When buying an electric car, a considerable number of people think that it is cheap, while a small number of people buy electric vehicles mainly because of limited travel. But for everyone, the travel cost of electric cars is still more important, after all, the value of a few cents per kilometer can save a lot of costs. Especially in the city and even the surrounding car owners, whether it is charging facilities and travel, etc., it completely saves a lot of costs for car owners.
However, if there are various messy problems such as service fees and charging fees in disguise, the cost of travel will inevitably increase. A man spent a total of 99.65 yuan charging at the No. 2 charging station in the Kaifeng service area of Lianhuo Expressway (in the direction of Khorgos), of which 58.25 yuan was for electricity and 41.4 yuan for service. In this regard, the customer service of the charging station explained that the charging price is the sum of the electricity fee plus the service fee.
Of course, everyone knows that whether it is an electric vehicle or household electricity, the electricity fee is divided into three periods (household has a valley peak), the price of each period is different, and the service fee is 0.8 yuan per kilowatt-hour of electricity. The man said that he charged during the peak time period of 10:00-14:00, and the charge was the highest. It costs 99 yuan to charge in the high-speed service area for 1 hour. The customer service of the charging station also gave an explanation, and the price was implemented according to the standard, which was the peak period at that time.
So, is this price reasonable?
Of course, it is reasonable, because as long as you dare to collect, there will be corresponding policies or ways and means for you to pay this money. So why is this fee so expensive on the highway section?
One of the main reasons is closely related to the region and the immaturity of charging services. In the early days, there were equipment from the State Grid, charging equipment from their own car companies, and even in order to quickly build charging layouts and equipment, there were charging stations for commercial operation, etc., so that in the case of failure to achieve a unified or encourage commercial equipment to intervene in the market, the charging cost and even service cost in each place are naturally different.
In particular, the charging equipment for commercial operation is mainly for the purpose of profit, so it is not difficult to understand the same amount of price increase in terms of charges or services.
This car owner may not be an exception, and once the entire market charging equipment is full, and according to the regional situation, it will inevitably increase the cost of the owner's travel. And when the time comes, the advertised cheap travel will probably become a laughing stock. Just because the State Grid and commercially operated charging piles are unlikely to continue to lose money, and these profit models can only fall on the heads of electric vehicle owners.
More than 90 yuan an hour, it is estimated that it will not be long before there will be more than 100 yuan an hour, which is probably not sensational, but may really exist.