Drivers want petrol station-style totem poles for EV charging prices
Drivers want petrol station-style totem poles for EV charging prices
A poll of more than 8,200 drivers has found widespread support for green signs pointing to public EV charging locations and pricing displays similar to fuel stations.
A poll of more than 8,200 drivers has found widespread support for green signs pointing to public EV charging locations and pricing displays similar to fuel stations.
Well, yes. I'm planning on driving my current car until the wheels fall off and my next car will probably be an EV. Transparent pricing is a must.
Absolutely. Clear price signage should be mandated, just as it is for fuel along with the calibration of energy measuring equipment to within a certain tolerance (again like fuel pumps).
I don't want price totems in all situations, but clear signage and a price I can read before I get out of the car. Not buried in an app. Not on the screen after you've started charging. Not in tiny text that's unreadable.
They also don't tell you how much money they're going to reserve on your card.
I'm in agreement with this, it would massively help show the differences between charging prices at locations close together.
For example, near to where I live is a Waitrose supermarket with Shell chargers, they're priced at 90p per kWh, 100 metres up the road is a Tesla supercharger that's priced at 46p per kWh at peak times. I often wonder why people are using the Shell chargers instead of the Tesla chargers!! (I am aware that not all EVs can use a Tesla supercharger, but if they're charging up at a Shell rapid charger, i.e. using CCS2, then they can use a Tesla supercharger!)