Just did two separate EV rentals on two consecutive days in Vancouver. It was alright...
Annoyances:
-BC Hydro's fast chargers aren't Tesla compatible and the Model 3 rental I had didn't include the appropriate adapter. The following day's rental included more adapters, but none of them would have fit the previous day's charging need.
-It seems like all day long is a peak period for any of the in-town superchargers, at least the ones in PoCo, Richmond, and the one nearest the Olympic Village
-Don't forget to make sure some idiot didn't set a charging ceiling on your vehicle before you took possession. I parked at a supercharger at 75%, went inside and had a quick meal, only for me to come out and realize it was capped at 80% by the previous user, and I'd incurred maybe $5 (~10 mins) in idling fees as a result. UGHHHH
-The Google Maps API they're using gives wonky directions in Metro Vancouver. They're direct, sure, but they seem to be avoiding a better route at times. My SO (who was with me) and I are both transportation engineers who worked on some early Google mapping tech in Canada, so we both thoroughly examined these issues. Most egregiously, we left a wedding 30 mins early, and some of the guests had caught up to us and said hello at an adjacent lane.
-Visited two shopping malls with sizable parkades (I do parking minimums in Alberta for a living lol, this is relative), yet they only had two EV chargers/parking stalls. I went to one of them at 5AM, and it wasn't turned on, understandably, since the mall wasn't open, but that's more my problem
-Ton of churches and restaurants have EV chargers, also indicated on Google Maps (not the Tesla layer though), but they aren't even turned on!!!!
Pretty cool:
-On the flip side, a fair number of schools and paid parking lots will offer trickle charging, EV parking incurs no premium, just plug and go and pay the regular parking fee
-The supercharger network is well-used at 5 to 6 AM, thankfully the electricity is a bit cheaper at this time
-Despite the Google Maps issues, the battery pre-conditioning en route to a supercharger works great and saved us a bit of time and money