Konan the Explorer
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I used two Petro Canada charges this weekend while on the road , one I had to pay the .27/min and one was still free. I would prefer to pay by kwh as that makes the most sense for me. I believe that you cannot sell electricity in BC unless you're BC Hydro?
I can understand Petro Canada's view on time based pricing however when the car next to us was a Leaf and while we were charging up to 80% at 42-46 KW they were charging at only 7 Kw. The chargers are installed to make money for the company and we have picked up from 50-80% in the time a Leaf barely gained and because of their range they have to stay until 100%.
For reference it took us 49 minutes to gain 31.7 Kwh, if it was a pay station that would have been $13.23 or 41.7 cents per Kwh. In our case we would have been better of to charge at .35 Kwh rate at a BC Hydro charger. For a Kona the prices are pretty close , but for a Leaf or other slow charger car Petro Canada is going to be costly!
I can understand Petro Canada's view on time based pricing however when the car next to us was a Leaf and while we were charging up to 80% at 42-46 KW they were charging at only 7 Kw. The chargers are installed to make money for the company and we have picked up from 50-80% in the time a Leaf barely gained and because of their range they have to stay until 100%.
For reference it took us 49 minutes to gain 31.7 Kwh, if it was a pay station that would have been $13.23 or 41.7 cents per Kwh. In our case we would have been better of to charge at .35 Kwh rate at a BC Hydro charger. For a Kona the prices are pretty close , but for a Leaf or other slow charger car Petro Canada is going to be costly!