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Non-Tesla EV chargers

Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2019–2024), in 13 threads.

People raised many different problems with Non-Tesla EV 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 15 complaints

Public chargers are buggy and constantly failing, so drivers can't reliably charge2024-12-23
Activating non-Tesla chargers requires too many apps and often fails sessions2024-12-05
Must check multiple websites, apps and payment methods, and chargers are often broken2024-07-16
Other EVs' in-car systems are clumsy and awkwardly designed compared to Tesla's2024-04-01
Chargers often broken or slow, forcing repeated trial of stations to find a working one2023-11-15
Drivers arrive at broken chargers with no warning beforehand, risking stranding2023-02-15
Non-Tesla chargers are unreliable, inconvenient and slow, causing long delays for drivers2022-11-11
Other public chargers are often broken or annoying to use2021-07-21
Non-Tesla chargers need apps or card swipes, with inconsistent, sometimes broken instruction screens2021-07-21
Non-Tesla chargers are hard to use, not plug and play for first-time EV buyers2021-07-03
Non-Tesla chargers have a crappy interface and are poorly maintained2021-01-28
Buttons respond late or not at all, and on-screen buttons need hidden hardware presses2021-01-28
Charging requires navigating menus, paying by card or RFID, and hoping it works2020-01-22
Non-Tesla chargers need multiple apps or RFID cards and often don't work2020-01-01
Requires installing multiple apps and registering RFID tags before charging, with confusing, unstable interfaces2019-09-08