New study shows a quarter of EV chargers don't work and that half of all trips in the US every day are under 3 miles.
members of that organization went to 181 public fast charging locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and tested 657 individual charging plugs. They found only 72.5% of the EV chargers were operational. A connector was labeled functional if it successfully charged an EV for two minutes or if volunteers observed an electric car was already charging. Tesla superchargers were excluded from the study since they are only available to Tesla drivers — and work 98% of the time.
A total of 22.7% of connectors were non-functioning due to problems, including network connectivity issues, broken plugs, unresponsive screens, and payment system failures. Around 5% of connectors had cables that were too short to reach an EV’s charging port, rendering them unusable.has found about using DC fast chargers in the northeast, where there are lots of charging stations, but many that don’t work.
The illusion is that we all need a rugged, off-road capable mammoth SUV that can take the whole family — including the in-laws — down the Rubicon Trail to an undiscovered mountain lake while carrying a cargo of mountain bikes, kayaks, and camping equipment. Oh, and towing a ski boat at the same time.US Department of Transportation
, using data provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at the Maryland Transportation Institute and by the Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory at the University of Maryland, analyzed “an anonymized national panel of mobile device data from multiple sources,” and found that, in 2021, 52% of all trips in the US, using all modes of transportation, were for distances of less than three miles.
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