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Arguably it should be both. Sitting and occupying a DC fast charging booth, especially once you're not charging at the full rate, represents an opportunity cost
by rcxdude 8mo ago
Arguably it should be both. Sitting and occupying a DC fast charging booth, especially once you're not charging at the full rate, represents an opportunity cost since someone else could be using it.
- hvb2 8mo ago> especially once you're not charging at the full rate I don't think you want that as no car will be able to charge at 250kW for very long for example. And I believe we're starting to see even higher peak charging rates. As always, there's no simple answers
- cjrp 8mo agoI used a Tesla charger (as a non-Tesla driver) recently. I think their pricing model is pretty good: pay per kWh (varies between peak and off-peak), and if the station is busy they can impose a "congestion charge" for anyone occupying a charger and not charging, or charging above 80% when it's not necessary for their journey (presumably only works for Teslas where the satnav knows about your journey and charge locations).
- Jeremy1026 8mo agoIdle rates are different than just straight charged by time.