.ca couple drive their Niro .kr EV across Canada> plugshare.com makes it easier +

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https://www.terracestandard.com/autos/salmon-arm-couple-put-their-electric-vehicle-to-the-test-in-cross-canada-road-trip-2/
Salmon Arm couple put their electric vehicle to the test in cross-Canada road trip
2023/01/18 ... Over the summer [a couple] decided to challenge ... their 2020 electricity-powered Kia Niro, with a road trip to the Maritimes and back ... At one service station they were told after they began charging their vehicle that the charger wasn’t functional. “It would charge for about five minutes and then just stop,” Austin says. “Oh, and the guy who looked after all their charging stations in western Canada was in San Francisco.” ... A friend told the couple about PlugShare, a website where they could find level 2 and 3 charging stations along the route, and read comments by other EV users, including information about which chargers were putting out a decent amount of power, and which were simply not working. Another challenge was a need for different apps to use the different charging stations they stopped at along the way ... recommendations ... to make the transition to electric vehicles more feasible ... get the infrastructure standardized across the country so it’s more user-friendly. “Make it simple – so you really can just use a credit card or debit card as you go,” ...
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EV drivers say more 'working' public EVSE are needed

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/01/20/electric-vehicle-drivers-say-more-quality-car-chargers-are-needed/
Electric vehicle drivers say more quality car chargers are needed
2023/01/20 ... CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Electric car drivers said there wasn’t enough level 3 or ‘fast chargers’ throughout the state of Iowa and when they did find one, sometimes they didn’t work ... Also, the level three charging network is not all that good ...




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