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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
So for the first time, my MIL tried to use a public Level 3 charger out in Canmore. It was her and a few friends. The vehicle was sitting around 30%, so driving back to central Calgary from Canmore would definitely sap the remaining charge. Fortunately there are at least four different Level 3-equipped charging stations in Canmore.
It did not go smoothly.
She plugged in the Level 2 charger cable then called because it was taking forever. This is because she just assumed the same cable she uses at home would charge the car at Level 3 speeds. She didn't think it would fit because the vehicle has a rubber filler in the lower portion of the connector effectively hiding it until you want to use it. Thankfully while I was on the phone helping her out, a guy who also owned an EV helped them out and the charging is underway.
Now that she's done it once, I'm sure she'll be fine. But this is a woman who is not completely tech-inept, she can generally figure things out by herself, but for a first-timer, this was a crap experience. EV adoption is going to be a royal nightmare if we can't figure out how to make this easier for people.
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Too be fair there are also different levels of phones charging cables and bricks for your phone. No offense but we each hold the greatest knowledge library on earth in the palm of our hands and choose not to use it correctly. A simple search online could have told her . Or a call simply to the dealership.
The adoption to ev w9nt be a nightmare . The average person will be. Luckily after a generation or 2 of people die off the concern won't be so great.
People also said the adoption of the combustion eng8ne was humanity's downfall ( true but not in the way they meant) and bout model ts , ripped out the engines to convert them to horse drawn carriages in protest.