Charging $ for Charging your EV. Guess why.
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Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
This is inevitable. All charge stations will eventually be pay-to-charge. There may be some exceptions. There is a charge depot at a police station which was specifically designed to attract high-end customers to the nearby retail stores. That's being paid for thru local funding.
TPD
the poor dad
Gotta love this new economy with all the fees involved. At least with my ICE vehicles, I am not paying a dwell-time fee (though that should be charged to some) or a membership fee. But these fees may be coming to a gas station near you once the station owners figure out that EV owners don't balk at paying these extra fees so why not charge them to ICE owners!
A $2 per hour “dwell-time fee” will be imposed if the vehicle remains connected to the station more than 10 minutes after it’s fully charged. Capped at $25 per session, the dwell-time fee is intended to discourage drivers from taking up a parking space when they don’t need the charging station, “freeing the space for other potential users,” according to a county staff report.
According to the staff report, the adopted charging fee is comparable to commercial providers. As of June, Electrify America was charging 43 cents per kWh for non-members and 31 cents per kWh, plus a monthly $4 fee for members in Fairfax County.
Loudoun County charges a flat fee of $2.10 per session at its stations, while Arlington County approved a fee of 14.5 cents per kWh on July 16 as an interim measure.
A $2 per hour “dwell-time fee” will be imposed if the vehicle remains connected to the station more than 10 minutes after it’s fully charged. Capped at $25 per session, the dwell-time fee is intended to discourage drivers from taking up a parking space when they don’t need the charging station, “freeing the space for other potential users,” according to a county staff report.
According to the staff report, the adopted charging fee is comparable to commercial providers. As of June, Electrify America was charging 43 cents per kWh for non-members and 31 cents per kWh, plus a monthly $4 fee for members in Fairfax County.
Loudoun County charges a flat fee of $2.10 per session at its stations, while Arlington County approved a fee of 14.5 cents per kWh on July 16 as an interim measure.
Don't stop there.
Which won't happen in the lifetime of anyone living today.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
It's being worked on, but won't be ready for a while. And when it is deployed, it will increase all associated costs including the charging itself.
I'm putting up solar panels on the roof for mine. It may take a bit longer, but it's "free".
I can't see it that way.
To me, it's not free until the entire cost of the equipment, and cost of it's maintenance and associated work is recouped.
That can take decades.
Hijinx
Well-Known Member
It's free? What are the panels costing you? Are they free.?
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
whoosh That's why "free" was in quotes.
Hijinx
Well-Known Member
Solar panels last about 25 years before losing their ability to work properly.
The inverters last 7 to 10 years before needing replacement .
They are not free even if the government pays for them , we are paying for them through our taxes.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
I already have a solar charging system (2 actually), just have to increase my panel count. Right now you can get panels for about $.80/watt. But you're right, the panel cost vs the gas cost is still pretty wide.
Mostly democrats so yeah, they expect it to be free.
kom526
They call me ... Sarcasmo
Bingo! But on the bright side, the NGD/BBB/Inflation Creation bill will offer you tax credits on your EV that will not make a difference after the new taxes on oil/NG/coal are fully in place.
Would those EVs be the ones we can't purchase because the batteries are not made in the US?
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
It's been pointed out that those tax credits are unobtanium. A very few will actually qualify under the terms.