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Public EV charging stations
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2023–2026), in 7 threads.
People raised many different problems with Public EV charging stations, 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 7 complaints
- Can't tell why charging is slow or stops; pricing is opaque, unlike pumping gas2026-08-07
- Many chargers are broken, so drivers can't find one that works2026-03-21
- Chargers hard to find, several broken, long queues for the one working unit2025-01-02
- Must search and compete for a working charging spot multiple times weekly2024-10-12
- Needs separate apps and wallets for nearly every charging station2024-08-15
- Chargers often out of order and charging station apps are frustrating to use2023-10-30
- Chargers often broken, and most vendors force app download to start charging2023-06-20