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I recently drove from Detroit to Buffalo to NYC, roundtrip. On the both legs of the trip I stopped at the iONNA Scranton located in a Sheetz travel station. Paid $0.35 per kWh. Electrify America was $0.47. Charging was fast.
 
I love the Ionna chargers, just wish there were more in SoCal and that the planned ones were in better locations. They seem to be going in a lot of places that aren't on the major freeways here (I5, I405, etc) but instead the smaller ones that connect between those.

There are a couple of the new Rove stations in SoCal and I've heard those are really nice as well, I believe they use the same chargers as Ionna. I was going to try to stop at one on the way to Anaheim last week but I didn't have time.
 
I wonder if Ionna is filling in the gaps left by Tesla instead of competing head-to-head on the highways. I’d love to be able to stop at Ionna instead of Tesla on the West Coast, but Tesla seems well established.
 
Saksak said:
I wonder if Ionna is filling in the gaps left by Tesla instead of competing head-to-head on the highways. I’d love to be able to stop at Ionna instead of Tesla on the West Coast, but Tesla seems well established.
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The ones here are all pretty close to Superchargers, even the ones off the main highways. A few minutes drive at most usually. I assume it's for cost reasons.
 
RandomDesign said:
I love the Ionna chargers, just wish there were more in SoCal and that the planned ones were in better locations. They seem to be going in a lot of places that aren't on the major freeways here (I5, I405, etc) but instead the smaller ones that connect between those.

There are a couple of the new Rove stations in SoCal and I've heard those are really nice as well, I believe they use the same chargers as Ionna. I was going to try to stop at one on the way to Anaheim last week but I didn't have time.
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I think CA isn't getting as much love because it holds almost 30% of all DCFC's in the country. Makes sense that the new folks in town are picking areas in the rest of the states to try and fill the gap etc.

The Rove stations are well thought out, it's the modern day gas station just with EV chargers. I always thought they'd make more sense on interstates but I guess the ROI is better in more densely populated areas than on interstate highways. Apart from Tesla the other providers really do lack station numbers on highways. 4 to 6 chargers simply isn't enough for road tripping EV's, especially on long weekends etc. but building a 40 station locations on an interstate that only gets busy on weekends or holidays probably isn't sustainable at the moment.
 
HC_79 said:
I think CA isn't getting as much love because it holds almost 30% of all DCFC's in the country. Makes sense that the new folks in town are picking areas in the rest of the states to try and fill the gap etc.

The Rove stations are well thought out, it's the modern day gas station just with EV chargers. I always thought they'd make more sense on interstates but I guess the ROI is better in more densely populated areas than on interstate highways. Apart from Tesla the other providers really do lack station numbers on highways. 4 to 6 chargers simply isn't enough for road tripping EV's, especially on long weekends etc. but building a 40 station locations on an interstate that only gets busy on weekends or holidays probably isn't sustainable at the moment.
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This is where high speed charging really helps. Get in and out in less than 15 minutes and you don't need 80 charging stations (OOS motoring has a video with a Chineese charging setup on the Chineese car that fills up in sub 10 minutes). However I think this sort of time to charge would take megawatt chargers as you aren't putting any less juice into the battery, only doing it over a shorter amount of time
 
Bring on the solid state battery tech!
 
I have charged a couple times at the Ionna in Marin, right behind San Quentin prison. Cost is $0.39 / kWh, so it's cheaper than EA or Tesla with their subscription discounts.

Most recently I pulled in with 10%, and got 400kW until ~20%, which took just a few minutes, then by around 35% it rolled down to a charging curve similar to EA 350kW stations. We went 10-85% in 25 mins. That was cool.

It was part of an epic day. We drove 652 miles in 10 hrs 45 mins, with 3 stops. The third charging stop was not necessary but I had to pee. Plugged in at an EA 350 and went from 27-50% (29.5kWh) in 6 minutes.

My wife & I love our GGT, especially for long drives like that.
 
Macrocosmcwh said:
Man I want to check out one of these!!!!

I hope they come to Arizona!
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There is one in Wilcox but that is a bit far to drive. There is one coming soon to Tempe and to Flagstaff. They should be here by the end of the year.
 
Adnillien said:
There is one in Wilcox but that is a bit far to drive. There is one coming soon to Tempe and to Flagstaff. They should be here by the end of the year.
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meet you there... We can try to fill my 98% new battery! Har har har!!!
 
Do you track the charging curves so that one can see those someone?
 
I just linked ABRP to the car. It gives charging curves but they don’t seem entirely accurate thus far.
 
RandomDesign said:
The ones here are all pretty close to Superchargers, even the ones off the main highways. A few minutes drive at most usually. I assume it's for cost reasons.
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As well as location. It's no secret that once McDonalds puts up a store, Burger King and the rest follow - McDonalds does the location analysis and everyone else just lines up next door. Regardless of what you think about Tesla, their Supercharger network is really, really good!
 
We have a few 325kW superchargers nearby but I never see anything close to that; I think Tesla throttles them back for whatever reason. The nearest Ionna is about 40min away but can be on the way to a friend’s farm; I’m going to check it out one day when headed near
 
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