Take the ChargePoint #PrimeCharging Challenge

Well so far the issue at Meijers at 3565 Fairlane Dr
Allen Park, MI has not been resolved I posted a report on June 28th and as you can see from post #29 where I downloaded a screen shot of comments as late as 6 days ago. It's still down.Update there's a comment from 4 days ago stating they're still down

 

I was at the site so I used the Charge Point App to report the issue, I stated when I connected to my car I got the message on the Charge Point station display an error message "low line voltage" I got a response back from Charge Point "thanks for the report"

 

I just reported the same issue,"no Power" nothing else happened, no email was generated that I could see

 

My local BMW dealer uses ChargePoint, L2 EVSEs with no fee. But they are only available during business hours.

Bob Wilson

 

Seems like an ongoing issue with Meijers, here's a screenshot of another Meijers charge point station apparently out of service.

 

there are two charging stations at this Meijers

 

can anyone plug in, or do you need to sign up with charge point?

 

They have a 'loaner' card but were reticent about loaning it on my first visit. Once I got my own, I've use it without a problem. Just I like to always ask before using at any car dealer.

Bob Wilson

 

I was lucky enough to be one of the first 5 to enter (lucky timing seeing the message as soon as it came out). Got my swag last week - nice selection of items! I always wonder if these "enter to win" things are real as I never see any post they win anything. Well this one was so I thought I would share.

 

You can sign up with the app or online if you don't have a card yet. You don't even need the physical card to charge if the charger is WiFi enabled, which I assume most are, but even if free, you have to use the app to 'unlock' the charging cable from the physical charger.

I'm currently charging for free at a local BMW dealer. You can even add the promo code for the free charging at a later time to the existing account according to the CSR rep who I called this morning... so there's no need to enter my VIN as the promo code yet... I'll use all the free charging I can get!

The ChargePoint app gives updates on the charging power. It's currently averaging between 3.2 - 2.3 kW delivered to the car. You can choose to get charging alerts to your e-mail or via txt as well. Submitted a photo to the challenge also, because why not. Looks like I was still within the 100 first people judging by the number of photo uploads to the gallery, 75 exactly currently, 25 rows of 3 pictures, and luckily I can multiply

Edit: The full charge alert on their app/software/backend is not perfect. It drops off just after the two hour mark. I disconnected when I noticed the graph was at zero in the app and verified the car said it had charged 100%. Total time from empty to full battery just about as indicated for level 2 charging (~2.1 hours)

 

can you sign up for free? do they want a credit card?

 

They do want a credit card, but they won't charge it if you are using a free station.

 

Looks like I am driving to Walgreens this morning just to plugin ChargePoint station to snap a picture. I am using my ChargePoint card to charge at work however since we are charging at ~3.2KWH but have to pay the same price as other can charge at >6.4KWH. My card will expire at 7/31 with ~$30 balance. That will be it for my ChargePoint charge.

 

Like to see places like Walgreens get chargers around here.

 

I went to ChargePoint site to try request a station at a local "mall" which has lots of shops and restaurants. ChargePoint asked me to put in property owner and contact phone no. I stopped right there. Don't know who owns the property.

 

ya, that's problematic. do they want you to do the install as well?

 

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