Good reporting goes a long way.
The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern has a great news story in the November 15 electronic edition. The title tells you a lot: “I Visited Over 120 EV Chargers: Three Reasons Why So Many Were Broken.”
Some highlights:
L.A. County has more public DC fast chargers than any other in the country, according to the Atlas Public Policy research group. From the beach in Santa Monica to parking garages under Rodeo Drive, my video producer Adam Falk and I visited 30 different non-Tesla DC fast-charger stations in a Rivian R1T pickup. I ran into problems at 13 of them—that’s over 40%. Oof is right.
She identified 3 problem categories and discussed each. They are (1) Out of Order; (2) Payment Rejected; and (3) Handshake Failed.
This does not augur well for California’s coming EV mandate.
READER COMMENTS
Richard Fulmer
Nov 18 2023 at 11:55am
Nor does California’s hostility to power generation and transmission lines. Progressives don’t want green technology, they want magic.
Thomas L Hutcheson
Nov 19 2023 at 11:54am
Fortunately, “conservatives” DO want cost effective reduction in net CO2 emissions (and NEPA reforms and YIMBY land use regulations, and merit based immigration, and lower deficits. The only problem is getting a “conservative” trifecta.
steve
Nov 18 2023 at 3:46pm
It’s relatively new tech. Not surprised. Either they will standardize or the software will improve. Tesla will eventually decide to make money off of its chargers and people can carry an adaptor.
Steve
Charley Hooper
Nov 18 2023 at 7:57pm
The Wall Street Journal had an article about electric cars that catch file. While they seem to catch fire only rarely, they are hard to put out and the recommendation was to simply let them burn. At the end of the article was a recommendation to not charge an EV in a garage or carport. Who does that leave? People who can easily charge their cars at work? The rest of us are going to have a hard time charging our cars.
Thomas L Hutcheson
Nov 19 2023 at 11:49am
If the state were running gas stations the pumps might not work. If it’s a valuable service private parties can be relied upon to provide it.
jseliger
Nov 20 2023 at 11:44pm
“This does not augur well for California’s coming EV mandate.”
Essentially all car companies have committed to standardizing on Tesla’s NACS plug. Tesla Superchargers are good and work. Things are fine for people who own Teslas and soon they’ll be fine for everyone.
Richard Fulmer
Nov 21 2023 at 7:17am
Only if the state can produce the electricity needed to charge all of the EVs that it’s trying to mandate into existence.
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