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Originally Posted by Aleks
Which is fine yes, I indicated that. But electricity is different, you don't buy it and store it in finite amounts. So, how would the fluctuations work, and how quickly would the operator of the charging station be aware of his at meter pricing changes? Would there be a flat rate consumption fee negotiated and would it be competitive? Would there be a surge pricing model adopted? I still haven't really heard an answer on how anyone would deal with the increased demand, again with many power hungry regions already having to endure rolling brownouts, charging EVs at high rates isn't exactly plugging in a bunch of cell phones
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These things will get figured out and charged to the customer. Right now an oil company engages in natural gas, power, diluent, and pipeline contracts to sell to produce steam to inject into the ground to produce oil to sell to a third party who buys multiple different blends of oil from various places around the world and adds hydrogen and all sorts of other processes to create gasoline which is then shipped via pipeline and truck and sold to stations on a bulk basis weekly or monthly while prices fluctuate daily. And yet everyone in the supply chain makes a profit.
If highway tanks are $40 or $20 per 400km it won’t really matter provided amp hours for highway miles aren’t more costly than current gasoline it won’t factor into people’s purchase decisions given most charging will be done at home or work.