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(I searched, and was surprised to not find any threads discussing this new charger, let alone this "innovative" new feature)
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From the spec sheet: "Dynamically share one 40A circuit between two parking spaces"
This seems to present an interesting scenario. Your session starts with you as the only car connected to the charger. So you are pulling down the full 6+ kW. Then later another car connects, so suddenly you're pulling closer to 3.3kW. All of the Chargepoint stations that I've seen bill by the minute (or are free), not by kWh. This means that you could effectively end up paying twice as much for the charge.
You'd have to be really up to date on EVSE tech to know that this would happen. So at best, it's going to be confusing for users.
Has Chargepoint mentioned a desire to move towards kWh-based billing where possible? If not, how do you think they plan on handling these sorts of situations?
http://www.chargepoint.com/products-chargepoint-stations.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
From the spec sheet: "Dynamically share one 40A circuit between two parking spaces"
This seems to present an interesting scenario. Your session starts with you as the only car connected to the charger. So you are pulling down the full 6+ kW. Then later another car connects, so suddenly you're pulling closer to 3.3kW. All of the Chargepoint stations that I've seen bill by the minute (or are free), not by kWh. This means that you could effectively end up paying twice as much for the charge.
You'd have to be really up to date on EVSE tech to know that this would happen. So at best, it's going to be confusing for users.
Has Chargepoint mentioned a desire to move towards kWh-based billing where possible? If not, how do you think they plan on handling these sorts of situations?