Electric vehicle chargers are seen in the parking lot of a high school in California. Nearly 40% of the US’s 10,700 or so public fast-charging stations recently started adjusting rates often and aggressively, based on a myriad of factors that skew the supply-demand equation, from weather and events to holiday travel spikes and fluctuating electricity rates. — AP
When Jeffrey Raun drives his Tesla Model 3 far from his Anchorage home he pays some of the highest public charging rates in the US. Juicing the car’s battery from 10% to 90% full costs somewhere around US$32 (RM136) 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.”
