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[ElwoodBlues1]

It's interesting [member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member] I've mates in the UK who are furious about the changes there as well.

They invested heavily in EVs as company vehicles on the basis they would be recharging at no cost for life using the M25 supercharge stops, but then the definitions of "for life" and "recharging" seems to have changed.

Now they only can get access to low power slow recharging for free, which means sitting in a freeway hub for 2hrs while your Tesla recharges at a snails pace. If you want to use the superchargers and be gone in 15mins they have to now pay for something they previously got for free! As company vehicles it's obviously untenable to slow charge, and in the meantime all the holiday makers and pensioners fill up the free spots so they have no choice but to pay!

Its like Drug dealers LP...the first hit is free and then you got to pay once they have you hooked. EV's wont be a free hit charging wise everywhere like everyone thinks. I'll give you another tip too...the Vic State Govt want to have every home fully electric to meet net zero emission targets and not just ban new homes from having a gas connection but they dont want to foot the bill. There is talk of a possible $2k-$5k charge to households to make it happen down the line...