Actually, I think this is great. Raising prices means potentially more investment in infrastructure and potentially fewer people using it, which actually leads to better results overall. It's still way cheaper than gas, but this will help prevent people from using it as their daily charger rather than installing home charging, too.What a slap in the face! Raising prices when you can't even deliver a reliable charging experience.
I thought that I was the only one thinking that it is good for EA to price charging so they can make a profit and still maintain the infrastructure. I know that is a big leap of faith that EA will start maintaining their infrastructure but again I am an optimistic person.Actually, I think this is great. Raising prices means potentially more investment in infrastructure and potentially fewer people using it, which actually leads to better results overall. It's still way cheaper than gas, but this will help prevent people from using it as their daily charger rather than installing home charging, too.
Actually, I think this is great. Raising prices means potentially more investment in infrastructure and potentially fewer people using it, which actually leads to better results overall. It's still way cheaper than gas, but this will help prevent people from using it as their daily charger rather than installing home charging, too.
Lol! “Ok”I thought that I was the only one thinking that it is good for EA to price charging so they can make a profit and still maintain the infrastructure. I know that is a big leap of faith that EA will start maintaining their infrastructure but again I am an optimistic person.
It’s counter intuitive, unless you’ve run a business. When you can’t keep up with demand, you raise prices until you can support your remaining customers and still make a profit.I thought that I was the only one thinking that it is good for EA to price charging so they can make a profit and still maintain the infrastructure. I know that is a big leap of faith that EA will start maintaining their infrastructure but again I am an optimistic person.
Yup. Raising prices results in fewer customers but often the same or increased revenue, which allows them to ramp up slower / more methodically.It’s counter intuitive, unless you’ve run a business. When you can’t keep up with demand, you raise prices until you can support your remaining customers and still make a profit.
EA’s problem is they have promised years of “free” charging to too many customers at this point, so the higher pricing for paying customers might not help enough in the short term. They should end all deals for free charging on future customers immediately until they can massively improve supply and reliability.
My guess is that they make way too much from companies like Lucid on those deals to give them up easily, though. They want to have their cake and eat it, too. Which is why Lucid should be looking to offer something else as an alternative, since this relationship with EA is only tarnishing their brand. Offer free or discounted home chargers instead of free road trip miles. It’ll probably cost Lucid less, and it’ll move the incentive to charging at home, which is a better customer experience, anyway.
EA’s problem is they have promised years of “free” charging to too many customers at this point, so the higher pricing for paying customers might not help enough in the short term. They should end all deals for free charging on future customers immediately until they can massively improve supply and reliability.