VANCOUVER – Nanaimo resident Rick Butzelaar bought an electric vehicle less than two months ago and the savings so far have been significant, but he doesn’t have a home charger and a recen...
If you’re wondering why time based charging is so prevalent here measurement Canada has only just recently allowed usage based charging on some currently deployed charging stations. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buying-and-selling-measured-goods/electric-vehicle-charging-stations
The (possibly oversimplified) gist is that the providers that want to provide usage based fees would have to pretty much certify their equipment on the same level as utilities providers which is expensive to do. The workaround is to charge time based fees. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
If you’re wondering why time based charging is so prevalent here measurement Canada has only just recently allowed usage based charging on some currently deployed charging stations. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/measurement-canada/en/buying-and-selling-measured-goods/electric-vehicle-charging-stations
The (possibly oversimplified) gist is that the providers that want to provide usage based fees would have to pretty much certify their equipment on the same level as utilities providers which is expensive to do. The workaround is to charge time based fees. ¯_(ツ)_/¯