Electrify America - Redesigned labels coming to a charge station near you

[Amps]

I'd rather have working chargers than labels that save me about 20 seconds of reading

Maybe a Red Alert! label for chargers that have been broken for months and are awaiting parts?

I just wanted them to have a more obvious label for which charging station number you are at!

Have you tried using your phone or watch to initiate the session via NFC?

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[VTbuckeye]

That would be great, too. I usually have checked their app to see which station I want to pull up at. Then you get there and the stations don't have a number that's readable from a distance. It would be incredibly easy to add this.

We should all carry some 4" black vinyl numbers in our vehicles and slap them on the stations when we charge.

Black electrical tape. You can put whatever number on it you want without being limited to pre-printed vinyl. Electrical tape also would be appropriate because EV.

 

[Pioneer74]

Black electrical tape. You can put whatever number on it you want without being limited to pre-printed vinyl. Electrical tape also would be appropriate because EV.

Better yet, we can use phasing tape to clearly differentiate the levels. Black for 50kW, Yellow for 150kW and red for 350kW.

 

[LightningShow]

Black electrical tape. You can put whatever number on it you want without being limited to pre-printed vinyl. Electrical tape also would be appropriate because EV.

Better yet, we can use phasing tape to clearly differentiate the levels. Black for 50kW, Yellow for 150kW and red for 350kW.

I like the way you guys think!

 

[GDN]

Truly the labels don't matter when you have to try all stations just to get a charge. From someone that uses more of them than likely anyone else on this board:

 

[vandy1981]

The labels are great, now why don’t you ensure your chargers are in working order instead of 25% - 50% of them being nonfunctional at any given time

That's an exaggeration, but I agree that they need to improve their uptime.

 

[vandy1981]

Personally I just wanted them to have a more obvious label for which charging station number you are at! Basically the stations I've been to you can only tell if you look at the last digits at the very top, but it took me a bit the first time I ever used an EA station.

This is part of the signage update. They will have a label close to the screen that will show the charger number.

I the meantime, you can refer to the charger number that's displayed at the top of the screen of the current chargers.

 

[FirstF150InCasco]

Which of these should I use for a Lightning?

 

[FirstF150InCasco]

Personally I just wanted them to have a more obvious label for which charging station number you are at! Basically the stations I've been to you can only tell if you look at the last digits at the very top, but it took me a bit the first time I ever used an EA station.

I have a black Sharpie in my Lightning and -- whenever I use a charger that I think I will use again -- I take out the Sharpie and put a large number right on the charger. Because the charging companies are not smart enought to do this, I take it into my own hands to solve the problem.

 

[wighty]

This is part of the signage update. They will have a label close to the screen that will show the charger number.

I the meantime, you can refer to the charger number that's displayed at the top of the screen of the current chargers.

That is still quite small, they really need it to be easily visible before pulling in your vehicle. As another poster said, something like a 4-8" sticker would be better.

 

[VTbuckeye]

That is still quite small, they really need it to be easily visible before pulling in your vehicle. As another poster said, something like a 4-8" sticker would be better.

This becomes a fundamental question. Do you want to know which station you pulled into, or decide which station you want to pull into. With plugshare and other information it would be desirable to know which stall is working consistently and pull into that one preferentially. Not a big deal if you go there often, you will know already, but for travelers it is more important. Color coded, plus big numbers and consistently operating within designed specifications.

 

[RickLightning]

Which of these should I use for a Lightning?

350.

 

[FlasherZ]

Better yet, we can use phasing tape to clearly differentiate the levels. Black for 50kW, Yellow for 150kW and red for 350kW.

Ugh, why are you mixing voltages?

black/red/blue for 240V

brown/orange/yellow for 480V

 

[FlasherZ]

Which of these should I use for a Lightning?

Ideally, the 350 kW. However, right now EA has nerfed some of their 350 kW stations and limited them to 300A or so, whereas the 150 kW will go up to 350A. That can be a difference of 20 kW or so.

But under most conditions, the 350 kW is the best bet.

 

[Pioneer74]

Ugh, why are you mixing voltages?

black/red/blue for 240V

brown/orange/yellow for 480V

You would be the only person on this board that would catch that.

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