Setting Up EVgo Autocharge+ For Easier Station Activation Because Using Apps Is A Pain!

[@meandmyEV]

Auto charge for EVGo is the only thing that has worked consistently for me with regard to CCS charging. I know this video is old and I think I set up auto charge before I actually went to the charger and then I could activate it when I arrived. I don’t have to DCFC often but I have found that EVGo is usually more expensive.

[@terryannanderson8812]

I love watching Dave interact with the kids. Can't wait to get my own EV.

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

U got TESLA patience 👍

[@theaverageev]

Looks like a fun time! Took me about 2 minutes to set up on my Kona Electric. Works great! The 50 kW Tesla plugs on EV go chargers do not work with Autocharge+. You have to use the CCS and adapter for Teslas. It’s also worth noting that Autocharge+ does not work on all manufacturers vehicles! Thanks again Dave, Kyle, and Branden!

[@josephwinn01]

Thanks for sharing your experiences! Keep it up Dave and Kyle. Not too long ago, I had to help a fellow gasoline motorist at a fueling station when they started rolling out chip card readers (solution was to leave card fully inserted as instructed on screen). Sure, there's a population who use smartphone mobile apps for mobile payments and such, but that's going to be smaller than folks willing to be tied to an app to refuel their motor vehicle. EV charging vendor user validation needs to include users outside of tech/auto enthusiasts.

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

Always fully follow instructions on screen

[@beautyofgrace3915]

Hopefully in time the infrastructure will get better.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

Hopefully, in time, certain companies/ organizations will "suck it up", swallow their pride and adopt the right system.

[@thomasjacques5286]

I tried setting this feature up two months ago and it failed several times on two different stations and gave up. if I need to use one in an emergency I'll do a Pay and Charge the old-fashioned way. One of the most common error messages I have gotten was something about a "bad cable/charge port connection" I think it's the weight of the cable hanging off the car. For now, I'll stick with Tesla Super Chargers. I know they work.

[@joshlemons3662]

I got my Model Y enrolled in Autocharge+ last night at a 50kW ABB city charger, it worked first try! Very cool that other charging networks are coming out with stuff like this.

[@mrallelectriccarlunacy]

Autocharge+ is great. Not all stations at the same location support it (St John’s Town Center, Jax), but when it works it’s great. Almost like using a Tesla station.

[@woodmanrog]

Hey Kyle and Dave, Thanks for going to all of this trouble to the problem of not owning a Tesla. After viewing ALL OF YOUR DEMO VIDEOS, I know I made the right choice in buying a model 3. In 2020 I knew infrastructure was going to be the main problem with EV's so I decided to only charge from home and only take our airplane to visit out of state. I still have 1000 free miles of supercharging available so I would only go where Tesla Superchargers are available if I did decide to take the car. To date I have sold about 10 Teslas always advising against any other EV because of the messed up infrastructure. All that has to be done as of this writing is for all of the manufactures to thank Elon for his generosity and use the same charging system that is on the Teslas.

[@5226-p1e]

so what happens when your phones internet stops working and the app effectively becomes useless? can you just get your debt card or whatever and just charge your car? or is it more complicated than we know? i'm likely going to be a very late adapter in EV cars, mostly due to the cars are way to expensive right now, i mean it was a joke that people were actually recommending getting these cars when the gas prices were getting worse and worse, but if a person is getting to the point where the gas is too expensive,. what makes them think that anyone is going to be able to afford any of these cars, so it was pretty much a stupid argument that went nowhere fast. but right now the situation is both are too expensive and unrealistic for most consumers, or it's like that saying where your stuck in between a rock and a hard place and you can't really move forward at all given the shitty circumstances. although i must admit during the plandemic with people working from home helped them save gas and can still help them save gas, as they don't go anywhere that often, however when it comes to industries that offer transportation of goods, this is kind of where we meet some damaging issues as the price for food and labor force is also going up due to inflation as some places you work aren't quite matching up on what people can afford realistically. so on the surface it looks like it will save people, but there are a lot of little issues that still exist that need to be properly handled in order for us to move forward.

