EV Road Trips Suck Now (Except in a Tesla)

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[connorgoss]

This is just a symptom of a much larger issue. Mobile apps are, by and large, teerrrrible. Having the sole method of access to a service require one is a recipe for disaster. Especially one that’s so critical.

[Jessticks]

Can we all show some appreciation for the random person leaving such a helpful note for people not from that town .

[dwindeyer]

The reason I see this happening is because there are reasonable incentives to open a charging site but little to no incentives for operating them. So you see them pop up and degrade quickly, never to return to full capacity.

[BenAsselmeierReal]

Oh my gosh. Just found your channel; I’m the one that wrote the note on the ChargePoint chargers in Cape Girardeau! (They have finally been fixed, by the way!)

I have been telling people about the issues with the fast chargers here for a long time and it is crazy to see a quality video highlighting the exact thing I was talking about! The 30kW charger is just down the street from me and even in my Bolt I have to avoid it.

[loganrossignol]

OF COURSE I want to see you do another road trip when your Polestar can charge at Superchargers

[nukeclears]

Honestly it's pretty incredible how well Tesla has done in setting up their own charging infrastructure. Don't just sell the car, sell the entire experience sort of thing.

[DeviantOllam]

This was not only entertaining but was also an incredible and comprehensive rundown with so much data in it. I'm sure you enjoyed the trip, yeah, but also just the same thank you so very much for putting this together!

[_Avrai]

This looks so fucking miserable. I cant imagine my parents in the middle of nowhere downloading a garbage tier app and troubleshooting the payment.

[VladTchompalov]

I rented a Polestar 2 from Hertz in Orlando. The Hertz reps actively tried to persuade me NOT to rent the car and get a Tesla instead. (I drive a Model 3 at home). After 15min, I persuaded THEM to rent me the Polestar I had reserved -- and had the same experience you had. I'd even done my homework on Plugshare and set-up the apps in advance. Chargers were hard to find, limited current and were sometimes full because they're limited in quantity. You'd have to be an engineer to figure this out. If you want regular people to hate EVs, give them a non-tesla for a road trip in 2023

[brandenflasch]

I couldn’t have made a better show of this if I tried. Nailed every detail, added comedy and extremely well-edited. Great job, sir. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

[TheBitGuy]

Your experience pretty much matches with mine. We have a Bolt and a Tesla. So, in many ways, our experience is better than yours because with the Bolt as long as we're getting around 50 kw, we're happy since that's all it can do anyway. We're usually just happy if the station works at all. The Tesla is a totally different experience.

[philipf]

these types of videos are what puts pressure on electrification to become better. Thank you for the good work you are doing

[WindowsR]

tesla driver here, I used to be really puzzled after seeing people swap chargers so much and now I understand why. The supercharger I stop by at a long commute has a shell CCS point in front of it. And whenever I'm there, I always see at least 1 person shuffling within the stalls and wondered why (since he was the only car there in all 4 stalls). I guess they are trying to get the one that actually charges full speed.

[pepstein]

Making the same trip in the two EVs was a brilliant idea, and switching back and forth between them makes it really obvious how much better the Tesla road trip experience is: faster, less stressful, and just plain easier. Tesla deserves a lot of credit for showing everyone how good it can be. I’m so glad other EVs will soon be able to charge at Tesla Superchargers.

[alexmaclean]

The most wholesome part about the ev community is the helpful note left in the broken charger at 11:50

[earthling_parth]

20:01 That excited feeling of seeing someone else having the exact same car as you is relatable 😂

[jaysuthers]

They should color code charging stations like they do grades of gasoline. I've seen Rivians pull up to charge on a 100 kW station when there are two 200 kW and four 350 kW stations right next to it. I've also seen lots of Bolts use the 350 kW stations when they should be going to a lower rating machine to leave the 350s open for those who can use them.

[scott]

I know for a fact, as much as I love EVs, this would give me massive anxiety from the amount of guesswork and luck involved with charging.

[SuperDorkenstein]

The charger's often aren't "configured wrong" when you can only get 60kW out of a 150kW charger. They are purposely configured that way, though it's very often a power limitation at the charging site that can/will be upgraded down the line. The owner of the charge site would rather get the chargers on the ground ASAP and set them up how they can right now, and then later deal with the massive undertaking that is getting a utility company to upgrade the available power there. Love the videos. More charging content.

[Effervescent_Smegma]

Thank you for educating me on the 200-amp limit on chargers & polestar not being able to do 800v