Charge Now?
Recently got a CPO i3. We received a card in the mail to sign up for Charge Now. It directs us to go to either chargenowusa.com or chargenow.com, The first site says the program ended on 12/31/2018 and the second site has selections for France and the UK (we are in US). Searching around it may be that the program is rebranded to BMW charging run by EVgo? Anyone know what the deal with this is?
Posted Jul 31, 2021, 8:57 PM UTC
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Don't bother with it in the US, you get a clunky skin for the standard Chargepoint website, no savings, and the app is the same. When they were still offering a year of free charging on EvGo and ChargePoint it was worth it but that's long gone now. I'm not sure why it still exists really.
Edit: Actually the chargenowusa site won't even let you sign up and the security certificate is expired so chrome won't even navigate to it. The other site is down returning 404. So it's a dead program, it was administered by Chargepoint and EvGO literally told me to delete my account with them and the app when it was active. In my area the EvGo chargers are all in bad locations and expensive. ElectrifyAmerica is my go to now and I sign up for the pass+ when I'm going on a trip. I'd recommend you see which network best serves your needs and go with that one. You'll probably end up with a few different accounts depending on where you are and where you need to go.
Ok so BMW Charging is just a reskinned app? I am kind of confused why BMW (or whoever) would send out a physical mailing with a program that ended nearly 2 years ago... it's like receiving an AOL floppy in the mail.
I ended up calling EVgo to see if I could get some help because when searching on BMW Charging you come up with their site. The CSR seemed befuddled by my questions but ultimately gave me 855 236 1025 [email protected] for contacts I could get in touch with. Of course, that number is only available certain east cost hours.
I'm not sure this is adding up to what I expect of a premium brand experience lol. Love the car, didn't expect any perks but didn't expect to be wildly confused.
I have no idea why they mailed that to you. It is just like getting a Netscape internett trial CD rom. I wish I could get rid of the ChargeNow skin on the Chargepoint website, it's pretty terrible to use and I only got a handful of free sessions before my year was up.
The new BMW charging app is another reskinned CP deal, I'd seriously recommend getting plugshare, then picking one or two networks to sign up for based on your needs. I've been really happy with EA near me.