Charging tariffs for electric cars in comparison: Lanternparker

User type lantern parker

Private charging is not possible for this type of user – they charge 100% public. We are assuming a small electric car with the key data mentioned below. It charges more often on AC columns, for example during the day or in the evening (30 sessions of 3 hours each, 2 sessions of 5 hours each). There are also targeted visits to HPC columns (14 x 20 minutes, 10 x 3 hours).

The “Public Charging Study” by the market research company UScale cited below states that 16 percent of electric car drivers cannot charge either at home or at work and therefore completely on public charging are dependent.

In the future, this need is likely to increase significantly. It can be assumed that this type of user has previously shied away from purchasing an electric car. In addition to the time expenditure and loss of convenience, 100 percent public charging also costs quite a lot of money: after all, standard private household electricity tariffs with prices of 30 to 35 cents/kWh are significantly lower than the usual kWh costs at public charging stations. It is all the more important for street lamp parkers to use at least one charging tariff that is as cheap as possible – or even several, and then if possible without basic fees.

EWE Go

Our model calculations show EWE Go (as in the other two driver categories) as cheapest provider out of. The Oldenburgers benefit from the fact that they offer a very clearly structured tariff, which also provides a single and comparatively low price of 62 cents for roaming.

In addition waived EWE Go on Blocking feeswhich are understandable from a CPO perspective, but which penalize expensively long periods of “standing still” after the charging process has been completed. Overall, EWE Go’s offering is clearly at the top of the results tables of our three profiles.

Aral pulse

The offer of fast charging at often inner-city gas station locations is attractive. However, when used on columns from other providers, the Aral charging card and tariff perform relatively poorly. That doesn’t mean that this offer isn’t recommended – if you have an Aralpulse charging card with you, you should only use it on the provider’s own columns and therefore not charge at third-party CPOs.

ADAC eCharge

For many years, the automobile club offered its members a charging card that provided a discounted rate in the EnBW charging network. This cooperation ended in August. As a successor, the ADAC is presenting a charging tariff with discounted conditions at the Aral pulse fast charging stations. Using the card there makes a lot of sense. However, with other CPOs it has similar disadvantages to Aral’s own offer.

Charge Now

The tariff “Urban“ of this EMP actually suggests that it is particularly useful for charging urban environment is optimized. That’s true in the sense that it is not recommended for higher driving performance – but even for our lantern parker profile it only achieves a satisfactory grade.

Waterfall

Also the offer “Incharge” from the Swedish energy company focuses on urban charging. In our model calculation, however, it only achieves a grade of sufficient.