MY 2020 Plug and Charge Success

[madeyong]

I have a 2020 TTS that I purchased as a low mileage CPO a couple of months back. I almost always only use AC home charging via the PMCC but I took it to Electrify America today for the second time since I got the car. Today, just like last time, I plugged in the CCS plug and while I was then trying to open the Charge NA app to start a session, and before I could even locate the charger I was at on the app, the station initiated a free charge and started charging. Both times the same. Maybe just a coincidence and twice a pattern does not really make, but I’m not complaining!! Great experience both times. Hope I didn’t just jinx it. I see no record of either charge in the charging history section of the Charge NA app. Just an FYI to the group. Kind of strange (in a good way).

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[daveo4EV]

EA ofter offers "free" charging if the station is in "free" mode - you can tell it's not plug&charge because your account will have no record of this charging session in your charging history - it's nice when EA is in "free" mode - it simulates "plug&charge"

 

[madeyong]

EA ofter offers "free" charging if the station is in "free" mode - you can tell it's not plug&charge because your account will have no record of this charging session in your charging history - it's nice when EA is in "free" mode - it simulates "plug&charge"

Got it. That makes sense why I see no record of the charge sessions. What’s interesting is that someone at another stall a few spots down was trying to swipe their credit card (repeatedly) so only certain stalls must have been in “free mode”.

 

[daveo4EV]

if payment processing is offline or having difficulty the station will switch into “free” mode - which is one of the _FEW_ things I like about EA - in this case they are optmizing for being able to charge rather than preventing charging because they can’t deal with billing right now.

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