One of the criteria is "it's within a mile of certain designated freeways". Obviously it's good to have chargers along those freeways, but as long as there's a certain level of coverage it's not a bad thing if there are ALSO lots of chargers along different freeways, highways, at neighborhood gas stations, etc.
Another criteria is "at least 4 CCS chargers". Since CCS is on its way out, that also seems kinda unnecessary. I have an NACS adapter for my car, so as long as there's open chargers I don't really care what the form factor is (as long as they're fast and not chademo). However 4+ chargers in general is a good criteria. I avoid rest stops that only have 1-2 chargers because it's a crapshoot if they'll be available
Data, but it needs someone to take a deep dive to understand it. Is this mostly a trivial detail missing that in practice nobody cares about or does this means most chargers are useles?
Only 16% of U.S. fast-charging stations meet federal NEVI standards (open data)
(chargingnear.me)21 points by parkgraph 5 hours ago | 8 comments
Comments
One of the criteria is "it's within a mile of certain designated freeways". Obviously it's good to have chargers along those freeways, but as long as there's a certain level of coverage it's not a bad thing if there are ALSO lots of chargers along different freeways, highways, at neighborhood gas stations, etc.
Another criteria is "at least 4 CCS chargers". Since CCS is on its way out, that also seems kinda unnecessary. I have an NACS adapter for my car, so as long as there's open chargers I don't really care what the form factor is (as long as they're fast and not chademo). However 4+ chargers in general is a good criteria. I avoid rest stops that only have 1-2 chargers because it's a crapshoot if they'll be available