Should charging points for EV's be free to use - or have a fee (like you'd pay for fuel ) ?

This is a conundrum the EV cult of Electric Jesus Christ (with Tesla's Musk as the 'elect vessel') won't talk about.

People who buy EV's do it because they think they're saving the planet, but unless you have access to your own home solar and battery storage system you can't charge it 'for free'. Nothing is actually 'free' though. Oops the EV cult forget about that.

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butterflybaby75 · 46-50, F

Eventually we'll all pay a 'road user charge' as part of registration instead of various taxes but may still pay a weight based charge which we here in NSW Australia have to pay. EV's are always heavier than their non-EV versions of the same make/model so every EV driver will be slugged with weight penalties automatically. So access to cheap (or free) electricity for charging is not the great win it seems to be. An EV is inherently a 'slug' because of the weight of the battery module.