Mr. Zhou is going to buy a car in the near future. Considering the cost of car use, he intends to replace the old fuel car with a new energy car, so he calculated an account. Mr. Zhou said that the prices of charging stations in Wuhan are high and low, ranging from less than 1 yuan to nearly 2 yuan dollars. The charging price of most charging stations is between 1- 1.6 yuan per kWh. Compared with charging and refueling, the charging cost is saved by at least two thirds. However, he found that when charging new energy vehicles at some public charging stations, parking fees should be paid in addition to charging fees. "In some places, parking is free for 2 hours. In some places, parking fees are not paid at all. In some places, parking fees are as normal as fuel vehicles."
How much is the parking fee? Public charging stations are divided into special charging stations for new energy automobile enterprises and third-party brand charging stations. First, I visited some special charging stations of new energy automobile companies. Some brands are free of parking fees for a limited time, and some brands pay parking fees according to the facts. Jianghan District Oceanwide Life Plaza has Weilai Public Charging Station and Tucki Charging Station. Both charging stations are free to park for 2 hours, and the parking fee will be paid for more than 2 hours. After consulting the owner, I learned that the charging stations in Tucki and Weilai are fast charging, which is more than enough to complete the charging within 2 hours of free parking, and there is still a lot of spare time.
Free for a limited time is enough: public charging stations of third-party brands are also partially free and partially paid according to the facts. There are two kinds of charging berths for Wuhan Huantou's "Where to Charge", one is a special charging berth for roadside new energy vehicles, and the other is a charging berth for public places such as business districts. Parking fees for special charging berths for roadside new energy vehicles are free, but charging berths in public places such as business districts are not discounted and need to be paid according to the facts. For third-party charging brands such as "special call", "star charging" and "State Grid e-charging", some of their public charging stations are free to park for a limited time, and the free time is mostly 2 hours, while others are charged according to their parking fees. I learned from many insiders that most of the public charging stations in Wuhan are fast charging stations, and the free time is coming, so it is enough to charge or even fully charge. However, due to the long charging time, some new energy vehicles take eight or nine hours to charge slowly, and the turnover rate of charging piles is low. Compared with fast charging piles, there are far fewer vehicles that can serve at the same time, and the profit of charging enterprises is not high. Therefore, most public charging stations do not support slow charging, and a few public charging stations that support slow charging rarely meet the parking fee concessions for long-term slow charging for more than two hours.