Energy prices are to increase to touch the sky of the Tesla and there is no sign of preventive relief. Tesla announced the additional difficulty before even worse after as about to increase the rates at the Superchargers. Those rising prices affect everyone beyond exception.
The prices are rising by €0.12 per kWh with Germany seeing the highest increase with €0.14. This seems not the first time but has often taken place many times. But the recent increment is quite considerable. What makes it a bit more complicated is the fact that prices vary not only between European countries but even between areas within them.
In spite of the fact that the €0.12 increase doesn’t sound huge – it only adds €6 to a full 50kWh charge, but compare it to prices only from last year – €0.37 per kWh was the average rate back then. The corresponding value now is €0.71, making for a whopping 97% spike.
If you want to charge a non-Tesla vehicle at the Supercharger, you’ll have to pay even more. The company now is asking on average for €0.82 which is €0.11 more than in August but it offers a €12.99 monthly subscription to bring those prices down to the same level as those paid by Teslas owners.
At least this time Tesla warned its customers about the impending price hike, last time it was just a nasty shock at the chargers. The company sent an email to all owners, warning about the increased prices. Tesla isn’t alone, all charging companies are hiking their prices, there is no getting away from this situation. It is no longer cheap as it used to be before the time And to charge at home is becoming more and more expensive.
With a price of diesel lingering between €1.40 in Eastern Europe and €2 in central Europe, 100 km in a frugal but smelly diesel car will cost up to €10. Charging an electric car right now at a public fast charger is nearly as expensive as running a small, efficient diesel car – which was never the case.
The bulk of electric cars hover around 6 km/kWh efficiency in real-life testing, we will need 16.6 kWh to cover 100 km. At the present price of €0.75 (on average) it’ll cost €12.50 for every 100 km driven in an electric car. There is no dream that arose with the electric car becoming cheaper anymore in the future.
Binding up…
Tesla is planning Supercharger v4 as an energy provider with the help of solar power, which batteries can store, for use later when the car needs to charge. Hopefully, this will bring the charging prices down otherwise, it’s the slow trickle at home overnight. What would be your overview regarding the same share and dump in the comment box below?