October 5, 2025

When you roll up to an "available" charging station with your fancy and overpriced EV Vehicle, you will be rolling the dice that it will actually work. For new charging equipment, a success rate 85% after the first year after installation falls to 70% after three years. But the infrastructure is falling into disrepair because of firmware and software not being applied and the same problems are in the cars themselves. In many cases, the hardware needs to be replaced because it is incompatible with the latest firmware or software. Technocrats need to own this.