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CCS chargers
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2021–2024), in 8 threads.
People raised many different problems with CCS chargers, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Clunky connector wiggles in the port, poorly designed for human use2024-10-28
- Non-Tesla charging stations are harder to start charging at than Tesla's2023-11-01
- Chargers are unreliable, so drivers often have to call for help2023-07-07
- CCS chargers are often broken and drivers can't find a working one2023-06-20
- Charging interface is slow and error prone, sometimes requires calling support, and plug locking breaks2023-06-09
- Charging often fails with communication errors and needs NFC taps or apps before it starts2023-05-26
- Two plugs glued together take up space and must both be used to charge2023-02-15
- Chargers are inconvenient, cables short, and car and charger often need retries to connect and pay2021-01-27