Charging in Scotland
Discussion
cptsideways said:
You certainly will need the card, the
App is pretty hilarious at how bad it is & good luck getting anywhere near 50kw out of any fast charger.
This was my experience with the App, it was hopeless. The card is a necessity.App is pretty hilarious at how bad it is & good luck getting anywhere near 50kw out of any fast charger.
I topped out at 47kW from the Chocolates of Glenshiel point.
The app was refreshed a few weeks ago and is only marginally better than before but searching by location name is now hopeless.
Absolutely get a RFID card. Ours arrived within in a couple of days. It costs £10 but avoids most of the hassle of shonky phone signal and chargers with hard to read screens.
Very few chargers faster than 50kW. Some are still cheap though, each site sets the tariff so everything in Fife Council run sites is only 15p per kWh for example. Still a few free ones too at some National Trust sites.
Charger reliability is better than it used to be but still not great. There are a couple of large charging hubs, one in Stirling and one in Falkirk.
Absolutely get a RFID card. Ours arrived within in a couple of days. It costs £10 but avoids most of the hassle of shonky phone signal and chargers with hard to read screens.
Very few chargers faster than 50kW. Some are still cheap though, each site sets the tariff so everything in Fife Council run sites is only 15p per kWh for example. Still a few free ones too at some National Trust sites.
Charger reliability is better than it used to be but still not great. There are a couple of large charging hubs, one in Stirling and one in Falkirk.
I've only used chargers on trips to Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Chargeplace Scotland app has worked for me, Debit card a couple of times and also GeniePoint and YourParkingSpace. Usually 22Kw at 30p or so. Used a 75Kw charger at Kinross services for 75p for a quick top up too.
All a bit of a mixed bag, but we do have mobile signal to download apps. Still havn't used a MercedesME point - there are very few around. Worst experience I have had was in a Shell station in Edinburgh where after faffing about to install apps, the chargers refused to work. Quickest and most expensive
Chargeplace Scotland app has worked for me, Debit card a couple of times and also GeniePoint and YourParkingSpace. Usually 22Kw at 30p or so. Used a 75Kw charger at Kinross services for 75p for a quick top up too.
All a bit of a mixed bag, but we do have mobile signal to download apps. Still havn't used a MercedesME point - there are very few around. Worst experience I have had was in a Shell station in Edinburgh where after faffing about to install apps, the chargers refused to work. Quickest and most expensive
the cueball said:
Does everyone else's app locate them in Leeds every time they open it up?
It's bloody useless..
Glad it's not just me!It's bloody useless..
What I've just noticed is that CPS users could use their RFID card at Be.EV chargers but they no longer show on the CPS map. We used our card at the Be.EV site in Carlisle over the Easter weekend.
DSLiverpool said:
Worked out we can charge at Starbucks Carlisle on way up and down / that’s it. Instavolt is covered on Mercedes ME card
If you've got a business or sole trader you can get the Allstar chargepass. Instavolt, gridserve etc covered. Bit pricey though avoids faff.North of carlisle:
Annandale water gridserve 350kw
Abingdon applegreen 100kw
There's a new tesla charger outside larkhall J8 m74 open to all cars. Quite a good stop for coming up the country. 42p/kwh outside peak hours.
Fastned 350kw J6 Hamilton m74
City centre there's an Ionity junction 1a on the M74. Quite busy peak times
smallpaul said:
If you've got a business or sole trader you can get the Allstar chargepass. Instavolt, gridserve etc covered. Bit pricey though avoids faff.
North of carlisle:
Annandale water gridserve 350kw
Abingdon applegreen 100kw
There's a new tesla charger outside larkhall J8 m74 open to all cars. Quite a good stop for coming up the country. 42p/kwh outside peak hours.
Fastned 350kw J6 Hamilton m74
City centre there's an Ionity junction 1a on the M74. Quite busy peak times
Brilliant thank you North of carlisle:
Annandale water gridserve 350kw
Abingdon applegreen 100kw
There's a new tesla charger outside larkhall J8 m74 open to all cars. Quite a good stop for coming up the country. 42p/kwh outside peak hours.
Fastned 350kw J6 Hamilton m74
City centre there's an Ionity junction 1a on the M74. Quite busy peak times
DSLiverpool said:
blank said:
Get an Octopus Electroverse card if you haven't already.
Will do that cheers These are all on electroverse so you just need the card to tap, or you can remote start them via the electroverse app on you phone.
As noted they agree special rates, normally around 15% discount I think - but some chargers may also be part of a another networks scheme with even bigger discounts. In general though, it's probably best not to worry about getting the cheapest possible price by signing up for endless different network schemes... For occasional use, just make life easy, which electroverse certainly does!
TheDeuce said:
There's a few in Scotland these days...
These are all on electroverse so you just need the card to tap, or you can remote start them via the electroverse app on you phone.
As noted they agree special rates, normally around 15% discount I think - but some chargers may also be part of a another networks scheme with even bigger discounts. In general though, it's probably best not to worry about getting the cheapest possible price by signing up for endless different network schemes... For occasional use, just make life easy, which electroverse certainly does!
They’ve recently added Chargeplace Scotland to Electroverse which is why there’s suddenly so many.These are all on electroverse so you just need the card to tap, or you can remote start them via the electroverse app on you phone.
As noted they agree special rates, normally around 15% discount I think - but some chargers may also be part of a another networks scheme with even bigger discounts. In general though, it's probably best not to worry about getting the cheapest possible price by signing up for endless different network schemes... For occasional use, just make life easy, which electroverse certainly does!
Buyer beware though, with CPS it often costs more to use the Electroverse card.
Blockbuster said:
TheDeuce said:
There's a few in Scotland these days...
These are all on electroverse so you just need the card to tap, or you can remote start them via the electroverse app on you phone.
As noted they agree special rates, normally around 15% discount I think - but some chargers may also be part of a another networks scheme with even bigger discounts. In general though, it's probably best not to worry about getting the cheapest possible price by signing up for endless different network schemes... For occasional use, just make life easy, which electroverse certainly does!
They’ve recently added Chargeplace Scotland to Electroverse which is why there’s suddenly so many.These are all on electroverse so you just need the card to tap, or you can remote start them via the electroverse app on you phone.
As noted they agree special rates, normally around 15% discount I think - but some chargers may also be part of a another networks scheme with even bigger discounts. In general though, it's probably best not to worry about getting the cheapest possible price by signing up for endless different network schemes... For occasional use, just make life easy, which electroverse certainly does!
Buyer beware though, with CPS it often costs more to use the Electroverse card.
Obviously if I used public chargers in one area of the country frequently, I'd look into the optimal scheme to get the best rates. I didn't think that's what the OP was asking though.
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