This is an ALERT to anyone using an ELECTRIFY AMERICA charging station. In PA the charge rate is based on a per MINUTE charge, not on a per KWh. the billing is:
1-90 kW:$0.19/min
1-350 kW:$0.37/min
Per EA's website it states: "Pricing for DC fast charging is determined by charger location, your plan, and, for per-minute locations, the maximum power level your vehicle can accept." The important statement here is: "the maximum power level your vehicle can accept" Basically EA quire's the car at the start of your charging session as to what the maximum power level you car can take and establishes their billing level for your charge based on that regardless of the max power the car ACTUALLY requests from the charger.
Case in point, I stopped at an EA charger in the Carlisle area to test out the addition to my new-to-me Model X of the CCS Charging Adapter by the Tesla Mobile Tech. My State-of-Charge was about 70% and of course the Tesla reported to EA at the initial handshake that it could take a charge rate of probably 250kW or 350kW so EA put me in the $0.37/min pricing level. BUT because my SOC was already at around 70% the car only took a Max charging speed: 35.00 kW (as reported on the EA receipt) from the EA charger. I was connected for Charging time: 00:06:06 min and received Total energy delivered: 3.5470 kWh. I was billed: Total paid: $2.25
If you do the math ($2.25 / 3.547 kWh = $0.63 per kW) it comes out to $0.63 cents per kWh - very EXPENSIVE.
So, moral of the story, if you charge at an EA charger and are being billed at the per minute rate, make sure you DISCONNECT when your charge gets high enough that it starts slowing down because if you stay connected those last bunch of kWh's are going to cost you a LOT MORE that the first kW costs.
Good luck.
-stew
1-90 kW:$0.19/min
1-350 kW:$0.37/min
Per EA's website it states: "Pricing for DC fast charging is determined by charger location, your plan, and, for per-minute locations, the maximum power level your vehicle can accept." The important statement here is: "the maximum power level your vehicle can accept" Basically EA quire's the car at the start of your charging session as to what the maximum power level you car can take and establishes their billing level for your charge based on that regardless of the max power the car ACTUALLY requests from the charger.
Case in point, I stopped at an EA charger in the Carlisle area to test out the addition to my new-to-me Model X of the CCS Charging Adapter by the Tesla Mobile Tech. My State-of-Charge was about 70% and of course the Tesla reported to EA at the initial handshake that it could take a charge rate of probably 250kW or 350kW so EA put me in the $0.37/min pricing level. BUT because my SOC was already at around 70% the car only took a Max charging speed: 35.00 kW (as reported on the EA receipt) from the EA charger. I was connected for Charging time: 00:06:06 min and received Total energy delivered: 3.5470 kWh. I was billed: Total paid: $2.25
If you do the math ($2.25 / 3.547 kWh = $0.63 per kW) it comes out to $0.63 cents per kWh - very EXPENSIVE.
So, moral of the story, if you charge at an EA charger and are being billed at the per minute rate, make sure you DISCONNECT when your charge gets high enough that it starts slowing down because if you stay connected those last bunch of kWh's are going to cost you a LOT MORE that the first kW costs.
Good luck.
-stew
