I love that pre conditioning nice and toastie when I get in the morning and evening

This is a problem when you own an electric car there's no need for a mountain out of a molehill.

Love ur optimism dave but even tesla has gone up a bit as uve said, as an uber driver I try and use tesla or fastned with the subscription, government needs to make public charging fairer, tesla has it right compared to most operators

Money I save with tesla then it pays for my lunch lol, plus gridserve and my ipace don't get on. I can't use them !!!

Why can't electric prices be advertised in the big signs in the same way petrols prices area?

Great update of the chargers and it gives great information on how charging costs can be reduced. Also nice to know which ones to avoid. Thank you!

I am all for the extra options, but I am not bothered about increasing charging speeds, I have found 100 kWh is almost too fast because I only use ultra rapid if I am doing a long 300+ mile journey and I will always be stopping for food and comfort. I find that I am having to go out and move the car as it finishes to quickly. You can limit the speed using the car app, so I am happier to have under 100 kWh charging when I need to stop!

What a sad useless video. Study engineering and stop posting this crap. Engineers understand there are low wind and sun days we design systems accordingly by measuring things not by FB posts.

Car dealers lying WOW I never knew that are you sure

I can see why people would be smiling at the front end, but I imagine there would be lots of grumpy people at the other end

I used only Tesla open to all chargers with membership on a road trip this weekend. As low as 37p per kWh. Frankley to Amesbury was a slog in the wind & rain but Banbury to Trentham Gardens was much easier. The latter has a choice between V3 & V4 chargers I couldn’t get the first V4 I tried to work but had no trouble with the rest. One charging space was blocked because a Hyundai driver had taken the wrong cable. They only took £20 pre authorisation which was corrected immediately too. The car park spaces at Banbury were nice and wide.

Be-EV have some 50kW chargers for e taxis only - I’ve never seen one being used. I once a taxi parked next to one but it wasn’t plugged in and was blocking a 22kW AC charger

When will the chargers have a cash slot?

I had my ev for four weeks now and not had to use a public charger yet . I managed to charge at home and at work and my cost for this year has been £13.78 and I have done 880 miles . In work when they first got ev chargers in we had a email saying they were free to use by any employee who had a ev knowing nobody except maybe company cars . One guy who left had a hybrid was allowed to use it although I asked and was told I see.....yes been told by a higher manager they are a tax perk mainly for company cars and just use them , the manager who said we see charges his wife's car on it , so not being gready when am on my late shift ever other week I have a full charge and this will keep my costs down although if I took the amount of kW I charged on my Renault app and I can charge at home for 7p its just over 2p per mile even with that cold snap . So if I have to charge at a public charger a few times a year the savings I make through out the year will out weigh the cost . If people have only the choice to use public chargers and the government want people to use ev then in my opinion the government need to do something, once again grate video dave

Excellent video Dave.Thank you 👍👍

STOP there Dave, there is Tesla chargers on the north bound side along side ones @ the westmorland services northbound ,plus, there is also chargers ultra rapid & Tesla on the southbound side, i know this as i used to empty the commercial sized bins there, plus you can just come off the m6 @ Tebay north & drive through the site and follow the signs for the southbound side easy peezy, no need for a satnav for that

why are there no ev charging stalls at ankerside shopping centre in tamworth

You are one of the people who inspires others to watch KZbin.

Prices in France are cheaper because they use nuclear and take our excess electricity in the summer. So if the chargers are hacked they have your card details mmmm. Looking at the claimed 50 mpg it depends on the efficiency of the EV and if you do local or motorway driving. C'mon Dave all the facts please. Dinosaur stew maybe but EV's aren't always charged on Green energy but dinosaur farts....burning gas. As you like talking why not power your own wind turbine ?

