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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by Marsymars on Friday September 23, 2022 @06:12PM (#32957720)
The pricing model isn't appropriate to make people care.

What they could do instead of time-of-use pricing is a sliding multiplier that multiplies your total bill based on the ratio of on-peak to off-peak use. Make the multiplier worse based on what the total usage is.

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by fsckboy on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:13PM (#32958169)
you'll win a Nobel prize in econ if you can prove "The pricing model isn't appropriate to make people care"
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