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Old 09-30-2022, 08:35 AM
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Just read this earlier this morning:

"Tesla charging costs equal fueling of gas vehicles in California as it raises Supercharger prices and limits off-peak hours"

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Tesla-....658607.0.html

What's this all about?

"tesla has both raised Supercharger pricing and narrowed off-peak hour windows in California. Citing energy costs in the Sunshine State, Tesla increased Supercharger pricing to $0.65 per kWh at 'select' locations, hitting parity with a gas car consumption at US$6 a gallon."

When you artificially make fossil fuels more expensive, you increase demand for other fuels. As a result, demand increases for those alternative fuels and those prices increase.

Doing this in California where the electric grid is currently not able to consistently meet the demand for power is just adding insult to injury.

Their are very good applications for electric vehicles. But the decision to ban ICE sales totally by 2035 and forcing the purchase of EV's for all applications is not the solution to any problem.

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