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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
For those who own an ev can you tell me more about how you charge it? At public stations? What does it cost? Or at home? And do you guys know how much roughly it costs in electricity? Do we have peak vs none peak hours? I will be having roughly a 80 km round trip commute for work and I'm seeing if it's worth the cost to go ev to get the hov sticker. Or get a sub compact vs hybrid vs diesel.
Thanks!
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We don't have peak vs non-peak hour rates with BC Hydro, but we do have a 2-tier pricing structure where you're charged the Step 1 rate for electricity up to a certain threshold in each billing period, and a higher Step 2 rate for all electricity use beyond that threshold.
For charging at home, you'll need to look into a bunch of additional things as well -- like how much current your home is drawing from the city, how big a current does your fuse panel support, the costs of installing a 220V line and outlet. etc. And if you use electric baseboard heating at home, that would dramatically affect your costs in the winter as well since you will almost certainly be going on the Step 2 price structure.