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[DonTom]

I just heard a report on KCBS, the San Francisco news radio station. An inspection of 181 public fast charging stations around the San Francisco Bay Area was performed recently by a group of researchers and they found that 25% of them were broken in one way or another

The SF Bay area sound more reliable than many other areas. I would have expected more than half to have problems.


Often, a place with two CCS chargers, only one will work.


-Don-  Tom's Place, CA

[Richard230]

I just heard a report on KCBS, the San Francisco news radio station. An inspection of 181 public fast charging stations around the San Francisco Bay Area was performed recently by a group of researchers and they found that 25% of them were broken in one way or another

The SF Bay area sound more reliable than many other areas. I would have expected more than half to have problems.


Often, a place with two CCS chargers, only one will work.


-Don-  Tom's Place, CA

It is a really good thing that half of a Costco's gas station pumps are not working.   

Speaking of Costco, I wonder when they will be installing a long row of cheap fast charging stations for their members? 

[DonTom]

Fallon NV=The only CCS charger in the area has been broken since Feb 12.
Silver Springs, NV= Both of the CCS chargers have been broken since May 5.
MiddleGate, NV, CCS broken since May 3.
Hawthorne, NV=CCS Broken since Nov of 2021.
Donner Summit West Bound, CA=CCS Broken since Oct 29, 2021.
Donner Summit East Bound, CA=CCS Broken since Jan 9.


Does anybody fix these when they break?


-Don- Reno, NV

[staples]

You'd have to ask the networks running these chargers.

[DonTom]

You'd have to ask the networks running these chargers.

Yeah, at Silver Springs, NV, every DC charger there, as well as the J-1772, have a screen that says "network down".


-Don-  Reno, NV

[heroto]

BTW, agree with DonTom that starting the charge station before plugging in may work when plugging in first doesn’t. I received that tip from an Electrify America helper, too.