LarryKaplan
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- Sep 14, 2019
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I hope this is the correct forum. I am a recent Leaf buyer -- bought a used 2012 and it's wonderful. I am semi-retired and work from home, so range is not an issue 95% of the time.
Public charging facilities -- not so wonderful. I am in the heart of Los Angeles, so would imagine that we have the best availability of just about anywhere in America. But the network of public charging options here reminds me of pay phones and public water fountains -- half of them don't work. So that's one problem -- there would be enough of them, but only if they all work and are available.
Second problem is inconsistency and lack of transparent standardization. You gas up a carbon-powered car pretty much the same way everywhere and at every gas retailer. But every charging station I encounter has a different way to operate, and my phone is loaded with apps I used only once. I have also come across a situtation where a charger will work for one car, but not for another (happened today -- a station at a city golf course would not work for me, but easily turned on for a woman with a plug-in Prius who tried afterwards). They really need some standardization.
If our public officials want to encourage EV's, they need to step up and build the infrastructure.
Public charging facilities -- not so wonderful. I am in the heart of Los Angeles, so would imagine that we have the best availability of just about anywhere in America. But the network of public charging options here reminds me of pay phones and public water fountains -- half of them don't work. So that's one problem -- there would be enough of them, but only if they all work and are available.
Second problem is inconsistency and lack of transparent standardization. You gas up a carbon-powered car pretty much the same way everywhere and at every gas retailer. But every charging station I encounter has a different way to operate, and my phone is loaded with apps I used only once. I have also come across a situtation where a charger will work for one car, but not for another (happened today -- a station at a city golf course would not work for me, but easily turned on for a woman with a plug-in Prius who tried afterwards). They really need some standardization.
If our public officials want to encourage EV's, they need to step up and build the infrastructure.