News article this morning…
Electric car rapid charging costs soar, says RAC
Energy prices are rising but electric car charging is still cheaper than petrol, claims group.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Agreed, I think that non-Tesla people are so positively shocked that the chargers generally work they hold them in high esteem despite them being always the first to raise their prices. 57p/kwh is a high markup on any sensible electricity price today.I can't fathom why people use Instavolt unless it's the only one available for miles. Their prices are stupidly high. Even Osprey are BP are getting close now.
I wouldn't be so sure.57p/kwh is a high markup on any sensible electricity price today.
I'm happy to pay a significant premium for reliability, availability, and ease of use. In my case I generally only use rapid chargers for occasional, long distance trips on less familiar roads - so the additional cost isn't going to mount up. Unlike @GRiLLA I have found Instavolt to be reliable, with the exception of using their app which failed on the one occasion I tried to use it - so I just reverted to tapping a credit card.I can't fathom why people use Instavolt unless it's the only one available for miles. Their prices are stupidly high. Even Osprey are BP are getting close now.
I did see someone explaining that Instavolt are especially poor at purchasing electricity compared to other companies, I don't understand the commercial market to understand why though. It would seem unlikely that anyone else is making a loss per KWH on the electricity cost though.I wouldn't be so sure.
As I understand it, commercial supplies are not subject to the energy price cap so it wouldn't surprise me if they were paying not much less than that per kWh (bearing in mind how high domestic prices are now and still likely to increase further in October).
Yes, it may be that the others have hedged better on the energy markets.I did see someone explaining that Instavolt are especially poor at purchasing electricity compared to other companies, I don't understand the commercial market to understand why though. It would seem unlikely that anyone else is making a loss per KWH on the electricity cost though.
Despite the scaremungering title it's a reasonably balanced article. Nothing that the regulars on this forum won't be familiar with ...News article this morning…
Electric car rapid charging costs soar, says RAC
Energy prices are rising but electric car charging is still cheaper than petrol, claims group.www.bbc.co.uk
We did fall for the clickbait, didn't we?Scaremongering from a British media outlet? Surely not, that’s never happ……..oh wait……my bad
Exactly ... the BBC News site is as bad as the red tops these days ...We did fall for the clickbait, didn't we?
It is a red top - literallyExactly ... the BBC News site is as bad as the red tops these days ...
If you study the Article closely it looks to me like 2 of the 3 pictures show Type 2 Slow DC Charging. I have pointed that out to the BBC, not holding my breath for a reply.News article this morning…
Electric car rapid charging costs soar, says RAC
Energy prices are rising but electric car charging is still cheaper than petrol, claims group.www.bbc.co.uk
If you study the Article closely it looks to me like 2 of the 3 pictures show Type 2 Slow DC Charging. I have pointed that out to the BBC, not holding my breath for a reply.
In other news. Water still wet. Pope a Catholic.News article this morning…
Electric car rapid charging costs soar, says RAC
Energy prices are rising but electric car charging is still cheaper than petrol, claims group.www.bbc.co.uk
I dc charge a few times a year.I am not rich but the cost is a rounding error in my household budget and if I am on holiday convenience is way more important than cost. I think of it the same way I do buying a drink at a motorway services. If I was a rep or had no off street parking and was DC charging daily it would be a different story. I think many people fall into this category.I can't fathom why people use Instavolt unless it's the only one available for miles. Their prices are stupidly high. Even Osprey are BP are getting close now.
I would probably have done the same, on the assumption that the Gridserve chargers would have been much slower. Where there are just two Gridserve units (replacing the original two Ecotricity units) the grid connections are in most locations still severely limited.I was at Corley N/B last week. There are 6 Instavolt and 2 Gridserve units. The lone car charging, an EQA was on an Instavolt - perhaps they thought they were getting premium electricity.....57p v 39p