UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol

Re:UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol by rootusrootus on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:35PM (#34729959)

And that is with your extremely high home rates. The national average is about 16 cents. Your base rate is higher than my peak rate. My overnight rate is under 5 cents.

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Re:UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol by DeRock on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:40PM (#34730060)

Sure, but California, where PGE operates, is by far the biggest EV market in the US. Which makes the parents comments of

> they made it clear that it’s always cheaper to charge at home

> Fast chargers are convenient but resellers of municipal electricity are not going to be the most cost efficient option.

not necessarily true.

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Re:UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol by Sebb767 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:54PM (#34730316)

Assuming the US. In Germany, anything below 45ct/kWh [0] is considered cheap right now.

[0] Euro-cent, but the conversion is pretty much 1:1 right now anyway.

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Re:UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol by rootusrootus on Thursday February 09, 2023 @03:00PM (#34730440)

Yeah, Europe is getting completely hosed on energy prices. Historically some of that is self-inflicted voluntary price increases, but I imagine that nowadays it's more about that pesky Putin guy disrupting the energy supply.

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