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That is going to be an expensive habit in the future once time-variable pricing is the standard, which I think is inevitable. Charging your car at 6PM is going to be super expensive compared to 3 AM or 1 PM.

Also note you'll still have fast-chargers, you don't always need to charge immediately at full capacity at home, just as you wouldn't always top up on gas after every drive.




Just a note for any UK readers that this is coming in sooner than you think. There are already proposals on the Ofgem[1] site to force mandatory half-hourly meter reads that mean energy companies can offer pricing that more closely matches demand.

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/policy...

don't want to be part of that? run your house off your EV and charge it back up at night. my house takes about 6KWh a day, so I could run it for almost a week from my car even if I didn't charge it.




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