The definitive EV thread. No spin. No BS., page-2926

FYI, EV news from outside of the echo chamber....

When dopey ill-informed and ignorant career politicians introduce mandates.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/consumer-alert/article/own-an-ev-and-going-on-a-road-trip-this-summer-watch-out-for-expensive-charging-fees/




A Manitoba man contacted CTV News after he was concerned how much it cost him to charge his EV at a Manitoba dealership.

“It was like close to $700 and I just thought wow” said John Kolisnyk, of Dauphin, Manitoba.

Kolisnyk said he bought his first electric vehicle earlier this year, a 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV.He had to make a trip for a medical appointment to Swan River, Manitoba, and phoned ahead and found a dealership where he could charge his EV.“

I got there, and I charged my vehicle for 1 hour and 53 minutes. I plugged it in using the Flow app” Kolisnyk said.

Two weeks later, he said he was shocked to find out he had been billed $5.99 a minute to charge his car plus taxes for a total cost of $681 dollars.

Upset, Kolisnyk said he called the dealership to complain.

“They told me when we put in this charger, we can charge whatever we want and apparently they can” said Kolisnyk.“

I said, that’s crazy, that’s way too much and he said maybe you should have bought a gas vehicle.”

Dealer Principal Greg Ashauer, of Redline Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Ltd. said Kolisnyk had called ahead and was warned what the charging fees would be.

“We made it blatantly clear what the price of charging was, it is also on the app and on the charger itself. It’s just like a gas pump essentially” Ashauer said, adding that no one in his remote community is interested in EVs and he said his dealership has never sold one.

He said his dealership only installed a charging station because it was forced to.

“That machine cost me $86,000.
It was something I never wanted and I never have a hope in returning any return on the investment on the machine” said Ashauer.
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Ashauer said his dealership has since reduced the charging rate to $1.99 per minute, but he said he is not interested in losing money on the charging station.

“If you want to buy an EV, then buy an EV, but I’m not subsiding your electric car more than I already have.” He said.



Will never happen here. You say.

Wait for it, when people are forced into a situation they don't want to be in, by these idiot politicians with a mandate.



The guy who lied about electricity bills coming down by $275 - Chris Bowen, ALP Minister for Climate Change.