[pnh102]

People who own electric vehicles should be charged a huge premium on their electric bills to not only cover the road tax they are not paying but to also pay for the upgrades to the grid needed to charge these glorified Power Wheels.

It is not right that those of us who are already subsidizing the purchases of these things are also being forced to pay more for electricity to help charge them as well.

[dhs12345]

That will happen. The power companies and the local governments are looking for excuses to jack up the rates.

[Sparky1776]

I went to a trade show about three months ago on this - they (the utilities) want to install smart panels, outlets which they will control (if you sign up for the program) remotely at peak usage periods & those customers will get huge rate cuts while those that don’t sign up will see huge increases.

Part of the deal is to charge cars at night - no matter what time you plug ‘em in.