"Pure rip-off"

High fees are charged when charging electric cars

Reinhold List recently charged his hybrid car in Kirchberg am Wechsel in Lower Austria. Salzburg AG charged him a whopping 14.30 euros for this.(Bild: Tröster Andreas)

Be careful when choosing an e-car charging station - otherwise it can get really expensive from now on. A look at Salzburg shows: If the charging point is located outside the province, drivers will have to pay twice as much as before! The energy suppliers call this "roaming charges". . 

"It really got me." Reinhold List stared at the screen of his cell phone in disbelief as he charged his hybrid Mercedes at a charging station in Lower Austria recently. A whopping 23.98 euros were due for just under 18 kilowatt hours via the Salzburg AG smartphone app: "I know what I usually pay - that was simply a lot more," says the pensioner (65) angrily.