• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      In Denver, a person with a house gets subsidized rates for electricity. By parking their EV in their garage and charging overnight, they can pay 4.2¢ per kWh.

      Meanwhile, a person like me who lives in an apartment and must charge his car during the day at public chargers like EVGo or Electrify America, pays 59¢ per kWh.

      This means that assuming a typical 70 kWh charge (from almost empty to almost full) costs:

      • For the house-owner: $2.94
      • For the apartment dweller: $41.30

      That’s almost a 15x difference! (Yay for EV economics).

      We don’t have an economy. We have two economies. We have a severely bimodal economy.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        Meanwhile, a person like me who lives in an apartment and must charge his car during the day

        Why not use the outlet at your parking space? That’s in the building code now.