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The Tesla supercharger in Hyannis (150kW) is $0.57/kWh during the day. (Cheaper off hours and for Tesla owners.) The one in Orleans doesn't show up on my Tesla app because that that location doesn't support non-Tesla vehicles.
Similarly, the 350kW Electrify America location in Hyannis is $0.56/kWh.
James J Dempsey <jjd+chatmroom@jjd.com>
W.Chatham+Boxborough, MA USA - Mon 10/13/2025 - 11:53:13
... no where near the $0.32Kwhr, sorry
Alan
USA - Mon 10/13/2025 - 10:57:29
Jim
Your overview is very well done.
For any sort of comparison purposes and as a matter of info., there are some TESLA super chargers in central NJ providing a cost of $0.32/Kwhr, bur on average $0.38-$0.42/Kwhr. So as a rough cut cost, you can run into a TESLA super charger at 15% and charge to 80% in less than 30 minutes and pay about $18.00 at the higher cost levels. If you use flo and compare it to the $0.32 you pay double.
The TESLA super chargers, to my knowledge, are at Orleans and Hyannis and I bet they are no where near the $0.3w/Kwhr., but that again is somewhat to be expected, you are in tourist country. Never-the-less, if you are paying double, in my mind, you are getting ripped off.
Alan
USA - Mon 10/13/2025 - 10:55:46
I'd like to clarify some of the EV information posted here.
Many if not most EV charging networks require you to sign up before charging. This is certainly not unusual. Even Tesla requires you to sign up and use their app if you aren't driving a Tesla. I agree that they should allow you to drive up and pay with a credit card without signing up.
A technology called "plug-n-charge" is being supported by more cars and networks that just allow you to pull up and plug in and charging starts. Tesla has always had this at their superchargers for Tesla vehicles.
The Eldredge lot has four so-called "level 3" DC-fast chargers and (I think) two "level 2" AC chargers. These AC chargers there can supply 19kW and the DC chargers can supply 50kW.
At 19kW, most EVs can charge from 10%-80% in about 3 hours.
At 50kW, most EVs can charge from 10%-80% in a little over an hour.
Some DC chargers are much faster -- the Electrify America chargers at the Cape Cod Mall are up to 350kW which allow some cars to charge from 10%-80% in around 18 minutes.
I don't have any experience with chargers from Flo -- the company that runs the Eldredge chargers. They do charge a lot - $0.65/kWH, but that's not out of range for fast chargers in the New England. I have no reason to believe they were a bad choice. Perhaps the price is that high because of the amount that is paid to the Town.
It does seem problematic to me for rental car companies to rent EVs to non-EV owners who may not know the practices and intricacies of EV charging. I would hope they would give renters a couple pages of info to aid them in figuring out how to charge.
James J Dempsey
W.Chatham+Boxborough, MA USA - Mon 10/13/2025 - 09:02:45
Bill P
it was either take am EV or walk. Hertz had no gas cars. not even out of Logan
Alan
USA - Sun 10/12/2025 - 18:47:48