BP Pulse app... can't add a debit card?
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Yeah OK so sounds like dumb setup on their behalf.
Their Pulse chargers must take contactless as my wife got to the one in Guys Cliffe near Warwick and just booped her card on the machine. It put a £45 hold on her card and she's yet to find out how much it actually cost her! The app was saying £0.83/kWh unless you subscribe to them for £8/mo.
She did use an InstaVolt one the day prior near Bristol and that was even more expensive at 89p/kWh. I think it cost her £38-39 for about 45kWh and as she'd set off from home with 100% and charged back to 90%, It cost at least 28p/mile!!!
I know they need to make money on these installations and the throughput of cars is nothing like a petrol station, so necessarily "margins" are going to be higher. But that is expensive, its over a 1/3 more expensive than the petrol car it replaced! Which over the last 5 years has seen fuel-only running cost of between 12p and 19p a mile.
Thankfully we can charge at home. Currently stuck on a normal tariff (27p/kWh) until we can get a smart meter fitted and move on to one of these "off peak" ones.
Their Pulse chargers must take contactless as my wife got to the one in Guys Cliffe near Warwick and just booped her card on the machine. It put a £45 hold on her card and she's yet to find out how much it actually cost her! The app was saying £0.83/kWh unless you subscribe to them for £8/mo.
She did use an InstaVolt one the day prior near Bristol and that was even more expensive at 89p/kWh. I think it cost her £38-39 for about 45kWh and as she'd set off from home with 100% and charged back to 90%, It cost at least 28p/mile!!!
I know they need to make money on these installations and the throughput of cars is nothing like a petrol station, so necessarily "margins" are going to be higher. But that is expensive, its over a 1/3 more expensive than the petrol car it replaced! Which over the last 5 years has seen fuel-only running cost of between 12p and 19p a mile.
Thankfully we can charge at home. Currently stuck on a normal tariff (27p/kWh) until we can get a smart meter fitted and move on to one of these "off peak" ones.
Otispunkmeyer said:
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I know they need to make money on these installations and the throughput of cars is nothing like a petrol station, so necessarily "margins" are going to be higher. But that is expensive, its over a 1/3 more expensive than the petrol car it replaced! Which over the last 5 years has seen fuel-only running cost of between 12p and 19p a mile.....
It's dumb-arsed pricing IMO.I know they need to make money on these installations and the throughput of cars is nothing like a petrol station, so necessarily "margins" are going to be higher. But that is expensive, its over a 1/3 more expensive than the petrol car it replaced! Which over the last 5 years has seen fuel-only running cost of between 12p and 19p a mile.....
I got nobbled as it was my first long drive and I'd not done any homework.
I now know that Pulse chargers are a bit s
t and very expensive...the satnav in my car let's me look at proposed charge points so I can easily ditch BP ones. And there are a good number around the BP one I used for 69p or less.Their subscription gives you 20% off for £8/mth. Which puts the price ball park the same.
My current preferences, if I have to charge on the go, are Gridserve (had nothing but reliable, quick charging from them) and Ionity (as for a bit I get very subsidised rates).
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