[Usain]

As always the stats below are based on PlugShare checkins. If a driver was eventually able to charge, it counts as "Successful". Otherwise it counts as "Unsuccesful".

New site openings slowed substantially in August to its lowest monthly total all year. Maybe the installers were taking vacations?

Success rate stayed constant at 88%. I'm still waiting to see if things improve after the summer. There were lots of reports that a car would start charging and stop after a minute or two. Apparently, this started happening in the summer because of heat. And of course, we have a lot of CHAdeMO issues. With only one CHAdeMO plug per site, your chances of a good charge are more limited.

Another observation: The Bolt EV seems to be by far the most popular car for Electrify America. This is not surprising given EA's concentration of highway sites meant for road tripping. Other than Tesla, there just aren't many non-Bolt EV's out there capable of long journeys.

This leads me to a new stat I've added and it's kind of pitiful. It's "Attempts per site." This is the number of reported charging attempts divided by the open sites. So on average, an EA site had less than five tries for the whole month. Going by some other stats I've heard from EA, about 20% of charging attempts are reported on PlugShare. So that means about 25 actual attempts per site, per month. That's less than one per day.

And here is the full data set with cumulative stats for each Electrify America site:

 

[Paul Gipe]

We certainly haven't seen any progress on a half dozen sites installed in central California months ago. All are missing their transformers.

Paul

 

[p7wang]

Looking forward to the new station at Walmart in Barstow, CA. That is a very needed station for those going from Las Vegas to Bakersfield instead of LA.

 

[davioh2001]

• Any news on Tucumari NM? It would make trips from Texas to Albuquerque NM possible without needing L2.

 

[sasunde]

Still waiting for the Frisco, CO station since it went "coming soon" on November 3, 2018.

 

[rlhammon]

Still waiting on the site outside of Ann Arbor, MI. Unfortunately I had been hoping this would start up prior to football season so I could fast charge and make it back home (West) since the next site is too far for my trip (I start west of the site, and won't be below 80% by the time I pass it).

Any reason this file isn't just shared on Google Drive so we can search it and look at it? I appreciate the posts, it's just hard to look through the list since I like to search for places I'm looking to travel.

 

[Gavinmcc]

Between west of Barstow to Flagstaff there are no EA sites...surprised as this the the way from Cali to the Grand Canyon.

And New Mexico just needs 2-4 stations to fill out the I-40 and I-25 corridors

 

[p7wang]

Between west of Barstow to Flagstaff there are no EA sites...surprised as this the the way from Cali to the Grand Canyon.

And New Mexico just needs 2-4 stations to fill out the I-40 and I-25 corridors

For now, perhaps a Range Extender solution... ?

 

[Vertiformed]

Perhaps one of these for 240 volt Level-2 charging at 24A. ?

 

[Usain]

Any reason this file isn't just shared on Google Drive so we can search it and look at it? I appreciate the posts, it's just hard to look through the list since I like to search for places I'm looking to travel.

I'll think about sharing it.

But if you want to search for open or "coming soon" sites, just go to https://www.electrifyamerica.com/locate-charger

If you want to assess the reliability of a particular site for an upcoming trip, I suggest you do that on PlugShare. The stats I post are cumulative for the life of the site and do not reflect recent developments.

I sometimes call Electrify America and ask about recent usage of a site. That's the best way to tell if a site is really in good working order.

 

[BoltFan]

I posted some updated pics on Plugshare for the Yreka, CA site with the mfg. label. This site looks pretty much completed. Not sure what they're waiting for. It's been in the works for well over a year. Ya I had some problems in Grant's Pass, OR with a 150 kW charger that I used two days prior without any issue. It started charging at 24 kW when it should have been around 54 kW. So I switched to another charger next to it; 350 kW and got the expected 54 kW. Also had a **** of a time on our first stop in Sutherlin, OR but eventually with help of EA tech support they were able to get one charger to work; this same site two days later was absolutely flawless. I think these systems are Linux based computers inside (seeing their reboot was interesting). I found EA tech support to be very helpful and determined. It was also nice to get a complimentary charge after the headaches in Sutherlin.

 

[Tarrngtn]

• Any news on Tucumari NM? It would make trips from Texas to Albuquerque NM possible without needing L2.

Also south of Albuquerque on I-25 there is nothing L3 until you get to El Paso or take a detour west to Deming. These gaps on I-40 and I-25 from ABQ appear to be the biggest gaps (or certainly two of the biggest) in the interstate system. West and North from ABQ are well covered.

 

[wvblt]

rlhammon
Still waiting on the site outside of Ann Arbor, MI. Unfortunately I had been hoping this would start up prior to football season so I could fast charge and make it back home (West) since the next site is too far for my trip (I start west of the site, and won't be below 80% by the time I pass it).

