Currently, the most unproblematic electric vehicle charging network in the United States is a network built by Tesla and Rivian. New Investigation From Consumer Reports.
The publication surveyed EV charging experiences of 1,230 owners between March 2024 and February 2024, and only 4% of respondents said they had problems with Tesla’s supercharged network. Only 5% said they had problems using Rivian’s Adventure Network Charger.
Owners have the worst experience with Shell’s charging network, reporting issues 48% of the time. Evgo and Blink Chargers are equally troublesome, with owners having 43% and 41% time, respectively. Other well-known networks are not that good either, owners record issues on Electify America 35% of the time and 24% of the time on ChargePoint chargers. Rivian and Tesla are the only networks in unit numbers.
Last year, electric vehicles accounted for more than 8% of U.S. car sales. According to Cox Autodespite cooling sales growth, the overall volume is still growing. People are increasingly embracing electric vehicles, but it is clear from the survey of Consumer Reports that many charging networks are designed to support the adoption of lag behind. Representatives of Shell, Evgo, Blink, Electrified U.S. and Chargepoint did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Consumer reports say the most common reporting issues in all networks are related to payments and the charging station hardware itself, especially on the screen.
“By convening broken screens, payment issues and slow charging capabilities, community members are crowdsourced data that will put the network in charge and improve drivers’ experience with public charges,” Drew Toher, event manager for Consumer Reports, said in a statement.
Tesla has been building a supercharged network for more than a decade, so it is no surprise that it has finalized many of the problems that still plague many other companies. This is good news for non-Tesla EV owners or potential buyers, as the company has opened up the supercharged network Essentially all other electric cars.
Surprisingly, Rivian is clearly matched by Tesla, at least based on the experience of these respondents. This means it’s a good start Its first 100 radio stations. However, when trying to build up 500 other stations, this quality will be maintained by Rivian Already planned in North America.