[@laloajuria4678]

qElmo doesnt need your praise.

[@5226-p1e]

@@laloajuria4678 lol Elmo, fits perfectly. i mean there are some things that he is doing that have been counter productive, but in some things he's also not that bad. i used to think he was a ignorant liberal, and in some ways i still think he has some naïve thinking based on how people behave in some situations. Elon is kind of an alien lol. but then again he grasps humor very well, so maybe he's the best adaptive alien in the history of aliens lol. i'm not a big fanboy, but i also won't deny what he has accomplished either in such a short time, so he has some merits and he has his faults like everyone in this world.

[@rogerstarkey5390]

@@5226-p1e Love the way you use the term "ignorant liberal" then display maximum ignorance in your comments. You certainly match the stereotype (I'll let you try to figure out which one)

[@5226-p1e]

@@rogerstarkey5390 so i actually wrote this in another post. i think he's attempting to appeal to all parties, so there are some things he agrees with on the left and makes an effort in helping in that regard and then he's also trying to help people on the right as well. unfortunately this comes off to most people as a grift, and it may very well be a grift, but i think he's striving to get all of us to some kind of unity. as i said i'm not really a fanboy, but i have learned about him and listened enough of what he has done and talks about that i believe he's really trying to help people, he just doesn't know the right way to do it on every step of the way, which is why he deserves a little bit pushback at times. i also think he gets a lot of his motivations from the great Nikola Tesla who strived to provide the world with free energy, but the powers that be at the time didn't like his goals and they sabotaged his goals constantly because he was a real threat to their business model and making money where Nikola wanted to provide something without enriching himself in the process. but this mentality was a character flaw in Nikola, as you need to make money to not only advance technology but you also need the support of the people to make it possible. doing things completely free from the beginning is a noble goal, but it's not the best way to make it happen as it's not very realistic as this won't lead to much getting done in the process, Elon seems to understand this, so his stuff makes money and that money is used as a vehicle to bring forth that future endeavor of affordable energy, technology as well as clean energy as well as making a difference. but a lot of this stuff will take time, just like they say, Rome was not built in a day, it took many many years and effort to make it happen, as will his goals. with twitter i believe some of his goals are also supposed to be noble, even though he's a bit sarcastic or a troll and sometimes he will post really good truth bombs, but i think he's trying to unite people because this mentality or path that we have been on is only leading us to ruin, with our petty squabbles day in and day out. we focus on the drama more than we focus on working together for the greater good of humanity. if we can get to that point, than nothing will stop us, but to many just want to fight over very small petty issues, and it might get to a point where people go to war, which i believe Elon is attempting on preventing, but he will call out those who are involved with corruption as much as possible, maybe he's using these things to get us all to unite?

[@mrallelectriccarlunacy]

This is the video I’ve been wanting to make for autocharge+. Awesome job on this!

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

109%

[@mikekimura2532]

When EVgo and GM announced Autocharge for the Chevy Bolt I had to use the MyChevrolet App to register as the EVgo App didn't have Autocharge registration yet. It was immediate registering with the MyChevrolet App and then Autocharge also worked immediately. Recently I opened the EVgo App Autocharge page and I see an anonymous entry which I believe is from the MyChevrolet App and 2 identical entries for my 2020 Chevy Bolt which say I can register even though I'm already registered!

[@fitybux4664]

Wow! Some Tesla Superchargers used to cost $0.50/kWh to charge? 😲 No wonder you're getting him set up with EVgo. 😆

[@JoeHo717]

Watching Dave makes me think of Leo Laporte 😊😊 nice video!!!

[@Coffee_Cars_and_Adventures]

Kyle your dad is great! I can totally relate to your sense of humor Dave. Before I bought my Model Y Performance I had a new 2018 i3s and had to rely on EVgo and EA. Just no comparison to the charging experience with the SC network. Although I like the new Rivian SUV, I don't see me owning anything but a Tesla for the time being.

