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Though electric vehicles have been on the market for years, range anxiety
is still holding many people back from making the switch. And if you have
a non-Tesla EV, you aren't necessarily going to have an easy time finding
a working fast-charger — even if you live in the biggest cities in the US.
Non-Tesla EV owners will likely empathize with Wall Street Journal
reporter Joanna Stern, who recently spent two days in a Rivian visiting fast-charging stations — not Tesla Superchargers — around Los Angeles and writing about her findings. She encountered frequent problems, including:
Stern's article detailing the entire journey is well worth a read, and it echoes issues that EV owners have made in the past. According to Stern, 13
out of the 30 non-Tesla DC fast-charging stations had issues. Out of the
126 individual stalls she drove up to, 27% were out of order.
Axios' Dan Primack wrote about similar issues in 2021. Primack, who also
drove a Mustang Mach-E, recalled a harrowing 200-mile drive from Boston to
New York City. During his drive, he stopped at three different charging stations before he was able to find one that was compatible with his car.
The charging issues and range anxiety that some EV owners face appears to
even be preventing some drivers from making the switch to electric. In
2022, a survey from Consumer Reports polled more than 8,000 Americans. 61%
of those who weren't certain that they wanted an EV said that they were concerned about how they would keep their cars charged.
Stories like Stern's of people struggling with finding fast-chargers
highlight why a lot of non-Tesla owners are excited at the industry's
wider adoption of Tesla's charging standard. Tesla plans to open its Supercharging stations — the largest in the world with over 50,000 — to
several car companies in 2024 including Ford, General Motors, Toyota, and Hyundai.
The move will make electric vehicle charging more widely available to EV
owners and may help address range anxiety among some non-Tesla owners. Of course, it could also lead to longer lines at charging stations.
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