When did charging get so expensive?
I’ve been an EV owner since 2014, when range was under 100 miles and chargers were few and far between. Back then finding a charger for a road trip was the tough part, but most were free or very cheap.
Since then obviously range has gone way up and our current EV has a 300 miles or so range so we’ve not charged outside the home for a long time.
This week we needed to take 2 cars on a trip ( we normally use our hybrid minivan for road trips..) and holy crap. Most chargers are 40 to 60c a kWh, even level 2c and the odd one is cheap but rarely so unless you want to charge at 2am.
I guess I’ve lived under a rock for the past decade because it really shocked me. We charge at home off peak for about 4c a kWh, but at public fast charger costs an EV is as expensive to fuel as a gas car…
Or am I nuts?