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They Don't Work In The Cold...

Out of Spec Reviews · 1.1M views · 2022-12-22 · 45:46

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Overview

Kyle Conner of Out of Spec Reviews finds that new Electrify America chargers co-developed with BTC fail in cold weather, then checks ChargePoint, EVgo and other EA stations during a cold snap.

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Cited in EV threads as evidence that public fast-charging reliability suffers in cold temperatures.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2022–2023

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Cars, EVs & motorcyclesRenewables, batteries & storage
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electric vehiclesfast chargingelectrify americacold weatherinfrastructure

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cavisne · 2023-06 · Criticism

Maybe because they have actually used an electric car? CCS is not fit for purpose, even more so the CCS chargers. [VIDEO] They are absolute garbage hardware with a clunky, fragile connector. And the only company deploying them at scale is doing so because they (VW) were forced to when settling Dieselgate.

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darknavi · 2023-01 · Criticism

In the US at least their charging network is top tier. EA is rolling out pretty wide with US highways but most non-Tesla Supercharger site's reliability is laughable right now. To the point where they simply don't work when it's cold outside [0]. We (US) really need more competition in this space. 0: [VIDEO]

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judge2020 · 2022-12 · Reference

This is right after some Electrify America co-produced/co-designed stations didn't work in the cold, with his hypothesis being the voltage leak detection system within the charger breaking and thus not allowing current to flow: [VIDEO]

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