Tsingtao
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https://insideevs.com/features/645302/free-electric-vehicle-charging-sucks/
I like some of Mr. M's videos -- especially the one in which he provides excellent instructions for charging my Taycan! But this paid-opinion-piece is too much to bear. Personally, I find Porsche's free DC fast charging a nice perk of ownership. But contrary to Mr. M's supposition, it had absolutely nothing to do with my decision to buy an EV. And I suspect that fewer than 1% of EV owners would actually forego the convenience of charging their vehicles at home in order to save a few pennies at a free DC "fast" charger. (Unless you work the drive-thru at McDonald's, your time is probably worth a whole lot more than a few free kilowatts.) If Mr. M. really wanted to help ease congestion at DC fast chargers, he and his ilk could stop charging Ford F150 Lightnings with 131 KwH batteries at public charging stations. You could charge three Taycans to 80% in about the same amount of time it takes Tom to charge his F150 pick-up to 90%.
I like some of Mr. M's videos -- especially the one in which he provides excellent instructions for charging my Taycan! But this paid-opinion-piece is too much to bear. Personally, I find Porsche's free DC fast charging a nice perk of ownership. But contrary to Mr. M's supposition, it had absolutely nothing to do with my decision to buy an EV. And I suspect that fewer than 1% of EV owners would actually forego the convenience of charging their vehicles at home in order to save a few pennies at a free DC "fast" charger. (Unless you work the drive-thru at McDonald's, your time is probably worth a whole lot more than a few free kilowatts.) If Mr. M. really wanted to help ease congestion at DC fast chargers, he and his ilk could stop charging Ford F150 Lightnings with 131 KwH batteries at public charging stations. You could charge three Taycans to 80% in about the same amount of time it takes Tom to charge his F150 pick-up to 90%.
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