In Chicago area for anyone wondering using the Walmart charging network. This is about ~13% capacity, wasn’t really low started charging at about 70%.
In Chicago area for anyone wondering using the Walmart charging network. This is about ~13% capacity, wasn’t really low started charging at about 70%.
The people with charging at home that I know are paying an effective rate close to 0, due to smart electricity contracts where they get time of use rates at a 15 minute resolution. Then they set the car up to charge when the price is basically nothing, typically during night. It’s even possible to get paid to charge when there’s excess capacity in the network.
That’s what we’re doing with our EV. We have it set to charge during off peak rates which drops down to 0.02 cents/kWh. This equates to a full charge costing us around a dollar.
If it’s 0.02 cents a kWh, a full charge should be a cent or 2 not a dollar
That’s super cheap. Does that include distribution charges?
Our utility has had a few plans geared at auto, including a second meter that they could remotely disable if necessary, but their current plans are nowhere near as good.
Here’s their best time of use plan if you can push most of your use into the evenings:
Our current electricity provider, energy prices can and do dip into the negatives which is great for running AC or heating (don’t believe I’ve seen negatives during winter).
I don’t however own an electric car at this stage, would be nice but the 20k budget models are in my eyes horrible, nor do we have enough spare cash to justify the purchase of anything reasonable.
Man prices are good currently.
It’s expensive to be poor, isn’t it?
It is indeed.