Nissan suddenly abolished its flat-rate EV charging service despite knowing it would backfire
https://diamond.jp/articles/-/224041
It was expected for a long time, but the end of the revolutionary service that allowed unlimited charging for 2000 yen a month was announced. This 2000 yen a month was set at almost the same amount as the electricity bill (1 yen a year) of a person who drives 24000 km a year when charging at home and charging only with nighttime electricity. Considering that gasoline costs about 15 yen for a gasoline car with 10 km/L, there is no doubt that it is a very cheap fuel cost in any case. It seems that the average driver drives about 1 km a year. However, for people like me who drive 2 km or more a year, the price system was overwhelmingly advantageous. However, in such a case, it is easy to see that Nissan's price system was one that they accepted losses simply because they wanted to popularize electric vehicles. I knew that they would stop at some point because the more popular they became, the bigger the deficit would be, but I was a little surprised that they would stop so soon.
One more thing to add is that for people who drive 2 km or so a year, the reality is that EVs still have some drawbacks when you consider charging time.
With this discontinuation, I think sales of the LEAF will not grow as they have in the past. In order to further popularize EVs, I think it is necessary to make batteries lighter and cheaper, and what seems easier than that is to standardize the DMM axle, which is the transmission for electric vehicles that I introduced previously.
