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another thing. With an ICE vehicle you’re always paying that price for your fuel with an EV you only do this on the 10 long journeys you do a year The rest of the time you’re doing it on your dirt cheap overnight tariff (if available of course). In my case it’s currently 3.49p/kWh I’ve done 800 miles this month and it’s cost me £7
I wish the charging stations would show their price, in the same way that petrol stations do.
I could not agree more, I charge at Tesla for £0.21 per kw before 9am. I live in a flat so cant charge at home and the Tesla is 1 mile away. I just get there once a week at 8am have a mcdees breakfast then head to work for 9am. I'm loving it :)
I had a Mercedes Vito van which I replaced with an ID.Buzz. On my trip from YARKSHIRE to southern Spain last year I achieved 35mpg in the Vito, on the trip this year I achieved 2.5 miles per kWh. I know, both are low efficiency figures but the 2000km is almost entirely motorways. Using SAINSBURY diesel price verses IONITY with subscription, I save 8p per mile in the Buzz in the UK. But of course, in France the diesel is very expensive but the electricity is 33c per kWh at ionity, or €5 per complete fill at the overnight stop hotel. In Spain the diesel is cheaper than the UK but so is the electricity, some chargers were free but the Ionity price was 36c per kWh. Therefore in 3 different countries, EVs are cheaper than diesel vans.
The other thing that makes a massive difference it to pick accommodation that will let you charge over-night. That way, you don't have to wait, and can start with 100%.
When on holiday (which is where i'm typically using public chargers) I find the slow (11kWh) chargers in the corner of public car parks at the towns we're visiting (Electroverse app is good for this) and just slow charge whilst we're out doing the tourist thing. Because they are slow chargers they are often 50p kWh ish and if you do that the whole time, you're easily covering your mileage, plus the spaces are often bigger so the car is safer!
Same idea but with Ionity. I charge cheaply at home except for road trips. For road trips I pay the £10.50 for one month, and get their 46p per kwh price. My car is 800v which works great with the Ionity chargers. I go all over the UK and across Europe through Holland, Belgium, Germany...
Might have to run the membership number for a holiday this summer…. Normally only ever need a 5-10kWh topup a handful of times a year at public chargers, but potential long distance coming up…
At the moment the break even price is about 62p/kWh to compare with a typical diesel car. I typically pay 21p for rapid and 25p for slow. Tesla annual membership is £90 a year (£7.50 per month). Arnold Clark membership through Electroverse App' takes 55p/kWh down to 39p, and Ionity, Be.EV, and Shell sub's also available.
"According to the Daily Mail" ...and that's all you need to know
Electroverse is worth using, as firstly there is a discount for using it and secondly, the charges can come out of your octopus bill (assuming you are on them) meaning if you export via solar/battery and have positive balance more money is saved
Recently did a longer trip and pre booked and used Arnold Clark at 55p per kilowatt. Brilliant experience and price
Currently running an MG4 using solely public charging, averaging around 3.6 miles/kWh, Tesla membership (annual to reduce the cost) and it's costing me around £0.10 / mile. There are some units offering free charging around, they're rare but they do still exist.
There's also a hundred Arnold Clark locations which charge 55p with free coffee. And you can book a charger for a particular time.
There is also IONITY subscription which works better for my Ev6 which only charges at 44kw with Tesla but often seen 240kw with IONITY. Also taking my card to Scandinavia next month and getting a unit for 24p, instead of 46p in UK.
Did 500 miles over the weekend (W. Yorks to S. Wales via Bath then home) and the detours to use Tesla chargers would have added 40 miles to my route and almost 2 hours of driving time. Sainsbury's Smart Chargers on Electroverse at 68p compares well to 63p for non-Teslas on the superchargers I could have used but the added miles and time meant I was happy to pay for the convenience.
It’s the hotels that need sorting out charging. I’ve just been to Rotterdam and back this bank holiday. It’s super easy: just charge at hotel using Electroverse. Cost be dammed, most are more expensive than Tesla. But it’s simply much more convenient to not need thinking about charging in the day. Destination charging is EV’s superpower.
I paid £89.00 for 12 months subscription at IONITY and 42 per kw
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This is the second video I have seen of this nature today. The point is the CPO prices in the UK are a rip off compared to other parts of the world and that is what needs to be addressed! Once it is, EV charging on longer trips will be simplicity itself; as it should be!!! Examples are as follows: Canada 0.48 cents, Finland 0.38 euro cents, Norway 0.51 euro cents Spain 0.47 euro cents.