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Many car buyers still choose a combustion engine. They are comparatively a little cheaper to get a tank filling. In addition: Most do not have a wall box and miss charging stations near them. Therefore, the requirement is always loud, felt to be installed on any street lamp or at any supermarket place charging stations. But that may not have to be: a study by the energy supplier Palatinate in cooperation with the Lade start-up Elvah Come to a different result.
Study: Cheap loading prices are worth further ways
Elvah and the Palatures put the test on the test: On Saturday, December 7, 2024, the loading prices were lowered at 30 Palatinate stations. One kilowatt hour was there for a ridiculous 7 cents! For comparison: Usually e-drivers pay between 40 and 80 cents. The energy supplier wanted to find out whether drivers accept further ways to the next charging stations in order to “refuel” electricity at favor.
On December 7, 2024, the Palatinate lowered the charging price to 7 cents/kilowatt hours. Result: The use of the charging stations increased by leaps and bounds.
Photo: Palatinate
283 percent more loading processes
The result speaks for itself: The number of loading processes at the participating stations rose by impressive 283 percent compared to an ordinary Saturday, which tripled the charged capacity. At the same time, the local market share of the Palatinals climbed from less than 10 to 21 percent on this day.
Customers attract cheap and dynamic prices
For Elvah and the Palatinate, it is therefore clear: we do not need charging stations on every street corner; Instead, charging parks that are a few kilometers away are likely to attract customers – if the price is right. In addition, the Palatures believe that e-drivers are also attracted by flexible charging prices: the price drops, and the use of charging stations also increases.
Source: German