Dave, I bought my first Tesla in 2017 & from that I became @evevangelist and set up EV-Alliance ltd. Currently on my 7th and own 4 right now . Thanks again . Nb you need to (constantly) explain how you translate pence per KWh to Mpg equivalent . I get it ! But your audience ?? I just watched this Episode - THANK YOU for reminding me of almost ALL the Tesla Benefits , which after 7 years , I realise I have stopped enthusing about and taken for granted : great Episode : THANKS. My own research revealed that the top 78 Big Oil companies globally produce ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND MILLION $ PER DAY PROFIT . If you were the CEO and suddenly realised you had to DEFEND - what % of Profit would you allocate to defence ? And how would you spend it ? Spoiler : Buy the National Press . It’s cheap (and nasty) Thanks again (also @cookieUK)

I’m just taking the pis@

I downloaded the App from the Apple store (version 4.39.0-3019) which seems to have been updated and the feature you show for charging non Tesla's removed. Thankfully the website still functions the same way.

I work in the logistics industry. No hope of long distance in a truck. We had one and it was used for advertising. It only achieved 80miles on a full charge and took 12hrs to charge.

Nice of you to update the gen public about public charging whats your assumption of miles per kwh Dave? as efficiency varies greatly across the EV spectrum. I assume 4mi kwh if i chose an Up or Ioniq. Did you see the latest What car trip to France in a Hybrid & a Peugeot plus Tesla EV? It seemed a bitbof a bind for the Peugeot driver in particular.

Haha you're deluded if you think thieves won't steal these charging plates, theyll just use a crowbar and rip them up.

Tesla must've got another waiver because they've already announced that their existing open to all chargers will remain open to all.

A further thought or two. I'd thought miving to an EV would be financially advantageous. I fear I may be wrong. Heafty insurance, "luxury" car tax, RFL from next year and screwed using public chargers.

Very thoughtful and thorough, but most people will not watch it through. Charging prices in the UK are scandalous. Have done twice Europe tour in a q4 etron40 each around 5 thousand K. Most expensive prices were in UK, then Italy. Not a nice feeling honestly. It looks like policy makers put on the brakes to adopt EV’s in the UK Best upgrade for my tsecond rip was the TESLA charging possibility- really good option…price wise as well.

I imagine its a case of making hay whilst the sun shines for these rip off companies. I can understand the likes of Shell and BP ramping up their electricity prices to keep their petrol and diesel customers but others don't have a leg to stand on apart from straight profiteering

Boohoo no gully charging systems being permitted. You don't hear ICE owners demanding petrol stations to be built on every street corner. Live with it

Awesome!

For something this detailed, you need a table to summarise your findings.

The proud West and usa often wipe out the Chinese invention history. Perhaps it's hard to swollow the pride.

Thank you for your rundown on "public" charging costs. I have been pondering if/when to join the EV brigade. I have solar and a small battery so could charge at home. The only semi sensible option seems to be buying/leasing a Tesla. Sadly my nearest supercharger is eighteen miles away. I presume the charger owners need a RSI to satisfy their bean counters. If domestic rates around 24p per kWh are what Ionity et Al are paying that's some mark up at the chargers even with 20% vat! You may have gathered I'm still undecided. My old ICE motor will manage 300 plus miles on £40!

Hi Dave could you please share your maths when calculating mpg from kwh?

Love your videos. I have an IONIQ6. Best car I have ever driven and its so quiet and restful during long drives. I live in Scotland and travel down to the midlands most weeks and occasionally to London. I have a passport for IONITY and find there charging locations perfect for my needs and at 43p probably one of the cheapest after Tesla. I have not really had any issue of waiting to charge and if I have its usually Leeds. They have 6 chargers there and I spoke to someone connected with Ionity and they are going to increase that to 24 ... they are waiting on planning permission. The same person said they have 30 new sites in the UK in various stages of installation. Thought Id let you know. keep the EV flag flying

Just watched YT video from another contributor showing how charging his EV was a pain in the arse. As an EV driver myself I can relate to that. I’ve charged my EV hundreds of times in the last three years. Between failed startup, charging stopping after 5 minutes( usually just as you order a coffee), difference between what the EVSE says it has discharged and how much the car say it received or simply just out of order is a right total pain in the posterior.

France. Here in France with a 5 euro per month membership of Mobilize we pay something like 25 centimes a Kw, (22p😂)

Fastned roof is brilliant only other roof (well awning) I have seen is MFG. Why oh why. EVERY petrol station has a roof. Bonkers. Thanks for doing all the hard work collecting stats. Why do you not mention Electroverse, no subscription needed. Stopped at Tebay north in the summer. Chucking it down. No flipping roof. Grrrr.

