Every year, our fleet is replenished with newer models of electric vehicles, which in turn have sufficient battery capacity to avoid the need for daily recharging, as was the case with the variants of the early years of production. That is, the renewal of the electric vehicle fleet leads to the fact that the factor of "tying" to a home (or garage) outlet, which was extremely necessary for models with a battery capacity of about 20 kWh, which was enough for a day or two of travel, is less and less felt.
This factor has been holding back the development of the electric vehicle segment — the number of potential buyers with access to a connection point is limited. Instead, the network of public “chargers” capable of charging electric vehicles relatively quickly with direct current is expanding, which provides new opportunities for the battery-powered car segment.
Where did this information come from? Analysts from the Institute for Automotive Market Research studied a set of models in the Ukrainian electric vehicle fleet and determined that about 40% of its residents have batteries with a capacity of over 50 kWh, so they can be safely classified as "long-range", or at least those suitable for interregional trips.
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Of course, here potential buyers are faced with a confrontation between two factors: charge the car at a household rate, which provides maximum savings (for which a home outlet is required), or switch to an electric car not only because of its economy, but also because of another, new quality of drive: the absence of noise and vibrations, dynamic acceleration, instant response to the accelerator pedal, stepless acceleration without the participation of the gearbox and clutch, and sometimes also a good set of driver assistance systems and a wide list of optional equipment.
At the same time, even if you charge such a car exclusively at EV charging stations (electric charging stations), the savings factor does not disappear: with an average consumption of 20 kWh per 100 km of run, such a distance will cost a maximum of 360 UAH (10 UAH more compared to December last year) . The least expensive option for a not very large passenger car equipped with gas cylinder equipment will cost (at 12 l/100 km of propane-butane mixture) 440 UAH. And this is still a rather optimistic value, usually in practice cars with LPG require more fuel.
So, why charge at publicly accessible chargers? Specialists of the Institute of Automotive Market Research collected information from mobile applications of leading network EV charging stations in Ukraine and selected the most frequently repeated price values. Depending on the location, lower or higher tariffs may occur — this should be clarified in the relevant EV charging station operatorsʼ applications. Also, some stations have a "standby" tariff — when the car is connected, but charging is not taking place, but we will not take this moment into account. Letʼs note that this information is provided for reference purposes — this is not a rating of EV charging stations, but only a guideline for those who have or plan to purchase an electric car.
Compared to the previous month, the price per kilowatt-hour has mostly increased, from 50 kopecks to 2 hryvnias for some providers of this service. However, there are also price reductions — one operator dropped the same 2 hryvnias for "slow" charging, and another one deducted a hryvnia from the previous tariff for AC connection.
The average price of a kilowatt-hour received through the AC port is now (rounded) 14 UAH (unchanged), through the DC port — 17 UAH (+0.3 UAH).
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