Charging rates before the madness got turned up to 11

Charging rates before the madness got turned up to 11

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tamore

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8,824 posts

299 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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can anyone remember what the public charging rates were roughly before vlad made his pitch for a statue in red square?

i know osprey got as high as a quid at one point, and 50kWh+ charging seems to have found a level at around 66p. what was it before though?

Fastlane

1,300 posts

232 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Tesla was around 36p, reached 60p+ and is now down to 41p.

plfrench

3,577 posts

283 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Last summer Podpoint at Lidl supermarkets were 29p/kWh, for Rapid (50kW). Seems like a bargain now!

OutInTheShed

11,428 posts

41 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Couple of years ago (make that 'pre covid'), the charge point in our seaside town car park was about 60p/kWh plus some fixed fee.
I didn't see many cars using it.

paradigital

1,035 posts

167 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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At the start of March 2022 I paid £0.40/kWh at Tesla Stockport.

Ardennes92

656 posts

95 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Last September, Tesco and Aldi were free, only 7kwh though

tamore

Original Poster:

8,824 posts

299 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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so where will the likes of gridserve pricing be in a few months?

essayer

10,178 posts

209 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Polar, July 2019

Think Electric Highway was 30p/kWh once they started charging

Maracus

4,530 posts

183 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Fastlane said:
Tesla was around 36p, reached 60p+ and is now down to 41p.
When i got mine in March 2020 it was 23p/Kw iirc.

DMZ

1,761 posts

175 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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It’s nice that Tesla is adjusting the rates downwards. I’m sure the others will be reluctant to do the same. I incidentally think the cost of public charging is a major barrier to adoption as it means EVs mentally become local loop tools only/primarily as nobody in their right mind would pay a premium for faff.

Byker28i

75,458 posts

232 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Dragon Charging in Pembrokeshire went from 35p/kw to 65p/kw now for 22Kw type 2 sockets

Pixelpeep Electric

8,600 posts

157 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Ardennes92 said:
Last September, Tesco and Aldi were free, only 7kwh though
few tesco sites i've visited recently were still free on the AC chargers, which included the 22kw (my polestar only gets 11 on AC, but still.. not bad for free!)

Richyboy

3,743 posts

232 months

Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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65p kWh mostly here, not really an incentive for people without driveways.