[@jasonr4326]

Love you guys showing this process. Thanks you for all your fantastic content. But can’t imagine ever explaining this to my friends and family how to do. What a horrible experience Vs. Just pulling up to a gas pump and fueling an ICE car. Ugh. Tesla for the win. As a Bolt owner, I’m game for the challenge but boy would it be a show stopper for the average ICE vehicle driver. This needs to get so much easier.

[@fastmike12]

Love the dad and son convo. 😊

[@alexanderrosario6231]

Wow you got me back to trying to charge at any CCS charger down in south Florida. Thanks

[@lesliefranklin1870]

I wonder how this works in places where there is no cell phone service.

[@phillyphil1513]

it doesn't. thankfully if/when you're not "phone addicted" EVGO also offers an RFID card to use with their network. honestly never had any major problems with the app but I stopped using it almost immediately once my card arrived, and that was 2 years ago. it was just easier, faster, and more reliable to pull the card out of my wallet and touch it to the front of the machine than to wonder if my phone is having connectivity issues or if a problematic charger is the issue (it's one less thing).

[@lesliefranklin1870]

@@phillyphil1513 Good info. Thanks!

[@CaptDnaDonut]

Wild that it took this much. I was able to set it up with my Mustang Mach-E in a minute or two.

[@ConservatEV]

My in-laws would have quit 10 minutes ago. I had to help them use my sister-in-law’s induction range this week and printed them out driving directions to Florida (from Michigan) because they don’t even use navigation apps…zero percent they’d have the patience/tech savvy to do any of this. And they wouldn’t be buying a Tesla (my FIL retired from GM, that’s all they drive, in fact I’m buying a Bolt EUV using his discount.) 16:27

[@Termnath]

I’ve always said there won’t be mass adoption until chargers are easy enough for your grandma to use. Until then, only enthusiasts like myself will put up with the charging situation.

[@jgregov]

I plugged my Mach e on EA 8 times since I had it. Worked every time.

[@fitybux4664]

You wanted to get him signed up, but doesn't it only make sense if you're using it more than 3 times per month?

[@BensEcoAdvntr]

I have a Bolt EUV, and GM has EVgo Autocharge enrollment within the app. I didn't have to go through the whole rigamarole (that's how you spell it) that you do with other makes/models to pair, so it was super easy to use. It has now worked flawlessly 5 separate times for me. I really like it, but my *only* complaint is it takes just a bit longer - on the order of 60 seconds - to authenticate and start charging with the Bolt. If EVgo can roll out a truly nationwide network, they will be the CCS provider to beat.

[@stevenichols4639]

T-Mobile is the second largest wireless carrier in America after Verizon. It’s also international and works everywhere. I just took a river cruise in Europe and it worked in Romania Bulgaria Serbia, Croatia and Hungary as well as Germany. Verizon can’t do that. And I’m getting a Tesla delivered next week and we’ll set up an EV go account as a back up but I hope I never have to use it after watching your father.

[@fitybux4664]

So 23 seconds with a public CCS instead of 6 seconds with the Tesla charger? 😆 I wonder if it had time to perform an isolation test?

[@markwaters5578]

I wish they would put some type of cover overhead so that you could read the screen in bright sunlight.

[@stevedowler2366]

And it only took you, Kyle, Brandon and Joe plus thanks to the guy who waited to get on the charger - 5 people over 4 hours to do it. But once it was setup, it was actually fast and as advertised: AutoCharge (or is that Plug 'N Charge?). Yay!

[@AntranikMinassian]

It’s Plug & Pray. 😂😂😂

[@markcain5168]

Tesla is so far ahead of everyone. Love my MYP.

[@89five3five]

At least 10 years ahead

[@robbergstrom943]

Same thing happened to me yesterday while trying to set up Autocharge plus at an EVGo station with six stalls. No GO.

[@adamchoi8136]

Haha that was an undertaking. You’ll never have to open the app until you change your car again. 😂 I had my first real road trip in my Tesla this week and really appreciated the convenience and ease. I’m not sure I would retrofit the ccs enabling and buy a converter.

