BugEyed
Prominent Member
Wow! ?here in Portugal where they have the electric billed per kwh and then use of the charge point billed by time.... Arghhhhhh
I like the purity of that, but I bet it is too complex for most people.
Wow! ?here in Portugal where they have the electric billed per kwh and then use of the charge point billed by time.... Arghhhhhh
Yup - to encourage people to switch there needs to be as few changes as possible from how ICE cars are fueled. However, I do get that the faster you can leave the charger the more money they can make. However however, it's not just the car that determines the charge speed - so you run the risk of being charged(billed) more because the service is less!Wow! ?
I like the purity of that, but I bet it is too complex for most people.
Hi John. Thanks for the lesson in how to do a courteous reply! You completely ignored my comments on the new industry teething issues, which I certainly agree is less than ideal. Here in the UK things seem a little less complicated, since acquiring my aeV in Dec21 I have yet to need to use (or even see) a charger with both kWh and time pricing.What an absolutely stupid question, of course I do.
Would you pay €2 per liter when by driving 5 minutes further you could top up at €1.64? Would you just drive into a random filling station and pump 80 litres of dead dinasaurs into your tank with no idea how much it would cost you? Unless you are far richer than I and have money to burn then of course you wouldn't.
Fool.
I didn't ignore your comment about teething and new industry, I just chose not to comment upon it as my full-time day job is planning EV charging security for an energy major (how we chose the sites, secure the physical asset, secure the data, secure the payment and, secure yours and my cars once connected to the CP). Beacuse of this I feel I'm reasonably qualified in the subject and I promise you, these are not 'teething' problems, they are specific decisions based around how we can maximise revenue.You completely ignored my comments on the new industry teething issues, which I certainly agree is less than ideal. ....... It didn’t seem much different to arriving at a destination wanting some lunch and buying a reasonably priced sandwich from the first cafe I came to, compared with touring the town looking for the best priced sandwich!