So my husband and I had tickets to see Whoās Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Triad Stage in Greensboro today. Since the Hyundai is still at the body shop being repaired, we took the i3. Hubby asked if there was Level 2 charging near the theater, so I pulled up PlugShare and noticed there was a missing orange pin in the downtown area. The Greenlots DC fast charger in downtown was missing from the map, and not just Plugshareās - it was missing from the Greenlots app too! What the what?! The last time I tried to use that station, the CCS wouldnāt initiate (probably a bad cable). So before we left, we went by there. The machine is there, and itās powered on, but itās in ālocal modeā which doesnāt require payment. I was able to get so far as releasing the connector, but couldnāt test it since our i3 lacks DC fast. I added it back to Plugshare, adding a comment that Iād come back out to test it later in the weekā¦.
Weirdness here
It isnāt just Greensboro that has gone missing from the Greenlots app. Both Charlotte stations (AAA South End and AAA on Flat River Dr), Salisbury, Matthews, Wadesboro, Greensboro, Hillsborough, Durham, Chapel Hill, Leland, and Calabash have all disappeared from the Greenlots map (along with VIRginia International Raceway). Whatās interesting is some of these locations have been changed from Greenlots to non-networked in the Plugshare listing, and several of them report that the stations now say that they are on the ChargePoint network. One person even said they alerted Chargepoint to an issue with the Salisbury station on September 15. I know that station āworksā because my buddy bought a new Energica in Raleigh and charged it at that station on his way home just the other day. I say āworksā because the screen is still dead but if you know where to tap on the screen you can get it to start a charge.
A ChargePoint Takeover?
Back in May, I attended a fleet electrification workshop (I was showing off the brand new Hyundai Ioniq to attendees). I spoke with our local accounts rep from ChargePoint, and she said that there are ā10 DC fast stations coming to the area.ā Coincidentally, Iāve identified 10 NC cities that have ālostā their Greenlots machines and/or the machines now say they are ChargePoint. I suspect that these old Signet boxes are about to be replaced with the Tritium 50kW units like at Lenoir and Wallace. Iāve reached out to my ChargePoint contact to see if she can verify my theory, because in May she wasnāt at liberty to discuss the details. Seems like thereās enough evidence to suggest this is whatās happening. Whatever I find out, Iāll report. Stay tunedā¦.
UPDATE: ChargePoint contact says sheās unaware of these locations becoming ChargePoint sites. The weirdness continues, and I will keep digging for answers.
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