Rouens. Electric terminals for cars become chargeable: “It’s a cold shower”
By Adrian Filoche
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The electrical terminals have multiplied in the Rouen region with the rise of electric vehicles. In December 2021, the Métropole de Rouen adopted a deployment plan which provides for a network of nearly 200 normal charging stations by 2026, 10 fast charging stations near the main roads and 15 in park and ride facilities.
Paid from the second quarter of 2023
Today, the charge on the hundred terminals available on the territory is free. However, during the metropolitan council of October 3, 2022, the Métropole voted to set up pricing. The main reason given is the fight against “sucker cars”, these vehicles – sometimes not electrified – which park in front of a terminal, but which are not charging.
“Pricing is a deterrent to avoid sucker cars. We need more and more reloading, and we have a lot of suction cup vehicles, ”comments the Métropole de Rouen. And to add: “The terminals will become chargeable from the second quarter of 2023.”
“It’s a cold shower”
“Basically, the Metropolis offered free top-ups. This encouraged people to take an electric car. And now that the cars have been purchased, it pays off. It’s not normal, ”protests Aurélie Cozette, a resident of Buchy, near Rouen.
The latter gave her old Renault Zoe to her son who lives in Déville-lès-Rouen to “avoid the ZFE and save fuel”. This vehicle was to allow his son, alternately in Val-de-Reuil (Eure), to travel every day without having to spend too much: “He cannot afford a full tank of gas. Pay terminals are a cold shower for him. »
On asking people to make an effort, but it has to be a two-way street.
On pricing, the Metropolis ensures that prices will be “half cheaper than elsewhere”. We will continue to take part”.
Here are the future prices:
“Freedom makes people selfish”
Living near Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Antoine Halot believes for his part that “It’s a good thing to charge the terminals. They are always taken, it is sometimes very difficult to find a free one, and it is because they are free. »
Anyone who bought an electric vehicle in 2022 has already seen the problem of suction cup cars on the territory several times: “Free access makes people selfish. For having been in other cities, there are many more places available because it is paying. And I find that logical. »
When a terminal is free, it means that the taxpayer is paid. I don’t live in the metropolis of Rouen, so I don’t use the free terminals.
He favored the installation of a terminal at home so as not to be disturbed: “It is an investment, but it will quickly pay for itself. Obviously, for those who live in a building, this is not possible. »
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