If you do, you are wasting your time and the time of anytime else waiting for that charger. I’m currently sitting waiting at a DC Fast charger for 30 minutes because some guy in an ID.4 has decided to charge to 100%.
It is nearly always better to charge to 70% or 80% and stop more often. Stop fucking it up for everyone. If you don’t know, the charge rate slows down dramatically the higher the state of charge. I could have charged from 20-80 in the time this guy went from 80-100
Stop assuming everyone is in the same situation as you!
If the guy needs to go far without good charging stops, and the extra range, let the person charge as needed.
This is the right answer.
While a general “unofficial” rule should be only to charge to 80% in most situations at DCFC chargers, there are times when you just need more.
We had to charge to 95% at a DCFC to make it home from Houston (and this was at a charger along a freeway). We made it back with a range of about 20 miles left. Obviously we didn’t want to risk lower as emergencies happen and we don’t have a home charger. Prime example of why people need to chill at the chargers if someone is going past 80% sometimes it’s absolutely needed. We have a Bolt EUV (2023) for reference. If it had to be 100% we absolutely would’ve done it (but we knew we didn’t).
The real issue should be those that are at a charger and not charging or their vehicle is done but doesn’t show up in a reasonable amount of time to move it away.
I posted this in another thread with a similar topic:
I just did a 3000 mile cross country trip in my ID4 and there was one scenario where I had to charge to ~95% while another person was waiting. Was it a dick move? Maybe, but I know I needed those extra miles because that’s what my ABRP (subscription plus obd) was telling me I needed.
I won’t risk my family getting stranded and wasting hours waiting for a tow just to come off as more polite. Unfortunately the ID4 was my only option for this trip as it is our only car. And we were moving.
Everyone’s situation is different. I was initially annoyed with people using the dc fast chargers in the same state as their license plate. I thought “don’t you people have chargers at home?!”, but that’s a toxic mindset to have and quickly readjusted my thoughts because they could be in an apartment that doesn’t allow installation for example.
No charger at home gang checking in
This is not the right answer. The guy could finish with AC and allow others to get going. Narcissistic bullshit will just get a fight going.
How do you know he could do that??
By narcissistic bullshit… I hope you mean OP?
You just need to come the fuck down, if your first thought is this ending in a fight, you need to go talk about your feelings with a professional.
AC Where? Do you expect there to be AC charging on site?
It’s completely non-sensical to think that someone is going to leave a charging station to drive somewhere else to finish charging.
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