r1t_kev
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My guess would be, as the infrastructure and competition improve, the cost will stabilize or decrease. Obv the savings for an EV aren’t realized “at the pump” anyway.
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That was my first thought, too. On-the-road fast charging will represent a fraction of the charging many (most?) of us do.Seems ok to me for once in a while fast, not at-home charging...
In Ontario, Manitoba, Sask...maybe other provinces? third parties cannot sell electricity. So they sell you time at the charger instead.EA charges differ by state I believe, where in some states they charge by the minute and by the KWh delivered in others. Between that and the slow charging curve this would be expected.
Electrify Canada charges by the minute.
Edit : NM noticed this one is a /kWh charge.
Price gouging is pretty strong language. They are a business and do need to be able to make a profit. I can give you an example here in Southern CA (Orange County) for EA, non-member price is .43 a KW and member price is .31 per KW.EV charge stations will price-gouge until there’s enough competition. It’s not a good deal right now…. Tesla still has the best pricing in most places, but it’s still a price gouge. The best thing is that most people will charge up at home overnight with the exception of longer road trips, so it’s still way cheaper than filling up at the pump.
ja_kub_sz,Reading through the Motor Trend write up for the R1T and this jumped out to me. $0.43 a kilowatt-hour "pre-tax". That's basically $80 bucks just to fill up your Max Pack R1T with electrons. And the scary thing is that's where we're at now, let alone where we will be. Is anybody worried about this?
What's the highest price anyone has seen for charging stations?
Back in my Model S days I think the highest I ever was charged was $0.26.
Seriously we'll be seeing $100 fill ups not too long from now on our EV adventure trips.
Too much capitalism here In The states. Your right though , it’s not like the EA stations are creating the electrons, they’re just allowing the access to them. Unless of course they’re running off of hydro, wind or solar, and here in Ohio I doubt that very much. Canada has a lot of things right, even though for a long time I did not think so… ?In Ontario, Manitoba, Sask...maybe other provinces? third parties cannot sell electricity. So they sell you time at the charger instead.
90% of charging here for me will be at home, on $0.09/kwH hydro."Fueling" your EV will generally vary cost wise on where you do it.
Some are based on time at the charger, others on a per/kw rate.
I've owned an EV for a while and can count on 1 hand the number of times I fast charged.
Most of my charging is done at home. Some is supplemented 9n road trips by looking for the L2 freebies (hotel, dining establishment we are at, or attractions like parks, museums, towns centers).
I generally avoid DC fast chargers not only due to the possible cost, but the damage it does to my battery.