petrol station sign lists electricity charge costs right next to gas prices

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company with just 2 outlets, currently, offer speed charging at only 15 cents per kw hour
their aim? come in and eat as you charge.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...sedgntp&cvid=6ec4f1f0b3854939969c6ee249ceb43a

Combining a quality food offering with EV charging makes sense. According to Kipfer, typical users stop to charge for 30-50 minutes. It's then the aim of the convenience store to welcome those customers inside for a cup of coffee and a bite to eat.

local competition charges higher rates but this will come down the more charging stations become available

Over a month, an average EV driver uses 408 kilowatt-hours on car charging. It costs an average of $57.90 to charge an electric car for a month, and $695 to run for a year

https://news.energysage.com/how-man...ave on electricity is to install solar panels.

How much does it cost to charge an EV at home?

• Monthly gasoline vehicle fueling costs: $102.42
• Monthly public EV charging costs: $129.50
• Monthly at-home EV charging costs: $30-$70

The Real Costs of Charging an Electric Vehicle | 21Oak

 

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markets are doing well, unemployment's low, plenty of jobs, gas prices falling, wheat prices dropping globally

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money?src...sedgntp&cvid=94de8e48e0b64e49c35ec3547cd0ef98

 

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Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption​

2027/8

that's roughly double the range it has now, and teaming up with Tesla means far greater access to charging points.

The brand announced in October that it signed an agreement with Tesla that will allow Toyota customers to access Tesla’s 12,000-strong Supercharger network in North America.

It will also adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on vehicles from 2025, making it easier to find standardized charging infrastructure when out on long journeys.

and this:

A new deal between Tesla and Hilton will make electric vehicle charging far more accessible for visitors to the popular hotel chain.

Some 2,000 Hilton locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico will welcome Tesla’s Universal Wall Connector charging points, with 20,000 chargers delivered in total.

It’s not only a boost for Tesla drivers experiencing range anxiety, but it will also ease the minds of all electric vehicle drivers, as an adapter will allow any EV to fill up its battery.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/com...&cvid=745ca7f22d8f4fb187402596916893af&ei=100

 

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Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption​

2027/8

that's roughly double the range it has now, and teaming up with Tesla means far greater access to charging points.

Toyota's previous CEO, Aiko Toyoda retired last April 1st. He was notorious for rubbishing the development of EV's and basically his company has no competitive EV product. His successors are trying to catch up but have a lot to do. China is the worlds largest car market selling about 240% more cars pa. than are sold in USA. Toyota's sales have collapsed in China and SE Asia mainly because of the rise of BYD as a car as well as a battery maker, they are already the number 3 carmaker in the world after producing none at all 20 years ago. (Ford and GM have slipped to 6th and 7th.)

CATL(Chinese) sell 33% of the worlds EV batteries followed by BYD (Chinese) with 13% and LG(SK) also with about 13%. Total Chinese domination of this market is about 70% plus. Tesla has this year started to install the new M3P battery made by CATL and the Blade battery configuration from BYD . The M3P battery is not solid state, it might best be descried as semi solid using a gell rather than a liquid electrolite.

Tesla has very recently slipped behind BYD as the largest producer of EV's world wide. The M3P can store 15% more energy than the previous batteries but the earliest date that Toyota are suggesting for their new solid state battery is 2028. A solid state battery would be a huge advance in charging capacity/range and fire safety BUT, they are very expensive to make, have a shorter life and suffer corrosion problems.

The Chinese have already got good batteries, The Japanese are 5 years off the pace. The Europeans have product sitting in yards that isn't selling and Tesla are reducing prices to maintain market share The US has the benefit of Trump's 27% import duty to keep EV product out but with BYD selling their smallest EV for $10,700 even that might come under pressure.

Interesting times - lightning fast Tech development but who will win and lose?

 

[Bray123]

TIL Toyota didn't make EVs such as the Prius.

 

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...1&cvid=8def0a5a854442d4a0b89a8da481cf04&ei=34

Electric Vehicle Sales Skyrocket in the U.S., Nearing 1.4 Million Units​

still a long way to go but it's climbing and will climb faster now

However, the proportion of EV sales in the U.S. falls short of that in China and other countries. In China, the proportion of EV sales approached 33% in the first half of this year. Germany recorded 35% during the same period. In Norway, EV sales accounted for 90% of all new car sales.

Tesla’s aggressive price discounting, which spurred a discount competition in the industry, and the IRA EV subsidy, offering consumers tax benefits of up to $7,500, have driven the surge in EV sales.