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@stibbons Yeah, I wonder. I think a lot of the Evies around here were installed under various govt grants where they are required to dispense subsidised electricity for so many years. So currently a bunch of them are cheaper than the market rate.
I wonder if that's all about to expire...
@decryption @stibbons Yeah, interesting! Our local Evies are similar, all smaller chargers (50kW and under) installed under some different grants (Victoria's "Charging the Regions"). Still dispensing at about 55c/kWh - which is indeed too cheap to be profitable from what I understand
@projectgus @stibbons those charging the regions sites would have cost about $150k-$200k a pop, if they're making ~18c/kwh margin (55c minus the cost of electricity, GST and card fees per session), they need to sell almost 1,000,000kwh just to break even on the capex, let alone the maintenance costs, insurances and possibly rent in some areas.
If the average session is approx 30kWh, that's around 32,500 charging sessions. Or 17 a day, every day, for 5 years.
@decryption @stibbons Sounds about right. Tough business!
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@projectgus @stibbons as someone that spent far too much effort applying for those grants (and failed) yes - Ampol got a govt subsidised bargain and will probably ratchet up pricing in the 70c-80c/kwh range so they're actually profitable, anything less than that for a DC charger is probably making less money than cash in a term deposit