AZT9
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Damn it. Media got me again!
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This is my question too!What's the etiquette on the line/queue? From my limited experience there's no natural formation of a line, only a car or two parked nearby waiting for the next open station. Do folks arriving at a full station for the most part recognize an informal queue based on order of arrival? Do you wait in an adjacent parking spot or in an aisle ready to jump (this is probably location dependent). Do you engage with the charging folks to try to figure out which spot is freeing up next?
ChargePoint and EVgo have a reservation system but I don’t know if all their stations utilize it. EA does not.I thought some of these have a way of reserving certain station, I might be wrong
In my experience with EA chargers, I usually see people collectively create a queue and follow that. I’ve also seen some random ass just happen to pull in as a charger is feeing up and attempt to charge. It typically doesn’t go well for that individual as there’s an instant swarm of people who have been patiently waiting “in line”. Only once did said bad apple pretty much really the line of ppl to “F” off and there wasn’t much that could be done at that point.What's the etiquette on the line/queue? From my limited experience there's no natural formation of a line, only a car or two parked nearby waiting for the next open station. Do folks arriving at a full station for the most part recognize an informal queue based on order of arrival? Do you wait in an adjacent parking spot or in an aisle ready to jump (this is probably location dependent). Do you engage with the charging folks to try to figure out which spot is freeing up next?
EA has a bell system that tells you when a charger opens up.ChargePoint and EVgo have a reservation system but I don’t know if all their stations utilize it. EA does not.
A fantasy for a moment: Our 2nd heaviest EV on the market, can pull 7700 lbs right out of an EV spot.Only once did said bad apple pretty much really the line of ppl to “F” off and there wasn’t much that could be done at that point.
The “Motor City” needs to step up the charger installs!Here's the problem with your request. You've got the uninformed, you've got the idiots, you've got the a-holes, and then you've got the rest.
While in some areas like California and Arizona, you may find congestion, much of the rest of the country is not experiencing that. Yes, it's changing, and it may get worse before it gets better.
Here's some random cities - note the difference in density of Electrify America chargers:
LA
Denver
Greater NYC
Greater Detroit:
That could potentially cause damage. Parking directly behind them while you wait and blocking them in however...A fantasy for a moment: Our 2nd heaviest EV on the market, can pull 7700 lbs right out of an EV spot.
This EA station indicated idle fee would be charged:EA and EVGo don't charge idle fees.
The mechanism is there to charge idle fees on EA, but most stations seem to be set to $0.00 per minuteThis EA station indicated idle fee would be charged:
I was using the kW-hrs of the Ford initial 250kWhr.