I have a lot of respect for ABC News (Australia) reporter Jason Om. But this piece comparing cost and time for EV ownership was a pretty poor attempt at “actual” comparison.
The “cost” comparison was really just some lady interviewed at a charging location on the Hume, saying it cost me about $20. And a mention later of his own charging cost on a roadtrip.
The time to charge comparison was based entirely on his own peak usage, first-time experience. He factored in 10 minutes to download an app, which is a once off task only. He also charged to 100%, and says that took an hour, without breaking down the time it would have taken to charge to just 80% or 90% - which, for road trips, is recommended to avoid hogging chargers and wasting your own time.
The EV journalist he interviewed on the road trip made the point that most charging is done at home. But nowhere in his conclusion did that rate a mention.
Words in his article like “pushed the EV to its limit” … by driving just 130kms? lol. He was in a recent model Polestar, not a 2011 Nissan Leaf. The range of the Polestar, at that state of charge, was far greater than 130km.
Charging on his roadtrip cost him $35 for 54% of the battery? What kWh rate was that?? It sounds enormously expensive to me. My last fast charge from 17% to 100% (that’s 83% of my Tesla Model 3 battery) cost $32. So either his Polestar battery is super long range, or he paid a high premium at the charger.
Why oh why do “main stream media” reporters do such an average job of objective comparison when it comes to the take-up of EV’s?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/electric-vehicles-money-versus-time-charging-network
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