$93.20 36 min 31.0676 kWh added

PSA, check pricing before charging. I guess I won’t make that mistake again… I mistakenly picked the first DC Fast charger near me on this road trip. Has this happened to anyone else before?

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    1 year ago

    I hate these types of posts. The most important issue would be where is this specific charger. They usually just post and run. FUD

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    1 year ago

    Dealers don’t want the public using their chargers, so they set “fuck you pay me” rates on them. Always check before plugging in.

    IMHO this should be illegal but the law hasn’t caught up with EV charging yet.

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    1 year ago

    Yep, in Buena Vista, Colorado. Didn’t look closely enough at the rate structure. Ended up stopping the charge after only spending $30 or so. Really annoying.

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    1 year ago

    The price for the chargers on the Chargepoint network is set by the owner of the charger and not ChargePoint. It is unfortunate, but like many things, you have to check the price before you buy.

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    1 year ago

    I’ve been ripped off by Chargpoint before, but not that bad. Now I double check the pricing in the app before choosing a location. Sometimes, like in my case, it was the only option. My experience was in Colorado where it seemed like every chargpoint was a different pricing grift.

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      1 year ago

      Well, it is the only fast charger on Aquidneck Island! 🤷‍♂️

      But this is Rhode Island; fhe entire state is only 50 x 40 miles. The next closest fast charger is 16 miles up the road in Barrington and charges $0.20/kWh.

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    1 year ago

    Where is the charger? Were you also paying for parking at the same time? $3 per kW is crazy, like paying $35-$40 a gallon for gas.

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    1 year ago

    I dropped $20 for a forgotten amount of kWh, but would have been about $5 if I drove to the other side of the parking lot, if I had bothered to check prices first.

    I’ve been taken to the cleaners at gas stations (never more than 2x the average cost in the greater area), but this is many levels beyond that. Absolutely predatory or a happy, but lucrative error (for the station owner).

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    1 year ago

    Yeah, I’ve had a few ‘parking garage’ chargers that are cheap as hell for the first hour, then jack up rates after that hour. It is bullshit.