Ah, our town installed the station and the first 3 hours is free. So, with a full charge in less than 3 hours, that's all I need. After 3 hours it's $20 an hour.
LOL - no, politics was NOT what I was asking about. I just wanted to know how it was free to you. If your town installed the chargers, I can only assume that means they're using sales tax dollars to make that possible.
Very well could have. My assumption is that it was some kind of federal grant that allowed it. We are a small town so wouldn't have the sales tax base to support it. ChargePoint is the company that runs it. They are popping up different places and I haven't seen the terms. I assume one day it will turn into a paid thing. Then it's about $2 for the electric to run the 22 or 25 miles. At current gas prices by me, that's about 40% less than gas. The charging system is easy to use and Jeep has a nice setup for monitoring it. It's sort of entertainment to see how far I get and the power is really nice when I want that.
Sales tax or the feds, essentially, everyone pays for the chargers to exist even if they don't use them.
I unplugged the cable from the car which was already charging and plugged it into mine. The trick is to plug the car back in and drive off before it's owner comes back.