There's an EVgo on South State, at a Shell station if I remember correctly. Also one in Belleville. They are usually reliable.

 

[JaxEVLyftUber]

Perhaps one of these for 240 volt Level-2 charging at 24A. ?

Been there, got that - a Honda EU7000

As part of my H Dorian prep (missed us; heading for Charleston). I put the house on our EU7k. To properly exercise the genny at various loads, I adjust the amps on my Juicenet Pro 40 and watch the VA (volt amp) display on the genny.

We don't need the full capacity of the EU7k, especially at night, so during a long outage I foresee being able to set the Juicenet for 12-18 amps overnight, 6-12 during the day.

I've been thinking about getting one of those Clipper Creek / Wonder Girl 16A L2 chargers and connect it directly to the EU 7k for monthly exercise runs. That would load the genny to about 70% capacity - a nice operating point to get it good and hot and verify proper operation under load. It would be nice to have a backup L2, anyway.

That would be much siimpler than the routine of connecting the EU7k to the house - the power interruption messes up all the appliance clocks and the internet, annoying rest of family.

I also have an EU2k - the factory issue L1 charger set for 12 A loads it to about 90%. I'm considering a long back woods road trip, and the EU2k may come for that ride in case charger plans A, B, and C all fail.

 

[JaxEVLyftUber]

I posted some updated pics on Plugshare for the Yreka, CA site with the mfg. label. This site looks pretty much completed. Not sure what they're waiting for. It's been in the works for well over a year. Ya I had some problems in Grant's Pass, OR with a 150 kW charger that I used two days prior without any issue. It started charging at 24 kW when it should have been around 54 kW. So I switched to another charger next to it; 350 kW and got the expected 54 kW. Also had a **** of a time on our first stop in Sutherlin, OR but eventually with help of EA tech support they were able to get one charger to work; this same site two days later was absolutely flawless. I think these systems are Linux based computers inside (seeing their reboot was interesting). I found EA tech support to be very helpful and determined. It was also nice to get a complimentary charge after the headaches in Sutherlin.

24 kW...Yet another "Doubly Derated" EA charger...I've been making noise about this for several weeks. Try as I might, I haven't been able to get EA to acknowledge that as a separate problem...for now let's all log on Plugshare anytime kW isn't as expected.

 

[Gavinmcc]

Also south of Albuquerque on I-25 there is nothing L3 until you get to El Paso or take a detour west to Deming. These gaps on I-40 and I-25 from ABQ appear to be the biggest gaps (or certainly two of the biggest) in the interstate system. West and North from ABQ are well covered.

Yep...I actually called and emailed EA that there should be a station in Socorro and/or Truth or Consequences on I-25 south of Albuquerque. And one in Santa Rosa and/or Tucumcari on I-40 East of Albuquerque.

Also would like to see one in Kingman, Az for Cali trips, and in Roswell and Carlsbad, NM to better cover the middle of New Mexico.

They told me that their hope is to have stations every 70 miles on major highways...

Gavin

 

[JaxEVLyftUber]

For what it's worth, I probably have at least 15 EA charge sessions under my belt at maybe 12 different locations from Orlando to Asheville. I have never not gotten a charge, though it has occasionally taken extra steps.

I caught a serious case of Tesla envy today - I saw a video with a close-up of their V3 250 kW charger connector. It is liquid cooled and somehow manages to be garden hose diameter rather than fire hose diameter...all their superchargers seem to score "10" on Plugshare.

There's been some back and forth about just how much time the V3 chargers save compared with 150 and 120 kW

In all fairness, Tesla owns their charging ecosystem - only their cars, only their chargers. EA has to deal with us, I-Pace, E-tron, ChaDEMO, BMW, and, very soon Tie-Can and others.

 

[The Other Tom]

I also have an EU2k - the factory issue L1 charger set for 12 A loads it to about 90%. I'm considering a long back woods road trip, and the EU2k may come for that ride in case charger plans A, B, and C all fail.

I've read that you have to ground the EU2k by connecting the common to the ground on one of the 120V outlets. True? Or do you just plug the L1 charger in and go...

 

[p7wang]

Between west of Barstow to Flagstaff there are no EA sites...surprised as this the the way from Cali to the Grand Canyon.

And New Mexico just needs 2-4 stations to fill out the I-40 and I-25 corridors

Another solution, tow this with you on the trip.

EV Station - Mobile EV Charger

mobileevcharger.com

 

[JaxEVLyftUber]

I've read that you have to ground the EU2k by connecting the common to the ground on one of the 120V outlets. True? Or do you just plug the L1 charger in and go...

Yes - I bought a 3 prong male cord end plug from HD and tucked a wee little jumper between neutral and ground - Without that, the charger won't charge and gives an error red LED