[@MarioDallaRiva]

This was fun! Even more fun?? Had it been Out of Spec Mom instead of Dave 🤣

[@boomerbits2297]

Found out this week that you cannot charge a leaf and a bolt from the same evgo unit. Only one car at a time i was plugged in to an EVGo machine and a Leaf plugged in to the Chademo side. It wouldnt start for the Leaf. As I had enough charge to get home, I unplugged and then the Leaf was able to charge. BTW, EVGo plug and charge for my Bolt works great

[@willburk]

You can get to settings by swiping down on the iPhone. You just then need to tap and hold on the cell icon and it'll open cell settings...wifi icon takes you to wifi settings, etc.

[@davidck1]

20:55 these ABB units are all over in Switzerland. at Lidl Supermarket you can still charge for free 20 min at 50kw. the display has a little delay when you click start charging to when the action is actually registered and then charging starts

[@entertainment72]

These guys are hilarious, and God Bless Tesla.

[@alexanderrosario6231]

You were lucky to be able to charge at that location I wasn’t able to charge at that location my Tesla more than once

[@ForceFieldsTrack]

This video reminds me why no matter how much I want a non Tesla, it is just not practical. I was supposed to take possession of the Nissan Aria, my delivery was pushed to Q1 2023. Luckily for me, I took advantage of the Tesla price drop and picked up my second Tesla on Christmas eve. Infrastructure is just not there yet for CCS, and I’m not sure if it will ever be there.

[@Antoinemalone]

Getting my ariya tomorrow. I tried to like tesla I just can't. Finally drove one last week and I think a dump truck has a smoother ride. There were way too many negatives for me. Good charging network so that's nice but rather get a car I want. I'll find a way to charge long as I can have a better car and smoother ride.

[@tonys9413]

Dave, you traveled all the way to Miami for this?! I keep my ICE car for all public fueling when I travel. L2 charging for 100% of my daily use of the Polestar. Tesla Musk ………… a nonstarter for me.

[@phillyphil1513]

re: "Tesla Musk ………… a nonstarter for me." bingo "F" Musk...!!!

[@selbyjohnson5986]

This is so crazy it feels like it’s intentionally bad! How would somebody old deal with public chargers? I bought the CCS adapter only for emergency situations but I might be better off pushing the car!

[@fenceman53]

Nice of Branden to help Bolt owner. He needs faster hookup since he gets only 50 kw

[@CheddarKungPao]

This weekend I wanna go to a neaeby EVgo station and set this up for our iD4. Hope it doesn't take four hours. 😮😂

[@brandenflasch]

This was one heck of a day...

[@redmanblue]

Haha. June '24 I get an evgo account for my new MYLR as there's a charger near a local supermarket. I takes me one hour of screwing around getting it to charge. I had to call customer service to "reboot" & do all kinds of stuff. I went back a week later thinking it would work. Nope. Called customer service and they told machine was out of order! For me it was, at least. This is why Tesla is the gold standard, the others are a joke

[@b25mitchel]

Hi Dave, great line At 10:00 "How many people does it take..." and please don't reply "a Village."

[@rcomeau]

Enjoy your videos! One comment. Seems like I get a lot more ads with your videos than others. If you have some control, the ads are every few minutes, worse than old-fashioned TV!

[@robcossin4690]

Thanks for saving me $250. Way too frustrating to deal with.

[@vhol93]

Great video!!

[@KyleD237]

wow, that was painful. I think you just made a sale. I think the model Y is for me. I think I would rather depend on the less available, Tesla chargers, and the CCS chargers in a pinch.

[@Padie600]

Dave is hilarious. His son has some attitude issues that need a discharge.

[@tonipepperoni77]

lol guess you havnt been following kyle for awhile LOL

[@luggage12345]

Autocharge+ is amazing. It took me a minute to set it up on my Chevy Bolt EUV

[@gregorysims3697]

Reminds me of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe.

