a deal with EVGo to bring DCFC to many of their midwestern stores. Wouldn't be surprised if some of that old Tritium hardware gets ripped out and replaced, especially since the grid connection is such a big part of the initial cost.
I'd love to see these sites be converted to something like Out of Spec's XCharge unit or other battery-buffered DCFC, but I feel the sheer complexity of a FreeWire style solution would yield the same mediocre experience as these older installations. I'm sure the fact that Tritium appears to be out of business doesn't help matters either for these locations.
Shouldn't it be that when you have to use a screen at a charger, it has already failed muster for user accessibility? I have a tesla and am spoiled with charging easiness, but really the new chargers that are coming online are in clouds already and screen is painfully redundant and generally fraught with issues. Ideally, one should just be able to scan a qr code and pay with app with one click at at worst case or automatically do it Tesla does based on vin or something.
Just because you have a lot of something doesn’t mean it’s better
Your car can’t handle high voltage 😂❤😂 nor can Tesla support cars with high voltage. I don’t plan to sit at a Tesla charger all day
😂 smh