EV drivers struggle to find charging stations

[Into the Night]

Not a bad question, TAG.
Maybe it will be like cell phones towers; they'll spring up when actually needed--but we don't know that.

Cell towers don't just spring up when actually needed. It takes time and effort to construct a cell phone tower.
They don't use anywhere near the electricity a charging station uses either.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

You really do like to deny chemistry, don't you?

What part of chemistry is being denied? (This should be hilarious)

 

[Into the Night]

Nah. The only real issue I've had with my primary vehicle to date was an issue with the torque converter, of course juuuuuust after the warranty expired (in terms of time, not mileage). The dealership initially quoted me some outrageous ~$8,000 amount to fix it (they wanted to replace the whole transmission, replace the water pump, and some other misc smaller things that needed to be done (air filters? I don't remember).

For a torque converter???? Gawd...what a ripoff dealer! What the hell does the water pump have to do with transmission troubles??????!?

I told them that I wasn't going to pay that kind of money and then later took it in to my own mechanic. He inspected the transmission and told me that only the torque converter needed to be replaced (and that the dealership was full of shit about the whole tranny needing replacement),

Once you find a good mechanic, stick with 'em. They are rather few and far between. Dealerships are normally a ripoff.

inspected the water pump and told me that it was just fine (and that the dealership was full of shit about it needing replacement),

All it's got to do is pump water and not leak. That's a pretty easy thing to check!

and then he handled the other misc smaller things while he was at it, all for a fraction of the cost that the dealership thought they'd rip me off for.

Probably changed the air filter, easy and cheap...maybe checked and filled the other fluids as well.

I've had no transmission issues since then, and the water pump has been perfectly fine to this day.

Good. Sounds like you found a good mechanic. I think you know by now what a ripoff dealerships are when it comes to maintenance (something Nordberg hasn't figured out yet!).

My engine has not needed changing, my transmission (other than the torque converter issue) has been fine, my muffler has been fine, and I have otherwise only had to do maintenance for the typical wear/tear items (e.g. oil, brakes, tires). Oh, I had to put a new battery in once, but since it's not an EV, the battery only costed roughly $100 and I am capable of replacing it myself.

An easy job. A couple of nuts, lift out the old, mount the new, start the car dead cold and wait for it to warm up to operating temperature while idling (this reprograms the throttle body, if this car has one) and is a good way to check for leaks.

My secondary vehicle currently has no AC and has an issue with the air system itself (it will go on defrost and vent, but not onto feet... it also does wacky things with the air temp and distribution if I don't manipulate the settings just right, such as blowing hot air out of the driver side vent while blowing cold air out of the passenger side vent, or blowing cooler air when it should be blowing warmer air... stupid automatic/electronic shit... I like more simplistic/manual knobs instead like what my RAV4 has... I digress).

Behavior such as this is typically a pinched or funky vacuum line. Go look for old and cracked or leaking vacuum hoses, particulary those leading to the firewall. You might hear a hissing when the engine is running to help you locate it.

I have not had those issues fixed because they do not affect the vehicle getting from point A to point B, and I'm not about to drop what I'm sure would easily clear $1,000 to fix it, depending on what is all wrong with the air system. I can still get hot air out of it for colder weather (even though it sucks that I can't adjust it to feet) and opening the windows works fine whenever there's hotter weather, so I save my money and deal with it.

It's actually a pretty cheap fix. Vacuum hoses are pretty cheap and easy to replace yourself.

Other than those issues that I've decided to leave as be, I've only spent money on wear/tear items, and I did the battery and light bulb replacements myself.

Heh. Light bulbs...how quaint...

Apparently you've already said that you don't.

Nordberg has stated he does no maintenance on his car, then he turned around and stated that he takes it to the dealership for maintenance. He's currently locked in another of his paradoxes.

 

[Into the Night]

How fucking stupid are you? Cars are rated at 12,000 miles a year,

No such rating.

which is what the average American drive.

Argument from randU fallacy.

12,000 miles represents one year of driving.

Unit error.

