Electric charging networks.

Zadzad

I will try and address everyone!!!8217;s points - grateful of the advice received.

my logic is I can get 3 hours a day free charge at the council car parks, and my wife has too supermarkets that we use that also have charging bays. But home charging is possible
Logic is to buy new leaf on pcp and 2nd hand Zoe on 0% credit card

By the time you start working out costs min £55 x 2 servicing £400 a year it starts to add up. I have not had to pay a service or mot or service on mine for 7 years that!!!8217;s nearly 2k.

Wife has a 1.6 jcw mini, always from a cold start on short journeys. Sometimes she can get as low as 25mpg around town.
£60 is a month, around town I get 40 and on a run 60. (The 1.5 derv)

Nige - would def need to consider eco as they cover all the motorway stations and stopping there for an hour is never a problem. It!!!8217;s either 55!!!8217;mins to fathering corner or 75 to clackets.

Stage - exactly what I was looking for. I guess as long as most are payg then having an arm of charging cards of apps is ideal. I have looked at a couple of apps and we only have 5 charges within 5 miles and next batch are 16.

NigeWick

Zadzad wrote: »

Nige - would def need to consider eco as they cover all the motorway stations and stopping there for an hour is never a problem. It!!!8217;s either 55!!!8217;mins to fathering corner or 75 to clackets.

Understood.

Polar network are expanding quite rapidly and it looks as though they're using Holiday Inns plus some others places. I use one by the A3/A243 roundabout near Tolworth. Further, Shell, BP and others are starting to put chargers in their fossil fuel garages too.

Spelunthus

UK Public electric charging is a disgrace. There are too many companies, little inter-operability, many broken charge points. Excuse me having a rant, as I have just had a parking fine, for parking my PHEV at a broken charge point - and being fined for "not charging" (I'm appealing).

AdrianC

Spelunthus wrote: »

UK Public electric charging is a disgrace. There are too many companies, little inter-operability, many broken charge points. Excuse me having a rant, as I have just had a parking fine, for parking my PHEV at a broken charge point - and being fined for "not charging" (I'm appealing).

Parking is provided free of charge for the purposes of charging your electric vehicle. If the charging is unavailable, why should the parking be free?

Would you expect an internal combustion vehicle to be able to park there free, too, while the charge point is out of order?

Spelunthus

Thanks. . But I HAD paid for the parking. The fine citation is for "not charging" - which I couldn't cause the point was broken. Dunno if the appeal has merit, but I do feel hard done-by.

AdrianC

Ah, now that's a detail you forgot to mention...

But - again - would you be happy if an IC vehicle was parked there, ticket or not? Let's say the charger had been fixed since they parked...

Spelunthus

I agree., The bay is marked "electric cars only" - so an IC car in the bay is wrong, with or without a ticket. To summarise.... I parked in electric charge bay with a PHEV and a valid parking ticket. I then find that the charge point is broken (no obvious indication, till I try my smart card). I'm assuming that parking operative can confirm my car is PHEV by referring to registration number. The charge point operator confirms by phone that it is inopperative. I then get a parking fine for "not charging at an electric point" - I'm appealing - we'll see....... seems wrong to me...

blanik

Just bought a PHEV. Are polar plus currently doing refer a friend? 10 GBP to the referer and referee. If so send me a pm and I'll give you my email for referal.

If not I'll just get the 3 month free trial.

Thanks