Are we being forced to go electric?

[Jody]

Vast majority will rarely do long drives and will charge at home, where it is anything between 5p to 25p per kWatt to charge .

5p per KWH?

Mine has just been increased to 33p per KWH (27p before the increase)

 

[figbat]

5p per KWH?

Mine has just been increased to 33p per KWH (27p before the increase)

34.22 p/kWh for me from next month. ☹️

 

[Jody]

34.22 p/kWh for me from next month. ☹️

We'll have to run an extension from @cougie uk 's house

 

[cougie uk]

We'll have to run an extension from @cougie uk 's house

Going up to 7.5p next week damnit

 

[Jody]

Going up to 7.5p next week damnit

 

[MrGrumpy]

If electric costs rise to the price of petrol then charging cars will be the least of our worries. Nobody will be able to pay their utility bills.

I'm sure ved will come in somehow but that's chicken feed compared to anything else.

Were have you been we were heading there !! Until the recent announcements on another friggen cap !! Heading to a £1 kilowatt ! So yes charging/ driving a car would have been a moot point , it was never leaving its parking spot !

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Were have you been we were heading there !! Until the recent announcements on another friggen cap !! Heading to a £1 kilowatt ! So yes charging/ driving a car would have been a moot point , it was never leaving its parking spot !

Re: another announcement re cap.

Which one was this? Wondering if I have missed something.

Our daytime rate is due to go up to 34.8p shortly.

 

[CXRAndy]

5p per KWH?

Mine has just been increased to 33p per KWH (27p before the increase)

I'm still on Octopus go till November 5.5p per kW for 5 hours overnight. I can charge in 4 hours having 3 phase

 

[icowden]

I'm still on Octopus go till November 5.5p per kW for 5 hours overnight. I can charge in 4 hours having 3 phase

Show off!

 

[mjr]

If you want to know locations of just about every charge point, the power capacity in the UK


Zap Map
They're literally everywhere

View attachment 662443



This doesn't include every household with a plug socket

But does include chargers awaiting fixes for days?

 

[CXRAndy]

But does include chargers awaiting fixes for days?

If you look at the live page, it will tell you when a charger was last used and whether the users successful in a charge.

Zap Map encourage users to leave reviews, so to help others and shame networks to sort out their faulty charge stations . When we only had the Nissan, I would always leave a positive or negative review on Zap map

 

[icowden]

But does include chargers awaiting fixes for days?

Yep. And as the number of EVs on the road increases, the more pressure will be put on those providers who don't fix their chargers. They will also lose money as people will prefer to use points from reliable providers.

 

[CXRAndy]

I tend to go for chargers that only accept contactless with no registration or app

 

[mjr]

If you look at the live page, it will tell you when a charger was last used and whether the users successful in a charge.

Four of the first five I clicked were unsuccessful chargers, so I don't think the map pins give a realistic impression of availability.

Also, it doesn't seem like public shame is getting chargers fixed very well.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Four of the first five I clicked were unsuccessful chargers, so I don't think the map pins give a realistic impression of availability.

Also, it doesn't seem like public shame is getting chargers fixed very well.

Same folk who only charge at home , vehemently defend the public charging network which seeks rotten and expensive. All I get told is if you drive a Tesla no probs , anything else and you’re at the mercy of the rest !