“If we want more people to switch to an EV, particularly those who cannot charge from home, charging must be easy, accessible, and affordable.” Via WIREDUK
, topping up the battery at a fuel station rapid charger can cost almost 80 percent more than charging it in your driveway or garage—if you even have one.
That gap widens for more inefficient cars or those that require more power, such as SUVs. The Polestar 2, for example, would cost 13.2p per mile to charge at home versus 23.5p per mile using a rapid charger. Data from the International Council on Clean Transportation, an environmental nonprofit, shows rapid chargers can cost three to five times as much as residential electricity. “Relying on more expensive and likely also less convenient charging removes one of the primary benefits of an electric car: lower ongoing cost of driving,” says senior researcher Dale Hall.
In the meantime, city dwellers with lower incomes will either pay more for an EV or not drive one at all. “Either of these options reinforces economic inequality, and may also contribute to a popular perception of electric vehicles as a technology for wealthy people and not for broader society, hampering efforts to accelerate adoption,” says Hall.
But there’s more to the problem than availability of infrastructure—charging networks are too complicated, adding extra burdens beyond the financial. There are dozens of suppliers, each with their own payment app, subscription systems, and prices, not to mention connection fees and other add-on costs and different chargers.
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