Originally Posted by
IAHtraveler
Very much depends on the location/time you're trying to get a place to charge. I have tried to use several chargers near EWR and they seem to continuously have long lines (>10 cars) trying to get into them. Sure, they're not Tesla chargers, but still public level 2 chargers. Similarly, I was trying to get a charge in the north Dallas area a few weeks ago. All 3 locations I went to (after 9PM) had >4 cars waiting to charge.
Yeah I mean my response was largely tailored to renting a Tesla out of SFO. This is also one of the reasons why I was prepared to ask for an ICE vechicle if I didn't get a Tesla*.The CCS charging market is more fragmented, and tends to be less reliable than the supercharger network; both of which require extra effort on the driver to A) find sites b) check recent visits on the provider app/plug share to see if they appear to be functioning and then C) again use an app if possible to determine availability. Furthermore, an average CCS charging site is typically going to have fewer stalls that a Tesla supercharger potentially contributing to waiting, but it isn't going to be "horror stories of waiting hours just to get onto a charger" that I was responding to either. But for Tesla again there are 60 V3 chargers within 5 miles of SFO (just V3...), 44 at DFW, and 24 on top of the airport at EWR with multiple other sites nearby depending on the direction of approach to the airport. Regardless of the time of day, I don't think you are going to be waiting to charge if you have some basic understanding of what you are doing at those 3 airports with a Tesla (and if for some reason you were, it wouldn't be long).
*The other reason, specifically if Budget had tried to give me a bolt's max charging rate/charging curve wouldn't be fun to deal with especially on the rental return for the amount of driving I was doing.