Charging stations question

[menzz]

For the road trippers,
I was exploring a route to go to Virginia but having a dilema.
A better route planner and electrify America, they both show an EA charging station that it is working. However, when I go to plug share, it doesn’t exist on the plug share map.

from reading the threads here, I understood to plan the trip using ABRP and check the status of the station through PlugShare.

what are your thoughts?

this is more of a general inquiry than this exact station as this station supposedly in EA headquarters in VA. It will be very funny if it doesn’t work.

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[daveo4EV]

you may need to toggle the filter “restricted use” for it to show up - since it’s at EA headquarters it may be listed in plug-share differently.

 

[daveo4EV]

I think this is the charger:

Reston Office - South
2003 Edmund Halley Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA

https://www.plugshare.com/location/286031
https://maps.apple.com/?ll=38.95069...AYLB5Q0AxAAAAIOxWU8A5AAAAYLB5Q0BBAAAAIOxWU8A=

shows a 10 reliability rating - and there is also EA chargers at the nearby target

if that is the location - you should be good

make sure you’ve good your filters and plug types all dialed in - once you have that setup plug-share is normally pretty reliable.

 

[menzz]

Got it. Now it shows.
Thanks guys!

 

[Genau]

I think this is the charger:

Reston Office - South
2003 Edmund Halley Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA

BTW that address is the headquarters of Electrify America. I use it often because it's less than a mile from my residence. Despite being co-located with their headquarters, one of the two 350 kW chargers is often down, and when I call in, it's hit or miss whether I get a level 1 response. ("Which app are you using? Oh you should be using the other app . . ." Which just delays the inevitability that they have to reset the charger.) The chargers are from two different manufacturers, which I believe makes this location unique from other EA charger locations. Sometimes one charger will be extremely power limited, and I switch to the other charger and get fast charging. I was trying to wrap my head around how all this is going on at their headquarters location, and then a support rep told me they're all working from home so pretty much none of them actually use the chargers at their headquarters now.

 

[kort]

The reliability of the EA chargers is abysmal. When planning road trips seek out alternatives for charging because you are likely to encounter EA units that aren’t working. So having a nearby alternative is crucial

 

[wemct]

For the road trippers,
I was exploring a route to go to Virginia but having a dilema.
A better route planner and electrify America, they both show an EA charging station that it is working. However, when I go to plug share, it doesn’t exist on the plug share map.

from reading the threads here, I understood to plan the trip using ABRP and check the status of the station through PlugShare.

what are your thoughts?

I have done the trip from Connecticut to Georgia (through Virginia) many times using EA chargers exclusively. I have not been completely stranded at any EA location. Sometimes I need to move to another charger or call EA to activate the session. Each road trip has been better. I use ABRP to plot out the EA locations. I use PlugShare to provide others with information at each location. I use Waze to navigate to the next EA location. When I am about 25 miles away I use the Taycan nav to find it as a Point of Interest > Porsche Charging so that the Porsche charging planner can precondition the battery. The difference between using the 350kW and 150kW chargers is only about 10 minutes to get from 10% to 85% state of charge so I don’t worry about using the 150kW chargers. I will be doing the same trip again in the fall.

 

[GG77]

Old thread but didn't want to make a new one for Plugshare..I have restricted access on in the app but every EA charger shows up as off line.. Across the country! What am I doing wrong here?