Posted on 08/17/2022 11:22:06 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
new survey found that 20% of EV drivers visited a charging station without charging their car, due to issues with charging hardware. Range anxiety and the hassle of charging pose major roadblocks to EV adoption. The J.D. Power survey also shows electric car owners prefer Tesla charging stations. Electric cars are getting more popular, but lackluster charging options could turn some drivers away.
A new survey from J. D. Power found that one in five electric car owners that visited a charging station ended up not charging their vehicle. Of the drivers that didn't charge their EVs, 72% said the station was out of service or malfunctioning.
The survey included 11,554 electric and hybrid car owners who responded to the study between January and June of this year. The executive director of global automotive at J.D. Power, Brent Gruber, said that the survey showed that public charging continues to hobble the EV market.
"Not only is the availability of public charging still an obstacle, but EV owners continue to be faced with charging station equipment that is inoperable," Gruber said in the press release.
J. D. Power's study, which was conducted with EV data firm PlugShare, lines up with recent reporting on the EV market. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that some EV drivers are second-guessing their decision to buy an electric car amid a slew of broken and malfunctioning charging stations. Earlier this year, a reporter from The Wall Street Journal said she took an electric car on a cross-country road trip and often ended up waiting hours on end for the car to charge due to buggy chargers.
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A major Tesla factory is just east of Reno. All those towns listed? They have Tesla chargers.
Also the idea that it is the loneliest road is hilarious. Almost ANY other road in NV is more lonely.
Slacker — the original Pony Express covered the route in about 10 days, as I recall. Of course, there were a few more riders and horses involved.
Biden and the climate change fanatics are doing that (by regulations and executive orders discouraging oil enterprises).
Hey, maybe they’re the domestic terrorists after all.
FTA: 72% said the station was out of service or malfunctioning
Wait till the copper thieves show up then it will be 100%.
#27 Try the 90 miles or so on 70 from Roswell to Portales, NM! Holy Toledo...even at 75-80 mph it seems like an eternity! Nothingness.
Except for the occasional UFO.
They only stop if they want to probe you....
Thieves are afraid of heights?🤔
Put a station in and 30 minutes later it’s destroyed...Annnnd if the thieves get caught, nothing happens to them......
Good ol' system of justice.
True line in news story last year from a criminal suspect not born in the US: "We love your system here. Everything is on our side and we get away with it."
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