EA: We need a class action attorney
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with all due respect your comment has almost no relevance to this thread.
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'nuff said?
Caveats: Chevy Bolt. Three year old article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/b...-charging.html
Add insult to injury:
"estimated that it would take her a full day to get to Las Vegas from her home near San Francisco, a trip that would require about 10 hours in a conventional car."
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"For the eight hours or so that we were actually on the road, we spent close to five and a half hours charging the car."
'nuff said?
Caveats: Chevy Bolt. Three year old article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/b...-charging.html
Add insult to injury:
"estimated that it would take her a full day to get to Las Vegas from her home near San Francisco, a trip that would require about 10 hours in a conventional car."
'nuff said?
Caveats: Chevy Bolt. Three year old article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/b...-charging.html
Add insult to injury:
"estimated that it would take her a full day to get to Las Vegas from her home near San Francisco, a trip that would require about 10 hours in a conventional car."
chevy’s charge tapering means the bolt spends most of its time charging below 20 kw - vs etron suv @ 150 kw, teslas at 200 kw, taycans at 200+ Kw
teslas win because their charging network is actually reliable
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"For the eight hours or so that we were actually on the road, we spent close to five and a half hours charging the car."
'nuff said?
Caveats: Chevy Bolt. Three year old article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/b...-charging.html
Add insult to injury:
"estimated that it would take her a full day to get to Las Vegas from her home near San Francisco, a trip that would require about 10 hours in a conventional car."
'nuff said?
Caveats: Chevy Bolt. Three year old article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/b...-charging.html
Add insult to injury:
"estimated that it would take her a full day to get to Las Vegas from her home near San Francisco, a trip that would require about 10 hours in a conventional car."
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Bolt EVs max charging rate is 55 kW. Recent Tesla LR cars max at 250 kW. (I've seen 250 kW many times in mine.). Taycan maxes at 270 kW (with the bigger battery pack.)
When road tripping, efficiency matters. The Taycan is less efficient than current Teslas - depending on configuration. So the small difference in max kW isn't a game changer. The Bolt EV isn't bad at reasonable speeds, but does take a significant hit in the winter time due to lack of heat pump. All current Teslas have incorporated heat pump technology. So does the Taycan.
Kyle Connor held the NYC->Los Angeles Cannonball record for a bit, using a Taycan. If you watch his YouTube video, he had both EA and Porsche on "speed dial", spotters along the route looking for cops and making sure the EA chargers he was pulling into actually worked. He still encountered charging problems during much of the trip. Shortly thereafter, a couple guys rented a 2021 Model S LR on turo, slapped on some aero wheels (with permission from the owner), and casually beat Kyles record by ~2 hours. No spotters, no one on speed dial. They even turned off their radar detectors because of "too many false positives". Today it would be even easier because there are more V3 (250 kW) Superchargers along the route than there were two years ago.
Kyle and some of his buds have been publishing a number of YouTube videos lately excoriating EA. He has been pointing out issues with Chargepoint and EVgo too. I really hope EA and the others get their act together, and soon.
When road tripping, efficiency matters. The Taycan is less efficient than current Teslas - depending on configuration. So the small difference in max kW isn't a game changer. The Bolt EV isn't bad at reasonable speeds, but does take a significant hit in the winter time due to lack of heat pump. All current Teslas have incorporated heat pump technology. So does the Taycan.
Kyle Connor held the NYC->Los Angeles Cannonball record for a bit, using a Taycan. If you watch his YouTube video, he had both EA and Porsche on "speed dial", spotters along the route looking for cops and making sure the EA chargers he was pulling into actually worked. He still encountered charging problems during much of the trip. Shortly thereafter, a couple guys rented a 2021 Model S LR on turo, slapped on some aero wheels (with permission from the owner), and casually beat Kyles record by ~2 hours. No spotters, no one on speed dial. They even turned off their radar detectors because of "too many false positives". Today it would be even easier because there are more V3 (250 kW) Superchargers along the route than there were two years ago.
Kyle and some of his buds have been publishing a number of YouTube videos lately excoriating EA. He has been pointing out issues with Chargepoint and EVgo too. I really hope EA and the others get their act together, and soon.
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that's great for you but this discussion is focused on the issues being faced by people who travel further than you venture and need the DC charging, that was a selling point, to be able to provide reliable charging. I have been stuck with a low SOC and not able to get a charge session going, it is not a happy experience.
with all due respect your comment has almost no relevance to this thread.
with all due respect your comment has almost no relevance to this thread.
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chevy bolts charge speed is insanely low - i owned one - the taycan would be much closer to practical if the charging network was reliable - this trip is easily and frequently accomplished by teslas with no undue/unreasonable delays
chevy’s charge tapering means the bolt spends most of its time charging below 20 kw - vs etron suv @ 150 kw, teslas at 200 kw, taycans at 200+ Kw
teslas win because their charging network is actually reliable
chevy’s charge tapering means the bolt spends most of its time charging below 20 kw - vs etron suv @ 150 kw, teslas at 200 kw, taycans at 200+ Kw
teslas win because their charging network is actually reliable
Yes, that's the kicker. Reliability. Out of Spec motoring or reviews has done some road trip testing, and found the taycan is highly competitive with Tesla and others in road tripping speed and pace (with an optimized charging strategy), but, the assumption is the chargers work.
My experience a year ago with EA was pretty good. My experience the last few months has been crap.
Hell I'd pay 50c+ / kwh to have access to the Tesla network for road trips. Really no different than road trip gas stations and their high charges.
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[QUOTE=whiz944;18588001]Bolt EVs max charging rate is 55 kW. Recent Tesla LR cars max at 250 kW. (I've seen 250 kW many times in mine.). Taycan maxes at 270 kW (with the bigger battery pack.
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If the charger is down, does it matter 55k or 1000kW?
”I really hope EA and the others get their act together, and soon.”
I do too. But not holding my breath.
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If the charger is down, does it matter 55k or 1000kW?
”I really hope EA and the others get their act together, and soon.”
I do too. But not holding my breath.
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