BlueShoes
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- First Name
- David
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- Apr 22, 2020
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- Missouri, USA
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- Taycan Turbo
Gads man, sorry your trip was a bust. I did my first roadtrip last month and it was flawless and actually turned out to be quite a bit better than nearly the same route in our Tesla. It shows that the networks are not yet mature - in the midwest Electrify America easily holds its own against Tesla Superchargers. But on any EV platform, you really can only bank on using L2 charging overnight. It's just too slow. I stayed at a place a few weeks ago on the road in the Tesla that didn't have much around there so I was trickle charging on a 120v wall plug! That was a little worrisome but since it wasn't getting driven much over the two days it was a slow fill of the tank and worked to get us to the closest L3 charger.
With respect to your RFID questions - most of the carriers that have large networks have digital cards. So I have an account with several of the key ones just so I have their "card" on my phone. This has let me have zero charging issues over my time with EV's b/c it seems most of the struggle is with the credit card readers. Since I just hold my phone up to the sensor I get to bypass that nonsense. That of course won't help you when you hit one of those little markets with their own local charging provider.
With respect to your RFID questions - most of the carriers that have large networks have digital cards. So I have an account with several of the key ones just so I have their "card" on my phone. This has let me have zero charging issues over my time with EV's b/c it seems most of the struggle is with the credit card readers. Since I just hold my phone up to the sensor I get to bypass that nonsense. That of course won't help you when you hit one of those little markets with their own local charging provider.
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