[@timz7548]

Does the attached "Tesla" connector on these EVGo stations support older Teslas without CCS enabled via retrofit?

[@89five3five]

You need the retrofit

[@papadave9061]

I'm curious how many apps Kyle, Brandon, and Dave (and others) have on their phones to charge on different charging networks?

[@brandenflasch]

Far too many

[@AaronSwenson]

I don't understand why they couldn't have a barcode on the display to help select the right unit.

[@barryw9473]

Thanks. E-Golf not compatible.

[@michaelgromek9637]

The problem is that evs are NOT for gearheads. They’re for tech heads. And that has enraged the gearheads cause they don’t understand it and consider this as encroachment on their turf. I’ve never cared for cars, but evs have fascinated me. Like most techies it’s not really about the current state of the tech but the vast amount of possibilities for the future. Gearheads have adopted a 100 year old reliable infrastructure and frowns on change. That terrifies them. Every new form of technology has always been called a fad right before it took over the world. Horse and buggy crowd called the car a fad. Radio crowd called television a fad. Then the internet, and now EVs. They’ll lose and be left behind. Always struggling to catch up and always rely on others. Self fulfilling prophecy.

[@donaldlohouse1334]

Seems like Tesla has this shit down pat. After watching your videos, I doubt I'd buy anything but a Tesla.

[@dennislyon5412]

20 seconds for the Tesla to hook up.

[@jjort]

Optionality?....thats a new one

[@donaldlohouse1334]

EV NO go!

[@c.a.nixiii4650]

And honestly...with the Tesla charger network...why???

[@c.a.nixiii4650]

Too much interference from the chargers messing with Cell signals??

[@kennyfordham6208]

My goodness, this is dreadful 😣. Any miniscule idea that I may have had about buying an electric vehicle, is completely gone. 😕

[@ConservatEV]

Yeah, it does show how Teslas just work and everything else is WAY more complicated. You get what you pay for. There is zero chance my in-laws could figure this out. Disappointing.

[@kennyfordham6208]

@@ConservatEV Yeah. I just want to go plug and go. This looks like they're programming the Space Shuttle for a Moon launch. 🤕

[@ConservatEV]

@@kennyfordham6208 I do think it’ll get to that point for everyone, but right now getting any non-Tesla makes one an early adopter/beta tester for all this tech (which is a bit odd as we’re already on, what, the fourth generation of EVs now?) I’m bullish on EVs but this kind of stuff is going to kill their reputation for years and years.

[@cy805]

It’s worth pointing out that half of his problem was cell connectivity and locking his phone during the pairing process. Not an excuse, but not totally in EVGo’s control. You have to set up charging once for teslas too (by adding a credit card)

[@chrisr_88]

Buy Tesla, you will not have any of these issues.

[@emayhand]

Not a really good endorsement for electric vehicles in general. Think I’ll just stick with my ice vehicle for the foreseeable future

[@tonyn3227]

Makes me just wanna get a tesla and just charge on tesla superchargers, screw all rest.

[@andrewlay88]

America is far from ready to go all EV...

[@89five3five]

This is painful to watch. You would think the company would have a website to enroll your car BEFORE you do auto charge at the station.

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

@ 9 : 3 9 turn gd car around COME ONE CREW

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

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[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

2. RIGGAMAROLL👍

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

@ 2 6 : 2 1 CLASSIC OOS ❤️🔥🏆 jam packed with instructions on how to set up ev go chargers b so one all week!!!!!!!!!

[@sparkysho-ze7nm]

BBBBEST ( where’s Mrs Cathy) or Ms

[@matthewsontag5899]

T-Mobile is awful. I had them like 20 years ago. I went to Verizon and never went back. I love these videos though.

[@toddmalone7892]

T mobile is horrible in east texas!!!

[@c.a.nixiii4650]

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[@MrWhat-ef1xr]

Love your show. You have helped me decide not to buy an electric vehicle at this moment. Gonna stay with a fossil fuel burner for big trips.

[@jontopham2742]

Iso15811 great work