Charging electric cars is likely to become more expensive for many people as electricity costs rise. Not only at home, but possibly also at the public charging station or the fast charger at Fastned.
Cars with a combustion engine are currently expensive because of the record high fuel prices, but EV drivers will also pay more. To start with, fast-charging company Fastned says it has not yet made a decision on a possible price increase, but that it ‘is logical that the rising electricity costs will be passed on in the price of charging electric cars’. Fastned, which has more than 65,000 customers, has kept the price of electricity from the charging stations at 59 euro cents per kilowatt hour for more than four years. According to the spokesperson, “however, it is currently looking at possible price adjustments, but no choices have yet been made.”
It is more complicated for public charging stations. A spokesperson for energy supplier Vattenfall explains that the agreed prices for electricity differ per region. Provinces and municipalities hold tenders, whereby the rates are agreed. In some regions, those rates are based in part on the purchase price of electricity, but in some other regions, this is not the case. At the moment, for example, Vattenfall is charging a higher amount per kilowatt hour in Amsterdam than in North Brabant.
Whether charging electric cars at home becomes more expensive depends on the agreement that someone has with the energy supplier. When the price increases with a variable contract, charging the electric car will of course also become more expensive.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl