Bill Ferro

4:20 pm ET. App seems back up, for now

@ChargePointnet @RateYourCharge What is going on with the ChargePoint app? It's been showing no charging stations since 2pm ET on Windows, Android and iOS.

@RateYourCharge Sometime in the last 3 months the supercharger in Orangeburg,SC got a solar canopy. Just in time for my rainy journey today. As usual, uneventful 150kW.

@brandenflasch @itskyleconner @RateYourCharge @GenesisUSA Or... It's not real it's not real-time

@itskyleconner @RateYourCharge @GenesisUSA It’s not real-time if it’s not real

Hello charging world it’s 2023 and there’s no excuse this should even be a thing @RateYourCharge @GenesisUSA

@andrewIambrecht It's not May yet. Did they let you out of the study early or are you going rogue?

I’m working on a story about dopamine and I won’t be using any social media until May (LinkedIn included). Feel free to reach me at my email in bio.

@TheOSUBuckeye09 @RateYourCharge @ElectrifyAm Do you have any idea if this bus uses the station regularly? I would think they charge to full at the depot and would rarely use public infrastructure... Just trying to learn!

@ElectrifyAm SATX-#4 stahl fails almost immediately,can’t charge.Arrived #5-7 offline but were being serviced & are back up.#2 back to member pricing!Saw first electric bus.Has 200kWh battery w/165kWh usable,takes 3hrs to fully charge,135mi range. @RateYourCharge

@brandenflasch @Ford @FordPro Let's find out if they use public charging while out and about. I bet they do at least once a week.

Short roof @Ford e-Transit in use by an electrical contractor! @FordPro

@andrewIambrecht I'm determined to put one of these on Lake Norman soon!

I recently interviewed Polestar's COO, Dennis Nobelius, to talk about its partnership with EV boat manufacturer Candela. Full article below: insideevs.com/news/633271/ca…

@brandenflasch @ElectrifyAm @RateYourCharge Is it possible to plug into a station like #2 when it's in phantom in-use mode?

Charging without issue at the @ElectrifyAm in Statesville, NC aside from #2 showing as in use even though it wasn’t 🤷‍♂️ @rateyourcharge

@andrewIambrecht So what's next, Andrew? Are you still eyeing a used i3? You can't be without an electric car!

After much debate, I'm going to accept my Mini SE offer at CarMax tomorrow. It's sad to let the little guy go so soon, but the market is crashing much more than I anticipated.

@brandenflasch @Audi @VW @LucidMotors @ElectrifyAm Curious to know what people struggle with at these stations... Is it the app? The screen? The whole process?

Charge session failed at 61%, but luckily that was enough to continue to Yulee, FL FPL station. A pair of @Audi e-trons, a pair of @VW ID.4 and a @LucidMotors Air rolled in as I was about to leave.. @ElectrifyAm should be paying me for how often I’m helping people charge 😂

🧵 for my December 2022 holiday season @Rivian R1T road trip! Started the day in Charlotte, NC with 100% charge and setting off to southern Florida!

@itskyleconner The EA app shows stations 01, 02, and 03 are "in use" with 01 being the older ABB unit.

More cold weather testing. None of the new EA units working at a relatively mild 1F - 😩

@andrewIambrecht I received the 2nd in MA back in the day long before the move the CLT

@bferro ooh, count me in! So you had an original 2014 i3 Electronaut?

There is just something really special about the BMW i3. One day I hope to own an example of one of these (and by one day, I specifically mean after Jan. 1, 2023 so I could get the $4,000 used EV tax credit, provided the example I purchase is under $25,000)!

I drove my TM3 from Charlotte to Milwaukee and back over the holiday and only saw 2 non-Teslas on the road, an R1T in NC and an Ionic 5 in IN. Now I know where they all were!

@andrewIambrecht Not going to argue that one!

Meet the most under appreciated car of the past decade:

Here's the video: youtube.com/watch?v=ugyLeN… @ToyotaCharlotte - why is there a Tesla Model 3 in your charging video?

@tommolog - just watched today's InsideEVs episode and thought this would be appropriate to the Toyota discussion. Local new station blindly references Toyota for their EV charging knowledge🤪. The video shows a woman charging a de-badged Model 3! wbtv.com/2022/10/11/toy…

@MattFFerro Check out this article from a kindred spirit in Europe: thegreenfix.substack.com/p/human-rights

Arrived at the station 10 mins before my departure from Milwaukee. Will be in Chicago in 90 mins. Trains rock

@BCBrownell @brandenflasch Look up the sad stories of Locast and Aereo. They tried this but were shut down by arcane laws.