Drove from NoVA to the NW part of SC today in my 22 Bolt EUV. I used ABRP to route to chargers and put the addresses into Google maps to check reviews and GPS me there. The car is J1772/CCS, but I bought an adapter ahead of time to make use of Tesla/NACS chargers.
Unfortunately, this car only has a max charge rate of 55kW, so my refueling stops are either more frequent or longer than I would like, but I don't do road trips often and this car was half the price of the ioniq I wanted.
I had one issue today. A Tesla supercharger I stopped at just wouldn't initialize the charge. I even tried plugging into another one right next to it, but no dice. I've since learned that V2 superchargers won't work with my car even with an adapter, so I guess that's what that one was? I have no way of knowing. ABRP and Google maps don't specify. Maybe the Tesla app does? Thankfully, there was an Electric America charger just a couple miles away, but I was pretty stressed out since I was pretty well drained and didn't know where I was.
The hotel we're at has level 2 chargers, so I shouldn't need to deal with unfamiliar chargers again until we head back to NoVA. In the meantime, I've deselected NACS chargers from my ABRP vehicle options. It's possible that my adapter just died after only a few successful uses, but the location I had an issue with had a review of somebody else being unable to charge, so I think it's just that V2 issue.
In summary, the difference has been that it takes a little longer, it takes a little more planning and preparing, and there is a risk of some anxiety, but it's easier to drive, less chance of "car trouble" events, and especially right now it is significantly cheaper to refuel. But get something that accepts at least 100kW charging lol. I think the ioniq does like 240kW? With that, you basically plug in, use the bathroom, grab a coffee, and you're ready to go.
Right, my story about the Hyundai was TOTALLY fabricated, you're so right! Definitely not a real-life run-in while working in the insurance world dealing with 100s of customers on a monthly basis.
Here's another made up one just for fun and rather irrelevant. A guy had his Tesla serviced at work (I guess they came out to him bc there's no dealership technically?) and noticed when he got back to his car, it was in a different spot. Customer asked how it drove and the tech said he didn't need to drive it. Confused, the customer asked why his car was moved then and the tech got a little defensive. Customer dropped it, not wanting to cause trouble.
Comes in to my office a few days later, says he noticed some damage to his car, and tried to check camera footage, all of it was erased, like, nothing at all left. Called tesla and asked about recovering recordings and the data and they're no help. Says impossible. 2nd level tech "restores" it and gives him a download link. Customer manages to get on flash drive but not know how to use it. Asked for help while filing a claim. All the video was for the complete wrong dates. In the end, no claim filed as there's no real evidence or proof, and didn't want to claim hit-and-run at work, either. I don't recall, but idk if there was a way to check daily mileage on the app or something as proof more miles were driven on one day than another.
So basically tech took for a drive, caused damage, flees, parks it in wrong spot, wipes any video evidence, plays dumb. I think it's super shady of Tesla to give techs remote access to get in anyone's car, plus, I mean it's run by a psycho pedo, so..
I enjoy my privacy, I enjoy keeping big brother at a distance. I am decently versed in both IT and insurance and knowing all the data these companies have on us is disgusting. I might even go as far as any "new" car to me, requesting any modems or eSIM be deactivated.