ChargePoint just made EV charging more affordable for small businesses and apartments
ChargePoint just made EV charging more affordable for small businesses and apartments
ChargePoint's new Essential cloud plan eliminates traditional software subscription fees by using driver payments to cover costs.
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So software on the charger is the big cost? Not the hardware or the electricity?
Off topic: how much would it cost to run a charger continuously?
The software subscription fee was an ongoing cost to whoever installed the equipment, now that fee has been replaced by a per-use fee that's part of what drivers pay. It's easier for businesses to justify installing chargers if they know that it's a one-time purchase with no ongoing subscriptions, fees, or management hassles.
Off topic: how much would it cost to run a charger continuously?
Depends where you are and how much electricity costs there. Could also depend on time-of-day if electricity metering in that area has time-of-use rates. The biggest level 2 chargers put out 19kw, where I live it would cost about $60 per day to run one of those chargers at absolute maximum. Realistically speaking it would be hard to run one full-time though, since the average EV has ~80kw of battery and would be full after 4-ish hours.