Having just spent 4 months driving around Europe, mostly in Eastern Europe I've seen very few places where a EV can be charged. In some places where there are one or two charging points the Local Municipality has had to erect signs suggesting huge fines if anybody parks in the bay. Usually the spot is empty so it makes it a great place to park, I might add that I've never been fined. The sign usually scares most people.
Why would you be dumb enough to buy an electric car in Europe when
"In 96 percent of underground car parks, there is not even an ordinary socket for charging an electric car."
"Progress is also not to be expected in the short and medium term," says the ADAC study: "Only a quarter of the companies surveyed are considering setting up charging options over the next three years." Electricity is sometimes more expensive than gasoline
The state promotes charging in the company for tax purposes. For "lantern parkers" - that is, drivers without a garage - it becomes very tedious with an electric car. The eco- electricity provider Lichtblick has looked at the public charging stations of the major providers and comes to a devastating verdict: "This will make the energy transition in the transport sector fail," said Managing Director Gero Lücking. The Federal Network Agency currently lists around 9700 charging stations nationwide. Without a contract, electricity costs significantly more than household electricity, Lichtblick criticizes. For a range of 100 kilometers, the operators collected between 7.95 and 16.36 euros. "These prices are shocking - it's one and the same product," said Lücking. "
Electricity often overpriced
The tariffs are not confusing alone, but one thing above all: steep. Of the eleven suppliers examined, seven companies called up prices that were significantly higher than the price for household electricity of 29.4 cents per kilowatt hour. The front runner was EnBW with the equivalent of 54.4 cents. A hundred kilometers drive in a standard electric car with a power consumption of 15 kWh would therefore cost around 8.16 euros - the price advantage compared to the operation of a conventional car would be lost. https://www.t-online.de/auto/elektr...auto-was-das-stromtanken-wirklich-kostet.html
Charging stations Price shock: Refueling electric cars is more expensive than petrol?
When charging electric cars, drivers are sometimes strongly asked to checkout. In some cases, Stromer refuel significantly more expensive than drivers of petrol and diesel cars.
The Bonn market researcher EuPD took a closer look at the currently more than 8100 public charging stations. On average, mobile refueling is rather cheap at 23 to 32 cents per kilowatt hour, the institute said. Frequent billing according to the charging time or charging process can become a cost trap. "In the most expensive charging tariff with costs of up to EUR 1.39 per kilowatt hour, this means electricity costs that are five times the average household electricity price of 29 cents per kilowatt hour." https://www.focus.de/auto/elektroau...-an-ladesaeulen-fuer-e-autos_id_10647495.html
PRICE SHOCK ON FAST CHARGING STATIONS
Juice for the e-car soon more expensive than fuel!
29, 39 or 89 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity - on some DC charging stations, prices have skyrocketed. The consequence: driving an electric car can be more expensive than a diesel or petrol engine!
This applies especially to those drivers who also use their e-car for long journeys and want to recharge during a break: on fast charging stations, it is possible to fill up from 20 to 100 percent in around an hour.
Electricity for electric cars in Germany already more expensive than diesel and petrol?
German media report a "price shock" at e-filling stations - so refueling an electric car at fast-charging stations already costs more than a diesel car.
Refuel with diesel cheaper
A calculation example is to prove that in Germany, refueling an Audi e-tron is more expensive than refueling an Audi Q5 of a comparable size with diesel . The average consumption of the e-tron is 26.9 KWh per 100 kilometers. With a kilowatt hour price of 39 cents, this corresponds to costs of 10.49 euros per 100 kilometers. A Q5 diesel consumes an average of 6.5 liters of diesel, a liter costs 1.25 euros - this corresponds to costs of 8.13 euros per 100 kilometers.
