miimura said:
Another station in Yreka appeared on Plugshare. It was mentioned in the news story about the Reading, CA site.
I'm actually quite disappointed that these two are the SAE Combo only 24kW units. There really needs to be corridor chargers at these two Carl's Jr locations with 50kW dual CHAdeMO/SAE Combo chargers. I can understand the hotels on the Central Coast 101 corridor being the smaller units, but these are clearly not "destination" charging sites.
Agreed, any charger along the I-5 corridor, should by default, be a 50kwh dual CHAdeMO/SAE Combo charger, the speeds are fast and the distances long. My stock charger is 7.2Kwh rated, going to 25K is still a hours worth of charging, by the time it slows down to get the last 20% into the battery. That's still a long charging stop, too long.
At least future proof it and wire it for 50 kwh jobs in the future, save the labor on reworking... oh wait, are these union jobs and is it an issue of job security?
There has been a lot of problems with these 50 kwh units overheating in the summer time and not working, fans and filters clogging on farming dirt and dust that's always in the air in agricultural areas. A better design that doesn't overheat or clog up is needed.
For me, any trip going north or south of Los Angeles on I-5, I am just going to bite the bullet and buy diesel fuel for the TDI, and get 'er done, driving time wise, to my destination. The e-Golf is an urban warrior combat zone in city traffic type of vehicle, it doesn't get penalized in fuel consumption in stop and go traffic, it doesn't idle and burn juice the way an ICE does in stop and go traffic, much, much, much less waste. Plus, I'll never complain about 406 ft lbs of torque in the Touareg, if I need to pass an 18 wheeler on a two laned road, nor the all wheel drive in snow up at the ski resort in the mountains.
