Adding to the rant
Like many countries, France has an near infinite number of charging stations, all of which require a different card and paid membership.
All of those companies used state funds to build their infrastructure.
Adding to the rant
Like many countries, France has an near infinite number of charging stations, all of which require a different card and paid membership.
All of those companies used state funds to build their infrastructure.
In the us, Tesla has a much higher reputation for chargers that actually work when you need them. Usually the credit goes to better sensors and more responsive service, but an underrated factor is larger charging stations with many more chargers. One failing of twelve is less impact than one failing of four, for example.
As yet another anecdote showing how regressive/spiteful US treatment of EVs is …… over the summer I saw an article about a new vendor winning contract for New Jersey rest areas. Part of the contract was to replace 12 charger Tesla supercharger rest areas with “equivalent” four charger that cost 20¢/KwH more