Electric TT

Reisender wrote:


Who knows. All above my pay grade as I haven’t looked into any of the EV trucks.

There are thousands of EV RVers out there though and we have talked to many. Generally speaking I would say that most are happy to pay a charging surcharge at a campground as long as it has value for convenience. It really hasn’t come up for us yet. We have only hit one campground where they had a 10 dollar charging surcharge and only if we rented a 50 amp site. That night we were around half on the battery so it didn’t make sense. The owner was fine with us charging on a 30 amp site for 10 or 12 hours overnight. Under the right conditions we would certainly pay a surcharge.

I wouldn't want to pay a "surcharge" to camp, I suspect very few of those you have talked to fully understand what is and will happen.

Unless the campgrounds install a metered charger at each and every campsite what WILL happen is the campgrounds will simply tack on an additional increase to the cost of the campsite FOR EVERYONE.

EVERYONE will have to "share" the cost for the abusers and that is not fair or right to those who do not abuse the system. Campgrounds at one time used to charge lower rates for those who didn't have or use A/C.. People could (and most likely did) lie and tell campground that they will not use their A/C.. Campgrounds smartened up and raised the rates for ALL campers (including tent only) and no longer offer lower rates for those who will not use A/C.

Some campgrounds I have been at recently cost have exceeded $100 per night. I would not wish to see that bump up any more just to support the EV free loaders. Because of the increased costs I am changing plans next yr to camp out of season to get some reprieve from the cost.. The one campground when I first started camping was $30 per night total in the early 2000's, this yr $100 plus state and local taxes..

Many campers are not made of money, they are real families trying to take their families out on an adventure, tacking on additional nuisance fees to cover free loading EV campers should not be a part of the cost to those folks but it will be eventually.

You act like electricity is free, it isn't, it has a cost associated with it and that cost to produce, distribute and maintain goes up dramatically when you abuse it.

Campgrounds absorb the cost of electric for all sites, that cost is then averaged by the quantity of the sites. The result of that is figured into your campsite cost. As cost goes up to the campground and folks abuse the electricity the campgrounds adjust their prices for next yr accordingly. They are in the business to earn a profit, enough profit to pay for operations, taxes, infrastructure, pay employees and yes, pay the owners some sort of livable wage.

My electric rates were increased 20% this spring adding another $25 to my monthly electric bill.. I count myself lucky, as my rate went from $.10 per Kwhr to $.12 per Kwhr, others not so lucky. Was reading another website where someone from California was paying something like $.50 per Kwhr at peak hrs.. Those price increases are just the beginning of a lot of rate hikes that are coming to all in the near future.