Is it starting to not make sense with EV charging costs increasing?

[westtmd]

@fruwdjsb91 Lol nice cherry pick

You're comparing an entry level ICE car with a much higher end EV that's not even the same size car. Compare it to a $45k BYD or MG instead.

You're comparing costs using expensive high speed public charging infrastructure instead of home charging which is where most EV users charge.

My 77kwh EV costs me $8 to charge from empty to full, not $38. It reduces my power bill credit by 10.5c/kWh from solar that would have otherwise been fed back into the grid. In the event that I do need to draw power from the grid, I do so outside the hours of 3-9pm where the rate is 18c/kWh.

 

[_%D7%A1%D7%AA]

@fruwdjsb91 EV charging will get cheaper and more accessible via economies of scale.

eventually every parking spot will have a charge point. That will never happen with petrol.

 

[veron]

@_%D7%A1%D7%AA EV also has problems that comes with scale particularly from an electrical supply perspective and the network infrastructure to support it.

It will transition over time, but it is a painful process.

 

[skaredykat72]

@_%D7%A1%D7%AA Cars will become driverless before every spot has a charge point

 

[_%D7%A1%D7%AA]

@skaredykat72 hmm maybe. Driverless cars have a bunch of regulatory challenges alongside the engineering ones.

having a plug point at most parking spots doesn't have as many problems.