There are a lot of free charging stations for electric vehicles - this might change at least in England. From the London Daily Mail:
End to free charging for electric car users as surge in popularity of environmentally friendly vehicles leads to service stations being unable to cope
Electric car users now have to pay to charge up on the motorway after the vehicles have surged in popularity.
Almost 50,000 electric or hybrid cars have been sold in Britain this year and one in every 30 cars sold is powered by electricity.
The rising demand has led green power company Ecotricity, which runs the charging network Electric Highway, to introduce fees for using charge points.
The cost and the dirty little secret:
Electric car users will be charged £6 for 30 minutes of electricity at any of the company's 300 power points, reports The Times.
The fee has angered owners of hybrid vehicles who say it will cost them £1 to travel only five miles on their batteries.
£1 is about $1.30USD and with today's gas prices around $2.50/gallon corresponds to about 9.6 miles per gallon when based on cost. This is lousy. My big Ford F-350 gets way better than that even though I am a confirmed lead-foot. Adding to the indignity is that it can take up to an hour to fully recharge a low battery - a full tank of gasoline can be pumped in less than five minutes.
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