Greener Living
Surge Pricing and Midnight Discounts: EV Charging Rates Go Dynamic
US car charging networks have started shifting rates by the hour.
A Chevrolet Bolt charges at an EV charging station in Hudson, New York.
Photographer: Angus Mordant/BloombergWhen Jeffrey Raun drives his Tesla Model 3 far from his Anchorage home he pays some of the highest public charging rates in the nation. Juicing the car’s battery from 10% to 90% full costs somewhere around $32 at the Three Bears grocery and sporting goods outpost in Chugiak, roughly triple what he pays at home.
“This is a choice we’ve made and we’re all in and we’re going to charge where and when we need to charge,” Raun explained. “I firmly believe I’m still money ahead in the use of my EV.”