mogur said:
Is anyone in Texas really that gullible?
tzzhc4 said:
EVGO is building a closed charging network in Texas. You can only use it if you sign a 3 year contract for no less then 79 dollars a month (yearly of $2844.00).
I don't know, I guess I might be. I'm really considering it. I'm also stupid enough to want to make my Leaf my families only car. (We can get away with this since both my wife and I have jobs in close proximity to DART). If we are going to dump gas completely we are going to need Fast Charging some times. If a more distributed Free or Pay-per-use options come online in the next few years, then we might consider canceling after the contract is up. But, until then, it's really not that bad of a deal given we are all early adopters. (There is always an early adopter premium. Remember when the Kindle was $400?!)
BTW:
The lowest rate for EVgo is $49. At that price, $49/month*12 months/year * 3 years is just $1764. That's about the same as if you got the base price for the Aerovironment Home Charger from Nissan and financed it along with your Leaf. (Since my garage is so far from my circuit box, my home assessment was more like $2600, before financing it, through I know there are cheaper chargers than AV.)
To that extent, even the $90 plan isn't that bad:
($2000 for home charger installation) + (24 kWh/100 miles)*(12000 miles/year)*($0.11/kWh)*3years
= $2950
vs.
($90/month)*(3 years) + free fast charging when you need it + electrons from your home charger= $3240
So, I said before, if you financed the charger with your Leaf you will probably end up paying more for it than if you went with EVgo. And you don't get to use their network today and are left hoping someone else puts together a ppu or free charger for you some time in the future.
...or maybe, as you said, I'm just gullible. If so, please correct me. I check in this message board every few days.