Now think about it. Ruminate for a while. Maybe you can understand that mileage is time too.

Unit error.

I did not say I do not take care of my car. Stop lying.

Yes you did. Stop lying. You are being irrational. You cannot argue both sides of a paradox.

I told your ignorant ass that EVs require a lot less maintenance and repair.

Did you get your recall problems dealt with yet?

You even argued about that absolute fact.

No such thing. Buzzword fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

The poor disregard and disdain you have for others that do not agree with you politically is pure hatred.

And it is as unnecessary and foolish as right handed people hating people for being left handed, because they are different.

There is no perfect political party, and there is no perfect people, and our world was not made perfect with everyone that agrees with each other, and looks like each other.

There is always going to be truth and facts, but, the the truth and facts are not political, and no one is entitled to their very own truths and facts.

When the truth and facts do not play into your political narratives, you ignore the truth and the facts, and make up your own truth and facts, for the reason of playing into your political narratives and agenda. You may want to check and see if your political narratives and agenda is based on Hatred for others. That may be the problem right there to begin with.

Well guess what? The truth and facts hurt sometimes.

And people that cannot accept the truth and facts, have nefarious agendas of self-interest, and causes chaos, discourse, and malfeasance in government and society.

So Sir, you are not permitted to have your own facts and TRUTHS. We all have to share the facts and the truth, THEY DO NOT BELONG TO YOU TO MANIPULATE AND DISTORT FOR POLITICAL AND HATEFUL REASONS.

You are describing yourself again. Inversion fallacy.

 

[Into the Night]

What part of chemistry is being denied? (This should be hilarious)

Are you going to ask this question over and over mindlessly now? It's already been answered. RQAA.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

You are describing yourself again. Inversion fallacy.

That accusation grows stale when you use it literally for every single person who disagrees with you.

 

[Saint Guinefort]

Are you going to ask this question over and over mindlessly now? It's already been answered. RQAA.

OK. You don't remember where it was answered so I'll just leave it. (And I know you don't actually understand chemistry so I'll just assume it was hilarious)

 

[gfm7175]

For a torque converter???? Gawd...what a ripoff dealer!

Yup. I only bothered with them because I was hoping that whatever my tranny issue was was covered under warranty, but it happened to be juuuuuust barely past warranty with regard to time so they wouldn't cover it. I had no intention for them to perform the work otherwise, especially after they tried to rip me off like that.

What the hell does the water pump have to do with transmission troubles??????!?

Nothing. This was supposedly another "issue" that they "found" upon a further "courtesy inspection". After I told my mechanic what the dealership told me, he suspected that they saw a very tiny bit of "coolant spatter" around the area and tried to pretend that that was a "leak".

Once you find a good mechanic, stick with 'em. They are rather few and far between. Dealerships are normally a ripoff.

Bingo.

Probably changed the air filter, easy and cheap...maybe checked and filled the other fluids as well.

Yup.

Good. Sounds like you found a good mechanic. I think you know by now what a ripoff dealerships are when it comes to maintenance (something Nordberg hasn't figured out yet!).

I sure do. I knew that truth before I even took it to the dealership. I only bothered with them for the hope of receiving warranty work.

An easy job. A couple of nuts, lift out the old, mount the new, start the car dead cold and wait for it to warm up to operating temperature while idling (this reprograms the throttle body, if this car has one) and is a good way to check for leaks.

Yup. I'm not a "handyman" but even I can replace a car battery on a typical gasoline vehicle.

Behavior such as this is typically a pinched or funky vacuum line. Go look for old and cracked or leaking vacuum hoses, particulary those leading to the firewall. You might hear a hissing when the engine is running to help you locate it.

I'll have to give that a look sometime. I'd fix it (and the AC) if it's as simple as a vacuum hose issue.

It's actually a pretty cheap fix. Vacuum hoses are pretty cheap and easy to replace yourself.

Right.

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

You are describing yourself again. Inversion fallacy.

Take all of your perceived fallacies and shove them up your ass!

 

[Nordberg]

The only option, of course, is to use a public charging station. Some larger employers do provide a few charging stations. Otherwise, you have to waste your time at these things charging your car.

