We have had 2 EVs with free charging. Both electrify america. I’m from norcal and personally the experience has been great. About a year for both
Mercedes turned out to be a lemon so i just recently got a lyriq from socal but holy hell south of Bakersfield was hell,
Went to 7 chargers. Either EVGO or EA. All had at least 1 broken or vandalized. or they had 3-4 cars waiting.
Max number I’ve seen up north has been 2.
Make it $.64 at most LA EA stations
6-8 is about normal for most EAs in San Fernando Valley, 10 isn’t unusual…
While dumb Bolt/Niro drivers milk it at that insane price ^^^ getting L2 speeds while there’s a bank of ChargePoint chargers at Costco one block away that cost $.28/kWh.
Yeah exactly!! it cost more in LA. Free charging wasn’t set up yet 
That’s insane to me how that’s normal. Is it any different during odd hours?
Yeah, 4 am midweek, lol.
I’ve seen 64c all over West Texas and NM as well.
Insanity, not much more to say.
That’s wild. I thought california would have the worst of it.
Do you mean El Paso when you say west texas?
Jokes aside, I actually posted a screenshot from the EA app (way up on this thread, probably about a year ago, before it’s gotten to the current disaster levels): I think it was about 1:30 am on a Monday morning and there were NO open EA chargers anywhere in LA! All were either broken or in use.
FWIW the Tesla superchargers west of Fort Worth are at $0.33/kwh membership price. I’m assuming you charge for free anyway.
If it’s for free, it’s for me!
Ooops 99% charge…EA
Did I dooooo that haha, chillax there was nobody there, and it only took 27 minutes from 81% to 100% without preconditioning
At least you can smoke at an EA station without worrying about a fuel stop going off like a bomb. #jeMeSouviens
Is the charger directly in front of them not working?
Went to a new EA location right next to a bunch of Superchargers at 7am. There was 1 Tesla. At the EA chargers, 5 of 6 being used.
It’s mostly the free charging causing the congestion because it was Ioniqs and BMWs.
Once everyone has NACS access… public charging will be a better experience.
It’s so confusing with that Quebec license plate and that rear window decal.
I think Kia is trolling Electrify America.
Like they sent a few thousand slow charging Niros over to sit at the stations until the hot death of the universe.
Two were here when I arrived. While waiting, a 3rd showed up. All out of state.
Looks like a slow nightmare.
