William, thanks for sharing your experience. I spotted this over on the ASES email digest, and realized that I had seen the article over on CleanTechnica. I generally agree that the charging a non-Tesla could be a lot better, but I try to see the glass half-full, not half-empty.
We are an all-EV household, with a 2020 Bolt (bought January 2021, 27,000 miles) and a Rivian R1T (11,000 miles since June 2022). The Bolt charges at 55kW max, so throttled or underperforming stalls aren't much of an issue there. We just know it's gonna take 50 minutes to go from 20 to 80. The Rivian on the other hand can take up to about 210kW (but its battery is twice as big). We usually drive the Rivian now on our monthly trips up I95 to see the grandkids, from Carteret County, NC to Fairfax County, VA, due to its longer range. It's about 350 miles one way. The Rivian in Conserve Mode (front wheel drive) has about a 350 mile range, so our needs are just for quick charge and bio-break. On Thursday this past week (April 13th), we stopped at an 8 stall Electrify America station in Richmond VA. One of the 2 350 kW stalls was not working, and the other in use, so we used a 150kW (2 were open). Our session was for 25 minutes, getting 46kWh (24% SOC to 55% SOC) at a 111 max (an underperforming 150, but there were 5 to 6 cars there most of the time). Coming back on Sunday April 16th, we stopped at Electrify America in Rocky Mount NC. Here, it's a 4 stall station, the 150 CCS/Chademo was not working, and the two 350s were in use. We pulled up to the other 150 stall. This stall overperformed, with a max of 156kW. We stayed 17 minutes, getting 42 kWh (29% SOC to 56% SOC).
I have had much slower 150s at times (different stations, EA and Shell Recharge), in the 35-80kW range.
I am optimistic that the performance standards of the IRA will help. However, I am very happy to see new DCFC stations popping up in lots of places! So for me, it could be better, but I'm happy to be driving EV!
-Joel