Take it slow and think about it for a second. A person who lives in an apartment without an electric connection should not buy an EV. Charging an EV is an important part of owning one. You are cracking up in real time on this board.

 

[Geeko Sportivo]

It is already starting. There is not enough chargers next there will be a shortage of electricity to charge cars and trucks


https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/ev-drivers-struggle-find-charging-stations

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Here's a new one:

Electric Vehicle Chargers Are Breaking Electric Vehicles
https://www.tellmebest.com/electric-vehicle-chargers-are-breaking-electric-vehicles/

Seems all charging stations and EVs are not equal...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596991704141541376

 

[Into the Night]

Yup. I only bothered with them because I was hoping that whatever my tranny issue was was covered under warranty, but it happened to be juuuuuust barely past warranty with regard to time so they wouldn't cover it. I had no intention for them to perform the work otherwise, especially after they tried to rip me off like that.

Nothing. This was supposedly another "issue" that they "found" upon a further "courtesy inspection". After I told my mechanic what the dealership told me, he suspected that they saw a very tiny bit of "coolant spatter" around the area and tried to pretend that that was a "leak".

A while ago a fellow decided to test mechanics across the States.

He got an older car and fixed it up to absolute cherry condition, but left the body paint faded. He then drove across country with it. Before arriving at a town, he would get out and disconnect one of the plug wires, and wheeze into town and get the local mechanic to look at it.
The good ones just plugged in the wire and sent him on his way. No charge.

The others:
Three new complete sets of plug wires, four new sets of spark plugs. The oil got changed numerous times (at least a dozen times). One recommended a new transmission. Three of them recommended a new water pump. Two recommended replacing the entire engine.
Several of these were dealers.

It's amazing the lengths some of these shady shops will go through to try to make money.

I am currently redoing a job that a crappy 'professional' mechanic did to the car (he worked for a dealership). It was setting up damage to the cams, oil pump, and cat converter. Hopefully, I caught it in time. Still analyzing the extent of the damage done by this idiot.

Yup.

I sure do. I knew that truth before I even took it to the dealership. I only bothered with them for the hope of receiving warranty work.

Yup. I'm not a "handyman" but even I can replace a car battery on a typical gasoline vehicle.


I'll have to give that a look sometime. I'd fix it (and the AC) if it's as simple as a vacuum hose issue.

Hopefully that's all it is. It usually is.
Another and more expensive cause is the control vanes themselves are stuck due to debris in the ducting. This can be caused by mice and other critters building a nest in there or storing food in there. You would generally notice the smell if it was that, though.
Probably just a hose. Good hunting!

 

[Saint Guinefort]

I am currently redoing a job that a crappy 'professional' mechanic did to the car (he worked for a dealership). It was setting up damage to the cams, oil pump, and cat converter. Hopefully, I caught it in time. Still analyzing the extent of the damage done by this idiot.

You don't fix cars.

 

[Into the Night]

Take all of your perceived fallacies and shove them up your ass!

YOUR fallacies. You don't get away with projecting YOUR problems on me.

 

[Into the Night]

Take it slow and think about it for a second. A person who lives in an apartment without an electric connection should not buy an EV. Charging an EV is an important part of owning one. You are cracking up in real time on this board.

But the mandates being imposed by the SDTC and elsewhere demands exactly that. You also argue that the 'gasoline engine is dead' and that everyone will buy EVs. Which is it, dude?

 

[Into the Night]

Just going to ignore it and hope it's not real, eh?

 

[Into the Night]

Here's a new one:

Electric Vehicle Chargers Are Breaking Electric Vehicles
https://www.tellmebest.com/electric-vehicle-chargers-are-breaking-electric-vehicles/

Seems all charging stations and EVs are not equal...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1596991704141541376

Ouch! Something defective about Ford's electrics? They DO sometimes have trouble with spikes causing issues.
Of course, the charger shouldn't be putting out spikes either, but some do.

 

[gfm7175]

You don't fix cars.

Do YOU?