Summer 2022 public charging prices
It’s 2022, and most fossil fuel prices as well as electricity costs have doubled. Tesla Superchargers are opening to all EVs, and manufacturers from Hyundai to Audi and Porsche are either planning or have already started building their own charging networks.
Fast charging prices have therefore doubled across the board. If we take Supercharger prices for example, they went from 28p per kWh to 60p per kWh (without the member discount).
To compare with my previous https://www.evmetrics.co.uk/blog/summer-2021-public-charging-prices year prices, here are the bp pulse ones currently
This is the new world we live in, even though much of the electricity is already generated from sustainable sources that should not be affected by the factors driving up fossil fuel prices.
Surprisingly, instead of highlighting the fact that there is one type of energy that is partly sustainably sourced and not subject to the cost volatility of fossil fuels, electricity is tarred with the same brush.
Take the chart below, for example; we can only assume they mean electricity is represented in the price per kWh chart. If only "electricity" and “energy“ were not used interchangeably…
Until we see a emergence of “fossil energy“ and “green energy“ separation, I don’t expect electricity prices to stop moving in sync with fossil fuel prices. It is a shame, but unfortunately, it is highly beneficial to a few.