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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
As far as I can tell around half of EV owners charge with 120v power and they need to charge at least 12 hours a day. So they don't have a choice.
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That is a choice that some people that drive low miles make. Also people that lease an EV and aren't quite willing to commit to spending $600 for a Level 2 charger. Expect Level 2 chargers to become more popular as EVs become more popular. Level 1 makes for a pretty poor EV ownership experience unless someone drive VERY low miles per day.
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Maybe because they don't get a discount for off peak charging? To get different rates here in Reno, I have to adhere to rules that aren't optimum to get after midnight rates of 10¢ kwh which is only down 3¢.
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This thread is talking about widespread EV adoption. As EVs become more popular you can expect time of use pricing to become mandatory. My parent's utility just moved everyone to time of use with a 50% increase from 2 pm to 7 pm.