The ChargeX Consortium, with the help of federal labs, is going to tackle EV charger reliability. Here’s what this group has in mind.
Tesla’s Supercharger network, while being a proprietary standard that excludes other EVs, has been one of the few non-controversial aspects of the company when it comes to reliability.The ChargeX Consortium will also seek to tackle one other issue of tremendous annoyance in today's EV charging world: Vastly different payment systems and apps that don't talk to each other, requiring EV owners who travel frequently to sign up for half a dozen charging networks, each with its own app.
"Teams working in these three areas will exchange information to help the national labs identify best practices to address common problems and share them with the entire industry," the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation said. The consortium also plans to develop solutions for testing charging and EV software before it enters production, to make sure that all EVs can connect to every EV charger.Some might say the creation of such a consortium is long overdue, by about a decade to be exact, with the industry having permitted too many different charging standards to develop.
Is EV charger reliability a bigger problem at the moment than geographic coverage or payment standardization? Let us know what you think.Jay Ramey grew up around very strange European cars, and instead of seeking out something reliable and comfortable for his own personal use he has been drawn to the more adventurous side of the dependability spectrum.
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