In Chicago area for anyone wondering using the Walmart charging network. This is about ~13% capacity, wasn’t really low started charging at about 70%.

  • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    The service is the fast charger being able to charge fast and being in a location you want to use it?

    Want? They’re by gas stations and malls.

    The extra cost is to cover infrastructure costs like buying and installing the thing,

    They made the thing, it’s pure profit for them, they aren’t renting them lmfao.

    leasing the land for it

    Normally it’s the land owner, why would you rent land?

    running the technology,

    It’s a POS unit and a charger, what tech? Do you realize none of these things are a thing for GAS or Petrol…?

    and replacing cables every time some muppet comes along with wire cutters.

    Insurance dude….

    Plus the cost of running a network where some charge points are hardly used but still need to be maintained.

    What…? How much cost do you think there is for an unused charger that doesn’t draw anything when not used? I already said it’s built off the public utilities… or do you think that they’re digging up a few 100 miles beside a road to run a power line….? This seriously isn’t what you’re thinking is it……?

    use a wall outlet at home for my EV, it has never been an issue. I guess I live in a different environment.

    If it’s not getting to -30 to -50c, no, you really aren’t, and the vast majority of people refuse to acknowledge that.

    Imagine if gas or another “service” charged 500% profit on the only cost they have….

    • Hal@piefed.nzEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      If they aren’t a service you want or need then I don’t get why you’re so upset about it.

      Chargers are at places I want them, that place being other cities when I’m away from home. It is a service I am willing to pay for, and it’s not expensive. The OP has a bill of $4!

      They made the thing, it’s pure profit for them, they aren’t renting them lmfao.

      They don’t make them… They buy existing designs from a manufacturer and put their logo on it. They also have all the costs of running a business, like staff, maintenance, IT costs, and they have to replace units as they break or as technology changes. Not to mention that income from existing chargers funds the rollout of more chargers.

      Normally it’s the land owner, why would you rent land?

      Because the owner of the mall you mentioned doesn’t want to sell you a square of their land?

      Insurance dude….

      That’s not how insurance works… if you’re constantly getting copper stolen (they are), then they would have to pay more in insurance to cover this risk. I’d be almost certain it would be cheaper to treat it as a maintenance expense and pay for it out of pocket.

      If it’s not getting to -30 to -50c, no, you really aren’t, and the vast majority of people refuse to acknowledge that.

      Every sensible EV conversation I’ve ever seen has had the caveat that they don’t yet make sense for everyone. That doesn’t mean we have to drag down the people who it does make sense for.