Instead of drawing DC power directly, Jule powers its EV fast chargers with batteries that use an affordable grid connection to charge.
A few years ago, when I first got an EV, I figured out pretty quickly how important infrastructure was. I had a first-generation Nissan LEAF, and there were basically no local chargers.
But, the more I looked into it, the more I realized that this wasn’t nearly as easy as I thought it would be. Even if I managed to get that part funded, the old Billy Mays Problem cropped up. Except instead of getting an extra tub of Oxi Clean, I found out that after you get a Level 3 fast charger, they charge you a whopping fee every month for your peak power use, based on the highest 15 minutes of power you used. In the case of a lowly 50 kW charger, that meant over $600 per month. Because it’s per kilowatt, a station with multiple 100+ kW stalls would cost $2400 per month, minimum.
When you consider demand charges , the cost savings are even more drastic. In one sample scenario the company provided, the cost was reduced to only $1,240 per month. For larger stations, the savings are even better.
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