Paid $92.76 for 446 mi, ~20c/mi vs ~9c in a gas CR-V
“I just did 446 miles on public Tesla stations in my Ioniq 5 and paid $92.76, so about 20 cents a mile. My old CR-V on gas was around 9 cents a mile.”
Load sharing drops power well below label ratings
“Here in Japan most of the older chargers are 50 kW with a 30 minute cap, and on the sites with more than one car plugged in the power drops well below what's on the label. My car can take 150 kW but I almost never see anything close.”
Went almost two years on public charging only
“I did almost two years on public charging only before I got home charging about a year ago, so it's doable.”
Nearby CHAdeMO stations seem pricier than CCS ones
“I can't tell you whether it's priced higher than CCS, but the stations near me do seem to charge more than the CCS ones nearby.”
Paid ~20¢/mi on public charging vs ~9¢ in old CR-V
“I just did 446 miles on public Tesla stations in my Ioniq 5 and paid $92.76, so about 20 cents a mile. My old CR-V on gas was around 9 cents a mile.”
Public-only charging was doable but needs tolerance
“I did almost two years on public charging only before I got home charging about a year ago, so it's doable. Whether it works comes down to how much you can tolerate having to go charge when you need it.”
Load-shared 50 kW chargers never near rated speed
“Here in Japan most of the older chargers are 50 kW with a 30 minute cap, and on the sites with more than one car plugged in the power drops well below what's on the label. My car can take 150 kW but I almost never see anything close.”
Relies on CHAdeMO; stations seem pricier than nearby CCS
“I'm in the same boat with a Leaf, no home charging, so CHAdeMO is basically all I have. I can't tell you whether it's priced higher than CCS, but the stations near me do seem to charge more than the CCS ones nearby.”
Saw NJ Turnpike chargers at 58¢/kWh