While I'll be the first to be critical of Tesla in a lot of cases, It's likely the supercharger rates are set to cover the demand fees that are charged by most utilities. It can easily be tens of thousands of dollars a day for a supercharger site with 250kW capability.
The rates they charge definitely vary quite a bit over the network. On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 8:39 PM EV List Lackey via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On 21 Jun 2023 at 21:11, Jay Summet via EV wrote: > > > Ignoring the hybrid fuel cost red hearing (as the hybrid won't get > > 43mgh on the freeway, > > Sportage Hybrid: EPA rating: 42 city, 44 highway, 43 combined. > > I used the EPA ratings for the EV6, too. > > I don't see or smell any herrings here, either red or blue. > > > 0.12c per mile vs 0.14c per mile is so close that most American's > > won't care about the difference. > > Again, it's not 12 (actually almost 13) cents vs 14 cents, it's 8 cents vs > 14 cents. That's a much larger difference. > > > it's not polluting at the tailpipe > > Believe it or not, this isn't a high priority for the average vehicle > owner. > I wish it were, but it just isn't. > > Look, our Kia buyer has already paid 75% more for the EV6 than he would > have for a similar Sportage hybrid ($51,400 vs $28,815). So now he should > also pay 75% more for his fuel on a road trip?: Really? > > > still seems like a reasonable price for the public good. > > Some folks will pay more for the sake of the public good. That's > altruism. > I like it. But a lot won't. Those latter people need a little nudge to > do > the right thing. Basically, you have to bribe them. > > I don't see any such nudges coming from Tesla, that's for sure. Not at > those kind of charging costs. > > Obviously Musk has seen the other kind of green and decided that he likes > that kind better. Nothing wrong with him making a profit, but I'd like to > see him cut with the "we're saving the world with EVs" hypocrisy already. > > Google at least had the decency to bury "don't be evil" when they went > over > to the dark side. How about Tesla? > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > I distrust people who know well what God wants them to do, because > I notice that it always coincides with their own desires. > > -- Susan B Anthony > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20230621/832c74ac/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
