How much of your charging is public?
Poll: How much of your charging is public?
Total Members Polled: 93
Discussion
Maracus said:
Only use public charging when visiting inlaws 270 miles away
A few of the relatives who are distant from us now have EVs themselves, and it now seems to be the thing to do to when they visit us or we visit them to offer whether they would like to charge - all of which further reduces the need to use public chargers from very rarely to almost never.Charged twice away from home in 6 months / 5k miles (probably 25 charges?) of ownership - To be fair, it was an absolute breeze on both occasions (mostly thanks to ZapMap), but hugely expensive by comparison.
Home Charging with OVO (Charge Anytime) for <£10 is the win here for us....long may it continue...
Home Charging with OVO (Charge Anytime) for <£10 is the win here for us....long may it continue...
I worked out that over the first year and 12,000 miles I spent a total of 2 hours waiting while the car charged. That’s around 2 minutes per week, but of course in chunks that coincided with a good time
to tale a break from driving.
So the inconvenience of having to public charge was somewhere on the scale between zero and not worth fussing about, and almost certainly less than the time saved having to fill up with petrol during my weekly commute. The latter being times when I really didn’t want to stop but just get home.
The EV experience is night and day better for me at least.
to tale a break from driving.
So the inconvenience of having to public charge was somewhere on the scale between zero and not worth fussing about, and almost certainly less than the time saved having to fill up with petrol during my weekly commute. The latter being times when I really didn’t want to stop but just get home.
The EV experience is night and day better for me at least.
I avoid it like wherever possible. I can’t bring myself to pay between 40-90p/kwh to companies buying wholesale at 6.4p/kwh. That’s beyond making a reasonable margin to recoup investment costs, it’s profiteering. It’s calculated to make an EV cost exactly the same as an ICE and it’s absolutely cynical.
On the rare occasions I’m forced to empty my wallet into their coffers it coincides with a pee and a coffee so it still beats standing in the pissing rain filling an ICE vehicle. I charge 95% at home and public chargers only enough to get me home plus a margin of error.
On the rare occasions I’m forced to empty my wallet into their coffers it coincides with a pee and a coffee so it still beats standing in the pissing rain filling an ICE vehicle. I charge 95% at home and public chargers only enough to get me home plus a margin of error.
mikecassie said:
I couldn't own an EV if I relied on public charging.
Luckily I have a charger at home, so the EV is easier to own, but the few times I have used public chargers, it hasn't been straightforward.
If I can’t just wave a debit card at it I’m gone. Apps and forms, not a bloody chance.Luckily I have a charger at home, so the EV is easier to own, but the few times I have used public chargers, it hasn't been straightforward.
paradigital said:
I’ve used public charging 5 times in 2 years, one of those times was the day of pickup as I didn’t have the range to get home.
The other 4 times were domestic holidaying.
Everything else is home charging, of which I’d estimate that 50-60% is at £0/KWh (excess solar generation), and the rest is at the Octopus 7.5p rate.
Hope you don't mind me asking, but is there a reason you're not exporting all your excess solar for 15p/KWh and the using Octopus 7.5p rate all the time to charge? I am assuming Intelligent Go, given the quoted 7.5p rate. The other 4 times were domestic holidaying.
Everything else is home charging, of which I’d estimate that 50-60% is at £0/KWh (excess solar generation), and the rest is at the Octopus 7.5p rate.
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