“Can’t discharge student loans by bankruptcy”
The price of electricity is a political commodity. For example, the bigger the company the higher the electric rate. (Because companies are all rich, evil and suck the blood out of the workers...don’tchaknow?) Electricity for taxpayers is subsidized. Presumably, when lots of people are driving electric cars, the price will be subsidized. The reason it is high now is because the government wants individuals and companies to build charging stations. Therefore, those stations are allowed to charge whatever they want. But once there are enough charging stations the government will step in and regulate how much can be charged. (Which will kill the growth of charging stations.)
And to make up for the loss in gasoline tax revenues, states will increase the licensing fees on all EV's.....
And I live in kentucky. I’ve said for a decade that all the electrics here should have a bumper sticker on them that says, powered by coal.
All those free charging stations have now been converted to credit card tap charging stations... As they drain your Card, they fill your EV. I remember when Fayetteville, NC put two of them at different wildlife areas - I knew then the city was being slick about deploying these Chargers they got from the USG. Of course, I only a car parked in the EV slots once or twice... they were there because the lot already filled up.