> I've come to notice that there is no incentive for 3rd party ev-chargers to be dependable.
I don't know, how often would you stop at a gas station if their pumps weren't reliable? Many 3rd party chargers are selling electricity at a mark-up.
I don't know, how often would you stop at a gas station if their pumps weren't reliable? Many 3rd party chargers are selling electricity at a mark-up.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/28/2023-03...
I suppose it would be different if chargers were run by electric utilities or were there to goose the sales of convenience stores.
From wikipedia: (Electrify America) is a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group of America, established in late 2016 by the automaker as part of its efforts to offset emissions in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Volkswagen, as part of its settlement following the "Dieselgate" emissions scandal, invested $2 billion in creating Electrify America.
But break two of them? Yeah, there might be an occasional line, but your fee drops to $5k and you still produce the same revenue. TBH, some of these stations likely have better ROI when a stall or two are broken.
High utilization sites are completely different, of course.
Sure their margin might be better than a razor-thin gas station margin but for the time being it's a miserable business. Unless there's another incentive, like selling cars.
So yeah. Like the poster said, there is no incentive for 3rd party EV chargers to be dependable.