When you charge your plug-in hybrid at one of those stations…
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Anonymous
| There are plug-in charging stations at my work garage. How much does it cost to charge a plug-in for 8 or 9 hours? |
Anonymous
| And do you move it once it's fully charged? Seems like a wasted charging spot to top off then hog for the remainder of a work day. |
Anonymous
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Most chargers will charge or actually ramp up the per-hour (or portion of a hour) price if a car is plugged in but battery is fully charged. This is to get you to move so others can use it.
Plus, depending on where the charger is, many garages will have a ticket or tow policy for remaining parked at a charger that isn’t actively charging. They have a red/green light on them so garage employees can tell if a car is actually charging or not. Enforcement depends on if it’s monitored and how much demand there is for the chargers. For example, my office garage has five EV spaces that go empty most of the day, and the security guards that manage it could care less if an EV is parked all day. I just go back down when the app alerts me the battery is full so I’m not getting the surcharge. But another example is I was sitting in my car in a charging spot (waiting for it to finish) at a Whole Foods and watched a garage employee use a key to disconnect a Tesla then direct a tow truck to pull it out of the spot. No way of knowing if how long the Tesla had been there, but it did put a fear in me not to occupy spots in places I’m not 100% certain it will be reported/enforced. |
Anonymous
| *won’t be reported/enforced |
Anonymous
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Sorry forgot your original question - cost will vary widely based on charging company, speed of charger (level), any subsidies, and your battery size and starting level. My work garage is free for two hours then $0.40 per kwh. Less than $5 for my electric Mini Cooper battery to go from 10 miles to 90 miles range.
Tesla superchargers that are really fast have run about $15-50 when we’ve taken our Tesla on road trips. We usually use the car app to find the fastest chargers which cost more - we have the long range which goes up to over 300 miles. It’s best to NOT always fully charge to 100% of battery capacity. Most cars will automatically limit charges to stay under that and stop charging. Teslas can be manually set to charge to full capacity (only a good idea if you’re doing a very long drive and aren’t sure of ability to charge for a long distance). More info than you probably expected but hopefully that helps. |
Anonymous
Why? If it's a PHEV, it has a gas tank, no? Use that to go home and charge in your garage! |
Anonymous
Because car dealers give people $X in charging credits nd OP wants to use it. |
Anonymous
| Civilized workplaces have each charger serve multiple cars. Uncivilized places and short term parking locations like shops have time limits and fees to force you to move your car. |
Anonymous
| It's free at my office and there is no time limit, but they are barely used. |
Anonymous
The optimization of a PHEV is to get as many miles as practicable on the battery alone. It’s likely that she used the 30 or 40 mile all-electric range on the drive TO work. So while she COULD go home on gas/hybrid and recharge there, to maximize efficient, she would recharge the battery plugged in at work. Arguably, the pure BEVs with 300-mile ranges would be better candidates to NOT charge at work, as they probably don’t have 300-mile round trip commutes. The net optimization lies in the PHEVs plugging in more frequently. —engineer who only drives regular hybrids rn, no 🐕 in this fight |
Anonymous
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It that case OP should have bought an EV. OP ask your garage or work what the policy is. A charging station will quickly refill your small battery to 80%. The next 20% can take longer.
Also remember charging station are like gas stations. Check the price before you plug in. The ones that are not busy usually charge a lot more. DC at home charging is usually around $0.17 per kilowatt-hour. Public ones can be up to $0.50 per kilowatt hour. So 75 kilowatts battery will be $12.75 at home or $37 at a price EV charger. Usually the apps will tell price. The busier the public chargers the better the price. |
Anonymous
| I’ve had a PHEV for 8 years. Most chargers are .17 per kilowatt hour. I refuse to use any that charge more. 2 hours will get my car to 90%. |