Not much has changed since the last update. Actually maybe worse.
We are going to focus on this update with what is happening at Victory Park and Robinson Park as those are indicative of what is happening at the dozens of other DC Fast chargers around the city of Pasadena owned and operated by Pasadena.
At Victory Park, only one of three DC Fast chargers was working, although all three are powered on, two of the three either return errors or do nothing, and when you attempt to use the app, they show as not available, some have reported that using a credit card sometimes works, but even the card readers are either damaged covered or show connection failure.
Over at Robinson Park the situation is similar. Two of Five DC Fast chargers work, the PowerFlex app shows that five chargers are available at this location, but only three have power. One of the three does not work. Two work, this has not changed in weeks or months, although some have reported that technicians have been to the location and have done some work.
What has been done appears to be some marking of the power conduit from the street. Also, the parking spots have been painted with the Charge Up logo, but still there are no signs that these spots are reserved for EV Charging ONLY, and a time limit. And the city fails to acknowledge that there should be a time limit, perhaps 30 minutes and that overstay fees should be substantial to encourage people to let others charge. These are basics when it comes to operating EV Charging. Why Pasadena doesn’t follow is a mystery.
In addition the city has one of the lowest charges for EV Charging, many comment on this, to the point that for many it is less expensive to charge at the PWP EV chargers than at home… that should not be happening.
Also, by having rates so low, it discourages others from either installing chargers, and those with for instance a Tesla will go to the PWP chargers and tie up spaces where the can go and use the Tesla chargers and non-Tesla may not be able to.
These are some serious concerns in addition to the issues with most of the DC Fast chargers not working. It leaves PWP DC Fast charging in a failure state. We hope the leadership at PWP and Pasadena City government will realize that what is happening is unacceptable and that things have to change.
We will report an update later this week.
If you are a resident of Pasadena or nearby or work in Pasadena, and have tried to use PWP DC Fast chargers and have been frustrated please let the city know.
Fed up with the dismal state of
EV charging in Pasadena.
Demand Change!
Most PWP DC Fast chargers
DO NOT WORK
and have NOT worked for A LONG TIME
(While Tesla chargers WORK!)
Millions of your tax $$$ have been spent!
SCAN:
Call and Email :
David Reyes, PWP Manager
(626) 744-7598 davidreyes@cityofpasadena.net
Susana Castro, PWP Senior Executive Assistant
626-744-7029 scastro@cityofPasadena.net
Victor Gordo Mayor
(626) 744-4111 vgordo@cityofpasadena.net
Vannia de la Cuba, vdelacuba@cityofpasadena.net
Miguel Márquez, City Manager
(626) 744-4333 miguelmarquez@cityofpasadena.net
Call the City Service Center and report (626) 744-7311
Call and email your local councilmembers and email city council correspondence@cityofpasadena.net
