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GOFAST Oftringen

robotaxi

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Clark

Visited today without charging.

Credit card readers are installed but not yet in service.

I didn't notice any other change.

Clark

Visited today without charging.

I wanted to confirm which chargers are which with the new GreenFlux IDs.

[1] Rolf
[2] Elena
[3] Kurt
[4] Lea

With [4] still being the charger closer to the entrance.

Contactless is active, 59ct/kWh, same as Swisscharge price.

Clark

GOFAST announced today that Walterswil and Oftringen have received a 300kW upgrade https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gofastswiss_gofastswiss-gofast-upgrade-activity-7234870147415511040-cAo9

This seems to be just one charger with 2 plugs. The picture they shared is from Walterswil. Nothing from Oftringen but presumably it's also a new Hypercharger. Probably also at the end of the row based on the charger name that was re-used.

The new charger seems operational since 2024-08-22 around noon according to the live data. The charger was marked out of service for a bit more than 24h. The other stalls remained operational during the switch.

Clark

Visited yesterday without charging.

As expected, new Hypercharger at the end of the row.

The contactless reader works, now back to 59ct/kWh. I also checked one of the EVTEC unit, same price.

Clark

The chargers show out of service in the live data since 2024-09-11 around 9h (7h UTC). Except charger Rolf whose plug number 2 has indicated offline since 2024-09-09 and plug number 1 still shows available.

I drove by today and the rest area is closed because of the construction work on the freeway.

GOFAST appears to have removed the location from their web map. It's strange because they are able to show closures, like Sonnenberg West which they re-listed but still show closed.

I'm not sure where we find official information about rest stop closures, but on https://www.truckinfo.ch/de/evenements it says the rest stop is closed until 2024-11-29.

Clark

Visited today without charging.

There's nothing new on the visual side. The EVTEC chargers have not received the new skin yet.

On 2024-11-26 when the chargers became usable again after the rest stop closure, the AC was retired. I didn't check thoroughly, but the south CHAdeMO at least was re-labelled number 4 so I think everything is labelled on location the way it now appears in the apps. The AC socket is there physically but screwed shut and no longer any label.

The numbering is quite unintuitive but the layout makes sense. CCS 1 shares the DC bus with CHAdeMO 4 and CCS 3 with CHAdeMO 2. 1+4 are on the south side of the unit and 2+3 on the north side, so it makes sense that you can only use one connector from either side. It's just strange that they aren't numbered sequentially on each side.

Clark

Drove by without stopping on May 4 and 19. The 2 middle chargers have received the blue skin. Didn't spot any other change.

Clark

Visited on August 31 without charging.

Didn't see anything new. I was able to take better pictures of the new blue skin.

Clark

Visited on September 13.

There's a new contactless experience I have observed at every GOFAST location that day. They no longer ask for which connector you want. It only shows the price and reservation amount (which fixes the issue I saw at the early migrated Swisscharge stations, where the kWh price was no longer displayed). There are no other explanations, but if we follow the stickers and arrows painted on the charger, it seems like you are supposed to plug first, then pay.

I wonder what happens if 2 different customers connect their car and want to pay at the same time. Which payment will activate which side? 🤔 I couldn't test by myself.

I was not able to start a session with credit card on charger Kurt. A reservation was made but nothing happened. If I tried again, the reader would say the amount is already reserved and that I should plug my car (only in German, no language option). I tried connecting connectors 1 and 2 multiple times but no session ever started. I'll need to check my credit card to make sure I didn't accidentally pay for someone that came later that day. There doesn't seem to be any option to hard-cancel the transaction past that point.

I then moved to the Alpitronic charger where it worked. I plugged in first, then swiped Google Pay, and the charge started.

The contactless reader on Elena appeared to be loading continuously. All others indicated 0.69CHF/kWh, like on GOFAST website.

On the Alpitronic there's the QR code for remote session following.

Clark

I noticed something odd.

In my pictures of May 2024, December 2024 and August 2025, the EVTEC charger closest to the Alpitronic (originally number 2) is labelled as Elena. Originally with just a label maker, then with the full skin.

But during my visit last Sunday, that charger was now labelled Kurt, and swapped its name with the other middle charger.

Unfortunately I do not have enough information to confirm whether the units were swapped, or if there was a labeling issue from the beginning. Because I never actually charged here when the stickers were the other way, and don't have any picture showing someone charging, I cannot compare with the live data.

I also don't have a recent picture of the charger serial number, but I'll check this out on my next visit because I know which serial was where back when the chargers were originally installed.

I remember charging here once semi-recently, it's probably in the pictures I still need to sort. But there's a good chance it was post-swap already.

Anyone has a timestamped picture where we see a car charging on one of the middle chargers, between May 13, 2024 and end of 2025?