All 7 listed chargers were dead; saved by a Level 2
“Every one was either powered off or showing out of order, and I was down under 15 miles with the low-battery warning on. I only got out of it because a college about 7 miles away had a Level 2 charger.”
Broken chargers; sat ~1 hour on 10 kW unit at 30 mi left
“Ecotricity chargers at motorway services were occupied, had broken CCS connectors, or were offline. One was capped at 10 kW. I got to the fifth station with 30 miles left and sat on that 10 kW connector for about an hour.”
Chargers busy all day; charging added 2-3 hours per leg
“The Baker EA had about 8 cars waiting for 12 stalls, and the Walmart sites on the way showed in use all day. Coming home, every charger I tried was occupied even though I had plenty of range.”
2 of 4 rapid chargers broken; waited with ~30 miles left
“At an in-network stop on the way back, two of four rapid chargers were broken and there was a line for the rest. I had about 30 miles left and no real choice but to wait.”
Waited about 2 hours for a charger at a usually empty site
“Coming back from the coast on a long weekend I sat about 2 hours for a charger at the Canadian Tire in Merritt, BC, a site that's normally empty.”
Petro-Canada chargers out; queued, home 2-3 hours late
“Only 3 DC chargers in town and the Petro-Canada ones were out of service, so everyone piled onto what was left. I waited in the queue and got home 2-3 hours later than planned.”
One fast charger, 1.5h+ queue, app failed; used hotel AC
“It had one fast charger on the whole island, and in peak summer heat the queue was 1.5+ hours. The app also refused to verify my Romanian number, so even reaching the front wouldn't have helped. I ended up charging overnight from a hotel's Type 2 outlet instead.”