[ElFroCampeador]

EVGo is highway robbery. More broadly, they all need to find a way to get the prices competitive with and preferably better than typical equivalent cost for gas. A lot of this might rest on lobbying state legislatures to do something about electric utilities run amok in general (Eversource in Connecticut recently raised rates by 50%!) and specifically with regards to demand charges. They'll also need to start installing buffer batteries to try to reduce draw during high rate periods.

 

[ElFroCampeador]

Simply put, we will have to rethink how we pay for roads.

It's really not a complex problem at all. Flat rate fees are (dramatically) regressive. Thus we should have either some form of usage assessment or motor vehicle tax. Either can and should be assessed at a rate pegged to income (so as to not penalize the middle class from commuting to work). The exact values and formulation would have to be studied, but the basic principle isn't complex.

Re EVGo, the max plan is $12.99/mo, in my region the peak rate is $0.38/kwh. Assuming ~3mi/kwh which is a better comparison for the average in newer generation of EVs that makes $0.126/mile + ($12.99/monthly distance traveled) = (for me at around 500 miles per month = around $0.152/kwh. My old car (not a super great comparison) was a Mazda3 averaging around 34-35 mi/gallon. Let's say 34. The average gas price around here right now is ~$3.30 = 0.097/mi. Granted, most EV owners are probably coming from larger, less efficient vehicles, so the math works out somewhat better, but at least for me the math only actually works out to my advantage in local driving in warm weather. This is to say nothing of drivers depending on DCFC probably not having a whole lot of latitude as to when they go charge.