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@paco@infosec.exchange

2026-08-09 02:16 UTC

So here's the second charging frustration today. Bear in mind this is literally the first time I've ever charged away from home. So I'm a n00b learning it all for the first time. I'm not looking for help, I'm venting my spleen. I am visiting family and friends and my #EV gets about 230mi (370km) on a full charge. My mom's house is about 205 miles. So I roll into her house with 24 miles range left. I go to my friend's house and I have like 15 miles range left. I charge off his house (level 1) for a couple hours. Back to 24 miles. I look up on EVGo and find 2 chargers, both open, with the CCS1 port that I need. I drive over to them and I have 15 miles left when I get there. Both say chademo is available, but CCS1 is not. Thanks a fucking lot, EVGo. I call their support number because I don't have enough juice to hunt all over the city for something that actually does what the web site says it does. They find me one that's not far away that really does have CCS1 working. I roll in with my car warning "Battery exhausted, power output reduced." It was estimating 8 miles of range left. So I dropped it off, went to dinner. Ended up at 73% and all is well. I'll need to do the same thing tomorrow on my way home. Infuriating that the EVGo web site says something is available and offers a certain connector when... it doesn't. That web site basically has one job.

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  • @paco@infosec.exchange 2026-08-09 03:10

    Connecting this with my hotel that advertises “EV charging” that’s actually Tesla-only, and you can see why I’m annoyed. I planned to charge up to 100% at my hotel, and then drive straight home tomorrow morning. Instead, I’ll stop halfway at a place plugshare says is compatible and reliable. Good enough, but not what I planned. Expect more ranting about 10:30 EST tomorrow while I wait for my car to charge…

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  • @Da_Gut@dice.camp 2026-08-09 02:19

    @paco@infosec.exchange yeah. That would be annoying as fuck.

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  • @abetterjulie@wandering.shop 2026-08-09 02:26

    @paco@infosec.exchange not cool

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