As many of you know the current state of DC Fast Charging in Pasadena with PWP chargers is not good, with the majority of the DC Fast Chargers NOT WORKING.
As of April 28, 2025
Del Mar – 2 DCFC – both appear with CCS only one works with Chademo, not usable simultaneously
Robinson Park – 5 DCFC – Two appear to work CCS and Chademo, A third is on but not working. Two others are off. Credit card readers are mostly broken.
Victory Park – 3 DCFC – None appear be working
Glenarm(Arroyo Electric Vehicle) – 6 DCFC none working, all DCFC OFF
Shoppers Lane – 11 – these are all CCS no Chademo available, Hard to know what’s working, reports are maybe a couple are working.
Marengo Plaza – 19 DCFC – a couple appear to be working, I have only seen one car charging on the end unit, all other units appear to be display errors or not on, several others are on, 16 are either off or blocked by barricade, cones
City of Pasadena PowerFlex app, is only showing DC Fast Chargers at Del Mar(1) and Victory Park (3) so basically according to the app that City of Pasadena relies on and tells users to use, there are four DCFC, Of those four maybe one is working. If there are 46 DCFC and half are supposed to be fixed and working by the end of the month, the we should expect to see at least 23 working DC Fast Chargers. That’s total, not taking into account those the city claims had been previously working. If we take all as not working. If the city is now deciding to rip and replace chargers that would certainly be a new development and a request will be made when we see signs of that, as there are other operators with the same chargers that are having no problem with the chargers. EVCS is one local company that is able to display the Tritium chargers and maintain the connection on those chargers. The mess with PowerFlex and Tritium has reached a new level and the cost to users attempting to use them and financial cost to the city will have to be revealed.
The city has stated there are 49 DC Fast Chargers but from what we can tell there are 46, where are the other three? Are they in a private city lot?
The city of Pasadena Interim PWP manager has stated that half of the “broken” chargers would be repaired and operational by the end of April, which is two days. We will report on May 1 to see what the status is.