I arrived at the Flo station in Ft St John. It is behind a GM dealer. I found myself unable to charge because the GM shuttle Bolt was plugged into the CCS side. I went into the show room to see if they wanted to remove the connector to the Bolt. Shortly, TWO Ford pickup EVs arrived. Apparently belonging to the same guy from Vancouver or somewhere in the area. Complete EV newby. I was unable to convince him/them that the charger would work on only one (CCS or chademo) at the same time. The Flo girl on his phone apparently did convince him. After quite a bit of pain, I eventually got a charge session started after a GM salesman removed the connector to the Bolt. ~15 minutes later, my charge errored off. More pain. More phone calls. Flo eventually remotely rebooted and I got another charge session started. Meanwhile, a Canadian Model Y arrived and hooked to the CSS cable. Amazingly, that did not screw up my charge and I got charged above 90%.
So, over a short period of time, we had FIVE EVs contending for that single fast charger. The Bolt, my car, TWO Fords, and the Model Y. I was the only one that got a charge while I was there.
Most interestingly, the Model Y had a CCS adapter and reported no problems using it on several Flo stations. So, most of my Flo problems may be associated with my chademo adapter. I did not get to observe his CCS actually working, though.
I hope to be done with Flo. Tomorrow, I hope to reach the Edson SuperCharger. But first I will have to do a slow charge probably at Shrek's RV Park about half way between here (Dawson Creek) and Edson.
I'm thinking this:
https://www.maxwellvehicles.com/campers.html
may be the answer to the troubles. A Maxwell (Fiat/RAM converted to Tesla running gear). I would want at least a 300 mile battery with significant deployable PV. I'm thinking at least a total of 3kw in PV. Maybe flexible that can be rolled up when not deployed.
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