How Rove Charging Created The Best Charging Hub Experience Yet

[@loriallen67]

Great show. Looks like a solid business plan-give the people what they want where they need it. I wish them all the success and hope that one day we will have such a facility in the Midwest. 🤞🏼

[@urbanstrencan]

Rove Charging great work, this is the kind of charging solution that needs to be expanded worldwide :) Great pod guys keep it up :)

[@jjsjohnson1]

So great! Love this company. So thoughtful about the EV driver needs. They are the “in n out burger “of charging.

[@bktebeau]

Awesome. Glad they are making money and will grow.

[@bowefamilyEV]

I stopped by Rove to get to see it on my family trip to Legoland. I have a little section of my video from the stop showing the center. It was a really Great experience

[@IronmanV5]

Canopies, store, lounge, and car wash oh my! The cherry on top was that they were profitable almost immediately. Others should take notice.

[@CraigMatsuura]

ROVE is needed in Utah. The SLC area especially the SW area of Salt Lake Valley is missing this type of solution. I get CA has more EV, but a smaller site in other cities would be great.

[@davidmorris4948]

Also one more comment on the podcast when they interviewed the guys from rove Tom asked them if they had any signs or anything if people need help charging their EV’s and they completely beat around the question they said they have an attendant there but if you think about it, that’s a huge site there’s no way that they can cover that entire site. There needs to be a phone number or assign that points to where the attendant might beif someone needs help charging their electric vehicle, but it’s funny how he kind of beat around the question.

[@davidmorris4948]

I love how the guys on the podcast from ROVE said it’s a V4 supercharger, but it’s really not it’s a version three cabinet. I wish they would say accurate information for the geeks like us because obviously it’s not yet just my two cents.

[@notshylo]

Rove and Ionna are coming!

[@nathanbrumbaugh8545]

I agree with Tom , there should be a sign or some indication of how to get help. We have many cold climates. not gonna be an attendance standing outside when it’s 0° out so a sign be so simple and yet so helpful. Perhaps a call button intercom system would be great.

[@ecarfun]

Cold weather climates should have an enclosed, heated, charging space. (Southern California resident opinion lol)

[@777Outrigger]

Glad to see Tesla's getting in on the Rove station. I decide my charging stops based on amenities and reasonable security, not on whether it's a V2 150 kW charger or a V3 250 kW charger.

[@anthonyc8499]

This Rove site looks magical and it's great that they're seeing positive cash flow right off the bat. Before people get too excited about this business model, it's pretty uniquely situated in an area with high-adoption rates of EVs and a lot of thru traffic along I-5. This setup would probably struggle in a lot of smaller cities with lower adoption rates (Albuquerque, Boise, Cleveland, etc).

[@ayeomandvl]

Just the fact that they installed a touchless carwash tells everyone how much thought they put into everything.

[@ecarfun]

I was there twice in a day a little while back. It's a great site! I'm so glad to see it getting attention with y'all. Here was a part of my night time experience. studio.kzbin.info8v2UgxmAY50/edit Just to clear up any confusion there might have been. It appears there is security there 24 hours, and attendants are there during the day. It felt so nice to be in a well lit area with a security guard watching the lot, and access to the bathroom while we charged. It was great!

[@johnpoldo8817]

I’m surprised the Rove exec’s didn’t bring some pictures of their beautiful lounge, market, car wash, and other amenities. While their charging may be fabulous, it’s disappointing not to see amenities on their website. I would even show clean, new bathrooms to lure new customers. I agree with Tom that we must charge extra when charging above 85 or 90%

[@nathanbrumbaugh8545]

I am curious about level two chargers being installed right at the same site with your other DC fast chargers we all know that DC fast chargers are expensive and cost more than it cost to put gas in a car for the most part, so some people would greatly benefit and it would be a great business Insight to attract those customers who could get much cheaper rates on electricity by using level two if that’s what they want!

[@M-rk8he]

Agree with this especially since they are focusing on densely populated cities and towns. Don’t take up a lot of space or cost as much to put in the ground

[@anthonyc8499]

The station is designed for people to be there for about 30 minutes. Rove needs the churn of drivers coming and going and each one spending a certain average amount of money. Level 2 chargers means someone will be parked for HOURS and the average revenue dollar gets dragged down by a L2 camper

[@anthonyc8499]

@@M-rk8he No, that's just the thing. A L2 charger takes up a parking spot and like you said, it's an urban location so real estate is at a premium. When you're trying to maximize revenue for every square foot, it doesn't make sense to have L2 chargers to encourage people to park their car for HOURS. Instead, Rove wants to churn drivers through with a high turnover rate in order to maximize average revenue per visit.

[@M-rk8he]

@ anthonyc8499 What you’re saying makes sense. I was thinking from driver perspective but for Rove that’s not the business model they’re going for. Expanding Level 2 to more municipal lots, city parks and shopping centers is the better move.

[@nathanbrumbaugh8545]

A couple days ago I pulled into a pilot flying J with no pull through charger had to disconnect trailer and pay $.65 per kilowatt at least for electricity! provide a decent price would be my suggestion if you don’t provide the service for people with trailers these are major customers. These trucks that are pulling trailers and are pure electric are going to buy tremendous amounts of electricity so for many locations as I think you indicated this is something to really think about and my suggestion is don’t put it off if you get in an area where this is important because this is a huge revenue and it’s a huge turn off for customers who need it if it’s not set up right!

[@johnpoldo8817]

Pilot Flying J is more interested in selling gasoline & diesel than electricity for EVs. I don’t think they want to cater to EV drivers. Don’t expect them to lower prices because they want to prove it costs more to drive an EV than ICE vehicle.

[@anthonyc8499]

EV chargers are literally an after thought for existing PFJ sites. There may not be the real estate to add an additional pull thru charger canopy, which is why some PFJs have the chargers arranged on the side with pull-in parking.

[@timoliver8940]

Amazing no comments! Good morning/Afternoon everyone

[@BatteriesIncludedPodcast]

Good morning! 🙂

[@RayNLA]

Good evening!

[@Bzzap83]

Good morning 🎉

[@tonystorcke]

Those are fighting words for IONNA.

[@steveallwine1443]

I’m sure rideshare folks will very much appreciate a clean restroom, car wash and chilled bottle fillers in a lounge that is open 24 hours a day.

[@anthonyc8499]

Something like this near an airport would get a lot of rideshare traffic. The Santa Ana Rove is less than 10 minutes from Disneyland so I bet could get a lot of rideshares.

[@johnpoldo8817]

This blows my mine, they were profitable the first month. I doubt that includes repayment of loan to construct facility.

[@creedda]

Where are the 10 sites rove is looking at? I only see 5 on their site.

[@anthonyc8499]

they probably haven't finalized anything.

[@Bzzap83]

Interest is probably limited to CA, they are just starting their day.

[@timoliver8940]

I’m in the U.K. so that figures

[@philippeguillemette3025]

Is Rove coming to Canada?

[@blackknightruffneck3205]

i likey "American History Phill"....Will we learn nothing from our past?

[@RayNLA]

I was just there yesterday! Love the new station.Special shout out to the on- site staff! ❤ A video tour! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6Tbdn-jgrWXarMsi=L2SrShnEhcHuD8uh