Costco Iwilei #687
4.0(1)
Blink
1 ports · J1772 · up to 6 kW
PRICING
$0.28 / kWh
AI Overview
Drivers have reported inconsistent reliability at this station, including payment processing failures, chargers not activating, and lack of power. A recent positive report suggests the chargers may be operational, but older issues with the activation system and access method (phone app, website, or phone number) persist.
Address
525 Alakawa StreetHonolulu, HI 96817United StatesHours
Open 24 hours
Reviews
JACOB E★★★★★May 2026 • Google Maps
BLINK CHARGING STATION SERIAL: #BAE605490 MANUFACTURED: MAY 2022 DATE: 2025-05-14@15:56HST - Those operating within the electric vehicle industry can extend an elevated degree of gratitude toward the availability of publicly accessible charging stations that are not inherently locked away in a paradoxical, "Catch-22-style" hourly garage. Such garages compound the costs associated with refueling enough to make the well-to-do oil barons instinctively salivate. However, there is still much to be done in respect to the current infrastructure. On the other hand, how one goes about invoking real, lasting change in this world without inevitably falling for some cheap sales trick remains an occulted mystery to many. The station’s card reader refused to acknowledge two RFID banking cards which have functioned at other point-of-sale locations recently. Be that as it may, the alternative method of paying by telephone functioned inefficiently; it required calling back an additional time due to the automated system’s unreasonably short patience with the biological entity which it serves. In other words, it shifted from a functional prompt wherein one inputs financial information, a digit at a time, into one which autonomously terminated the call within approximately four seconds between vocalizing the aforesaid card information necessity and the client on the other end attempting, in good faith, to supply the necessary information to proceed through the process in a reasonable manner. The system did eventually begin supplying seemingly adequate voltage to the equipment (still in progress at the time of writing), but not without expressing a cavalier disposition which should be noted. These machines are, generally speaking, growing more impatient with a population subjected to their chronic bombardment of advertisements, distracting data, and circuitous informational pathways.
