Currently, the Tesla Supercharger network is exclusively for Tesla drivers. The Tesla Supercharger network is the most user-friendly network, it’s Plug and charge approach is so easy to use. Although FASTned using Autocharge, new to the UK, is using a similar approach. Opening the Tesla Supercharger for all cars will be a massive change.
Asking which UK Hotels have charging points? Or What if the hotel doesn’t have charging points?? Independent hotel The Good Hotel Guide lists its recommended hotels with charging points by county for some English counties, tourist areas and Scotland. Alternatives to Hotel parking If you can’t find a hotel with a charging point, the next…
Unlike petrol or diesel fuelling with only Petrol stations, there are a huge variety of places to charge an Electric car. At Home, if practical Place of work Local streets Car parks Supermarkets Coffee shops Visitor attractions Motorway Service stations Hotels And many others The best, if you or your landlord have space, is at…
Yes, as long as the charging cable does not cross a public footpath you can have a charger installed at home. See our page about installing a charger. Charging at home will be very much cheaper than charging whilst on a journey and could even occasionally be FREE! You could plug directly into a 13…
This practical review of one of the first FASTNED Rapid charging stations in the UK, it also covers ‘A Better Route planner’ and the Fiat 500e The FASTNED Rapid charging station Although widely available in the EU there are not yet many Fastned Rapid charging stations in the UK. Excellent information about the charging in…
Existing Ecotricity Motorway Electric chargers are being upgraded by Gridserve following their purchase of the Ecotricity Electric Highway, Gridserve are also rolling out Electric Forecourts like their first one in Essex. In the six weeks since Gridserve has taken responsibility of the motorway network it has installed new chargers with a minimum capacity of 60kWh…
If you want to know how cheaply can BRITISH drivers travel in their cars the answer is for just one penny a mile for the first time since the early 1970s according to a newspaper article just published. This publicity from EDF assumes drivers can charge at home and are OK with energy from Nuclear…
Finally, contactless payments to pay for EV charging Paying at public chargers has been the bain of EV drivers lives until now, but very good news is on its way. Improved chargers are now being installed Ecotricity chargers at motorway service stations have been rated the worst until now. Gridserve has taken over and is…
Different providers charge very different prices for Electricity, most are significantly cheaper than Petrol. However that’s only a small part of the story… See the video below for the figures. However the cost of petrol and diesel has increase significantly since EVM produced it. Note that for most drivers Rapid charging will constitute a very…
Electric owners said range should not be a deterring factor for switching to electric cars. 70 percent of EV drivers said their experience with range has been better than they initially expected. They claim the technology and infrastructure is “sufficiently developed” to allow for day to day use. Electric cars now travel further than petrol…
