Wasn’t the cost supposed to go down?
Price of public EV charging soars as filling up petrol cars becomes cheaper
Electric vehicle owners who use public chargers saw the cost of running their cars soar by hundreds of pounds last year, even as petrol prices fell.
Zapmap, which monitors installations of charge points, found that the price of charging cars away from home climbed by 11pc in the last year.
Motorists who exclusively use public charging points now pay more per mile than those with petrol cars, the company said.
Zapmap said electric vehicle drivers who charged at home 80pc of the time paid 7p a mile, or around £680 a year, to run their cars.
Those who charged at home half of the time paid 11p a mile, or £1,140 a year.
However, motorists who only charge at public stations are now paying 18p a mile or £1,810 a year.
That is more than the average petrol car driver who pays 15p a mile, or £1,470 a year.
Why? The main culprit seems to be due to drivers opting mostly for fast chargers, because they do not want to sit around for hours waiting for their vehicle to be charged so they can go to work or the store or pick up the kids. Most people do not have access to a slow charger or fast charger at home, so, they have to do it away from home. Just wait till it skyrockets because reliable, dependable, affordable energy sources are replaced.
Mr H most seriously hurt!
The statistics might not be that reliable, but, overall, just 63% of homes have a garage or carport.
If that number is accurate — and it’s lower in the South and Northeast — only 63% of Americans have a place in which they can securely mount an at-home charging station. Using my sixth-grade graduate edumacation, that means that 37% of Americans would be stuck using commercial chargers for their Chevy Dolts.
6th Grade? Congratulations and no wonder you’re smarter than the average conservative!!
Brother Dana, my personal knowledge for the past few years is limited, but private garages and carports attached to single family homes in Jolly Olde are significantly less common than in the USA. Many of my motorcycling associates have simple ‘sheds’ to store and service their vehicles, if anything at all. Not to mention of the deterioration of their government. Sucks to be a ‘subject’.
Last night a Pacific Northwest neighbor called asking about our electric bill. His was $715 for the month. Ours was less than $200. He has the only electric furnace and the only Tesla in the development.
Perhaps his other utilities cost less, though it seems improbable that he breaks even with his neighbors. Maybe he needs to have a pro check out his heating system?
Most people simply charge overnight at home.
Avoiding any time “refueling” and save a full 50% of the cost
H
Here’s the deal.
Do you want to center your life around charging your car?
Try thinking.
What part of 37% of Americans do not have a garage or a carport, and thus no secure place to install an at-home charger don’t you understand?
EVs are rather expensive toys.
https://www.newgeography.com/content/008083-ford-lost-47b-evs-last-year
EVs are expensive toys.
https://www.autonews.com/retail/ev-bellwether-sales-start-drop-california#:~:text=EV%20sales%20have%20now%20fallen,just%20part%20of%20this%20transition
EVs are expensive toys.
Even Californians are waking up.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-california-registrations-fall-first-time-since-pandemic-2024-01-30/
Next thing you know they’ll be voting for Trump.