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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 16h

The missing parking space at GOFAST Sirnach McDonald's has been painted

The construction work is finished, the new entrance is through Agrola

Still 4xCCS max 300kW, now 63ct/kWh ad-hoc

ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 1d

The hydrogen charger is in St. Gallen, I was mentioning it because it's the only other new charger they installed under the AVIA Volt brand that doesn't seem to be built by Kostad, but I don't know who built it

It's a single CCS up to 80kW, powered by the same "off grid" H2 tank as the gas station

ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 1d

AVIA Volt is building something interesting on the St. Margrethen Süd rest stop 👀

This will be their first charger...
⚡ on the freeway
⚡ up to 400kW
⚡ with 24/7 toilet
⚡ non-Kostad (except the hydrogen charger and all the other inherited hardware)

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 2d

Note: the left parking space used to be slightly wider. They have since moved the wall further away, but not re-painted above the new asphalt so it's unclear how much you are allowed to stick out 🤷🏻‍♂️

ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 2d

I don't understand how early e-mobility adopters had enough faith in the technology to invest in state of the art chargers (for the time), but not the foresight that we would one day have an electric car larger than a Mitsubishi i-MiEV 🙈

Lindenweg in Grabs

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 3d

Warning: there are fraudulent QR codes at some MOVE stations in canton St. Gallen

A sticker is added on top of the official QR. All links point to the same "easyCharging" URL, which steals credit card information

I will contact MOVE with the details when I get home

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 4d

Cheapest Coop DC is at Seebli Center in Lupfig, where the charger is operated independently instead of Energie360°

45ct/kWh

Unfortunately only 2 plugs, and when I visited there was only 45kW available instead of advertised 64kW. If you connect first you guarantee 30kW when sharing

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 5d

Migrol Interlaken, they removed the stickers saying there would be more power available since this summer on one of the units, but not the other

When I arrived it was full, but everyone left so I couldn't observe any power limit

Also, this car is too easy to park 🤣

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 6d

Fast charging prices update
⚡️ Electra ended special price, now offers ELECTRA+ subscription
⚡️ Shell started their e-Deal subscription
⚡️ Overall increase for Tesla ad-hoc and members. Increase of the monthly subscription cost
⚡️ Overall increase for ad-hoc GOFAST
⚡️ AMAG reduced ad-hoc price by 10ct

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 7d

They seem to be using AMPECO now

There are actually 4 new ID prefixes: SUI, 360, EWZ and IWB depending on the partner

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 8d

How many Fiat 500 can you park around the GOFAST Biel charger? 🤣

Shame there are only 2 connectors

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 9d

They didn't print the max power on the unit? 🤔

I think it's important to write something (even a conservative value), especially when the faster charger appears thinner than the slower ones

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 9d

*the problem to rank CPOs in Bern is that all chargers are quite far from the center

The largest still in Bern are at Westside, 12x Tesla and 10x Migrol

If we stop counting before Westside, Electra has the most with 6 operational, 10 total

Followed by AMAG, Eni, EWB with 4 each

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 9d

New Electra station at Bernexpo!

6xCCS (4 working) max 300kW
59ct/kWh ad-hoc

Once the last charger is in service, this will be the largest Electra station of Switzerland

They could have a claim at Bern's largest urban fast charging provider title, just weeks after Zürich*

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 10d

Would have been cool, though unless for spare parts, probably wouldn't make sense. Cheaper to buy the same car in working condition than just getting the components to fix it... There's a problem with almost every part

Battery was probably at less than 70% SoH, but still above Renault's warranty 🤷🏻‍♂️

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 10d

73'000km. Haven't driven it much since we bought our other EVs. The battery was probably already in bad shape when I bought it at 30'000km, but I was only able to measure it much later

I sold it to my Renault garage for export. It has caused too much trouble and spending already, it had to go 🫤

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 10d

It's time to say goodbye to the not-so-trusty-anymore Renault Zoe

Too many problems to count... No more heat/cooling due to compressor failure, noise and imminent failure in transmission ball bearings, charges everywhere except my home where it trips the breaker, app no longer works, etc

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 10d

New car in the ChargeGuide family fleet!

Fiat 500e 87kW Icon from 2021

135'000km on the clock, still going strong! BMS indicates 92% SoH, seems plausible based on tests so far

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 11d

Cool, Swisscharge even manages Australian chargers now! 🤣

Nice to see the pictures were carried over to the new app, though the orientation metadata probably got lost

ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 12d

Reminder: tonight there will be disruptions across the Swisscharge network while they conduct a migration

They said all active sessions will end at 23h

I assume roaming sessions to and from their network will also be impacted but their communication didn't make it clear

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 14d

GOFAST Hendschiken McDonald's has been upgraded from 2xCCS max 150kW to 4xCCS max 300kW

Nothing was working on September 21 when I visited, one charger was off and the other would not accept any payment

Now both chargers appear to be online

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 15d

It seems like Electra have stopped flashing their promo screen on each app launch, now instead they are promoting their subscription which offers no benefit in Switzerland yet. Worse, subscribing to the lower tier actually INCREASES the price in Switzerland 🤷🏻‍♂️

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 15d

DC+AC charging at Migros St. Fiden in St. Gallen

During opening hours
48ct/kWh DC, 38ct/kWh AC
Shopping, restaurant, toilet
Free parking, top floor

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ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 16d

IONITY Grauholz, 6 o'clock in the morning, ready for another busy day

No contactless payment available, even on the newer Alpitronic chargers

ChargeGuide🇨🇭 @chargeguide.ch · 18d

The Volvo chargers in Wohlen and Illnau have been migrated to BKW's ChargeOne network

There are now 3 ad-hoc payment methods: contactless reader, TWINT, credit card over QR code. All same price

Wohlen: 69ct/kWh
Illnau: 59ct/kWh
both +25ct/min after 1h

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