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> maintenance costs as a result of public abuse, maintenance of payment infrastructure, rent for the site, and taxes Sounds like a "not my problem" kind of thi
by antisthenes 3y ago
> maintenance costs as a result of public abuse, maintenance of payment infrastructure, rent for the site, and taxes
Sounds like a "not my problem" kind of thing. If this results in a 500% markup, customers should rightly be outraged.
Also the kind of thing where businesses should have massive economies of scale (like getting a discount on buying 10,000 chargers at once)
- rlpb 3y ago> If this results in a 500% markup, customers should rightly be outraged. No, it just means that the economics are different than what you think and that you should adjust your expectations accordingly. For example, we can expect most electric car owners to charge at home with public chargers predominantly being placed on or near long distance routes. Public chargers elsewhere may struggle to be viable, except perhaps where home charging is impractical (eg. in areas where people don't have off-street parking).