Great work Dave. I like that you act like a campaigner, a motorist and a business and motorcade person all in one. Away from home in unfamiliar territory. Went to big Tesco in Yarmouth. First charger not working. Phoned provider who were responsive and helpful. Had the pod point app from previous week. Saw a second charger at 22Kw but not working. Went to third, at same site and at 7kw the equipment lit like it was charging and after 15 mins no charge showing on my dash. Had to give up. Next day went to new services 4 miles from Yarmouth at Bradwell on a new housing estate. So new, that the road names weren't in place and Sat Nav couldn't help. 8 chargers unused. Fast charging a mile from the hospital. On 250 miles return, another new facility at Bicker in Lincolnshire. Rapid charging and only saw one other electric car on my short top up visit. This morning free Electricity from Octopus on home charger for two hours from 7am to 9am. It's a mixed experience, but the new sites will lead the change.

would only use instavolt on the cheaper discounted tariff which kicks in after 10pm and last to 6am. 54p compared to 85p

Faster charging isn't necessarily better. When driving an ICE on a long trip I would normally stop about every 2 to 3 hours. The stop would normally last between 15 and 30 mins, with 20 to 25 mins being most common. If I can charge in 20 to 25 mins enough to take me on the next leg of the trip, charging in less than 15 mins doesn't really help me, in fact it's an annoyance as I'd have to interrupt my meal or coffee or whatever to move my car to avoid idle charges. If the car could charge in 3 mins that would be a bit like stopping for petrol, but between 5 and 15 mins it would be a pain, long enough to be a drag but to short for me to enjoy a proper break.

I went true the Numbers I ve done my own Calculations Although Dave is Correct when it says 0.79kwh equates to a 30mpg car the only way to arrive at this Conclusion is Assuming the EV uses 4 miles per Kwh , I ve seen a Audi Q4 Dashboard in the Cold and Clearly states 1.8 Miles per KW which it would make it far Worse than a 12 Mpg car 😳😱😢 EV Winter Costs is a Subject which is being Ignored and not Factored although I m in no Doubt Audi Q4 With the Heater Off and a Warmer Climate & Less Wind would do Way Better in regards to efficiency

Some MER 50kw chargers are 53p and 47p with Octopus Electroverse

going to germany in Jan in my EV and will be signing up to Ionity, no brainer as unlike Tesla no peak charging time and will be doing a lot a of driving at peak hours. To note just how much cheaper Europe is ...

IONITY is now only 37p/kWh with the top passport

Hi Dave, thanks for the great update on the current state of public charging. I do 80-90% of my charging at home, however I drive from Wirral to Hemel Hempstead about once a month, so I do need to use motorway chargers. I was very impressed with Gridserve in the summer when I drove to Brighton and back I got 3 very rapid charges (about 20 minutes to get up to 80%), I loved their Gatwick EV forecourt and they had 20% off. Since then my experience with them has been more mixed. I used their Rugby services chargers in September (I hadn’t planned to but my son wanted the toilet) I had to queue up because 4 chargers were out of order and the offer was down to 10%. I used the Toddington South Gridserve chargers in October, which were in a very awkward position. Still very fast though. Sorry to be pedantic by the way, but you got your airplane pioneers mixed up. The Wright brothers did the first powered flights in 1903. Alcock and Brown were the first to fly over the Atlantic in 1919 🙂.

Any chance of also including Hybrids in your discussions. I have only charged at home at 12p per kwh and get 50 MPG when running on petrol. I can only charge at 7 kwh max, so all the chargers you are talking about are probably no use to me?

So many people are switching to EVs that demand is falling and factories are closing😂😂😂. Some people will never learn.

Hi Dave. Simple solution, put a No Entry sign at the start of the charger bay, making it one way, diverting all traffic around this location. This would enable EVs to reverse out and simpler to rejoin the incoming traffic flow. It also has the advantage that the EV charging bays would be a greater distance to drive to. Signage and CCTV monitoring could also enforce this.