The Ionity subscription is back from June 6, with an even more attractive offer than before. What reduce the cost of fast charging electric cars on the highway.
Fast charging in an electric car, although essential for long trips, can be very expensive. It’s no secret since we have already discussed it, but you have to have it in mind so as not to fall from the clouds after the acquisition of the famous connected car.
Until now, there was only one Ionity offer: a direct payment at 0.69 euros per kilowatt hour, more or less 14 euros for 100 kilometers. Which gives a little more expensive than a thermal car. But the Ionity Passport subscription is back in France from June 6, with a finally softer price.
Ionity is back in the race for fast charging
Until now, Ionity was not really part of the cheap charging networks. Indeed, with a tariff of 0.69 euro/kWh, the bill could be very high at a terminal of the consortium. By way of comparison, the other major market players posted the following prices as of June 1, 2023:
- Electra – €0.49/kWh
- Fastned – €0.59/kWh
- Ionity – €0.69/kWh
- Tesla – €0.51/kWh
- Total energies – €0.62/kWh
To put it more simply, all major fast charging networks are cheaper than Ionity. A subscription called Ionity Passport existed before, but it disappeared from the radar since the beginning of the year.
Never mind, this famous subscription is back, as we can read in a press release, at a price of 11.99 euros per month. Against this sum, subscribers will benefit from a discount of 0.20 euro per kilowatt hour consumed. Thus, with a rate of 0.49 euro/kWh, loading on the Ionity network while being a subscriber costs 10 euros for 100 kilometers of motorway.
The end of the one-year commitment: a necessary change
The concern raised by almost all electromobilists regarding the Ionity Passport offer was its one-year commitment. Indeed, when it was available, you had to pay 17.99 euros per month for a year, or a total of 215.88 euros to subscribe to Ionity Passport and thus benefit from preferential rates.
Today, the new Ionity Passport offer does not have an annual commitment, only a monthly one. This allows you to take advantage of an attractive rate for only one month, against €11.99. This formula is already applied by another actor in the field: Tesla.
This strategy is rather welcome from Ionity, which could win over many customers this summer, anxious to charge at a lower cost on the road to vacation. For the offer to be financially profitable, it is necessary to load at least 60 kWh in the monthor approximately 300 kilometers of motorway.
You can subscribe to the new Ionity Passport offer from June 6, from the Ionity application, and cancel your subscription simply in the same way when you no longer use it.
Remember that Ionity is the largest European charging network… behind Tesla. The Ionity terminals have the advantage of being located almost exclusively in service areas on the highway, unlike those of Tesla.
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