It’s getting really expensive at the charging station now

The environmental bonus will soon drop, which is unlikely to please potential e-car buyers. You lose part of the price advantage. While it was primarily the running costs that made e-cars attractively priced up to now, things are no longer looking rosy there either. The high electricity prices are now being felt at the charging station.

Allego raises charging prices: It’s getting uncomfortable at the charging station

Drivers have already paid prices at the pump this year that previously seemed unimaginable. Electric car owners had it better for a long time. Even now, lower prices are paid per kilowatt hour (kWh) than for a liter of diesel or petrol. But the high electricity costs also have an impact on e-car drivers.

The most recent example is the announced one Price increase of the well-known charging provider Allego. In Germany, the prices per kWh are rising to uncomfortable heights:

• The standard rate for AC charging (AC) with up to 22 kW increases from 47 60 cents per kWh.
• At the DC charging (direct current) with up to 50kW the price jump is a little smaller: Instead of 70 cents as before 75 cents per kWh at the charging station.
• DC fast charging is and remains the most expensive offer: the price per kWh increases from 75 85 cents.

The new prices apply from October 7th for payments by credit or debit card (Source: allegory). According to Allego, charging card prices may vary. A comparison with the previous year shows that the prices at the charging station are increasing significantly:

EnBW and Allego expect electricity prices to fall – but that will take time

Several providers confirm this: “The margins are under pressure”says Ulf Schulte, Allego Managing Director for the DACH region (source: Edison). The reason for this is primarily the rising electricity prices in purchasing, which are now being passed on to customers in the form of price increases.

High electricity prices shake the cost advantage of e-cars:

EnBW, one of the largest German charging providers and operator of the necessary charging infrastructure, is also concerned about the “critical” price development, according to Timo Sillober, Chief Sales & Operations Officer at the energy supplier from Baden-Württemberg.

Both managers expect that the Electricity prices will at least fall again in the long term. For the moment, however, operators and their customers will have to pay more. However, how much is different: Lidl may have ended free charging, but the prices are far from reaching the level of Allego.