Cheapest way to charge publicly...

[D1on]

Ordered a car with a 54kw battery on a 12 month lease.

Will only be keeping it for 12 months and then be back to second hand which will no doubt be an ice car so alot of faff getting a charging point installed at home and I live in rented accommodation...

Only usually do around 80miles a week and the car looks to have a real life range of around 180miles...

What will be the cheapest way to charge it in public?...

[plfrench]

Can you use a 3 pin granny charger at home? With that sort of mileage you could run on a very low current and still easily top up enough.

Failing that, Tesla chargers are very cheap for public charging. If you download the Tesla app, there s a section for non-Tesla vehicles which shows you your nearest chargers and the pricing. Prices vary depending on time of day, so if you can time it well it s not a huge amount more than standard household rates, at 34p/kWh

[johnnyreggae]

Can you plug a simple charger into a 13a socket at home or work ? I think that would be the cheapest option - beyond that the prices keep changing so for a (not huge) charge once a week convenience has to be factored in too - Supermarket or McDonalds for instance

[dapprman]

If you are a Costco member and are near one of the four warehouses that have rapid chargers then they are just 50p per kWh. If the other three are like the Watford one then you may find yourself having to wait and getting annoyed when you realised they are 100% and all indications are the car owner is at the local gym.

[Audicab]

If you have a local Tesla supercharger, you can pay £10 per month, then off-peak rates are 23p kw

[Blockbuster]

Audicab said:

If you have a local Tesla supercharger, you can pay £10 per month, then off-peak rates are 23p kw

There was another thread where OP was talking about cancelling the order for the car.

[Jag_NE]

I’d still put the charger in, even if it’s a rental.

[TheRainMaker]

Audicab said:

If you have a local Tesla supercharger, you can pay £10 per month, then off-peak rates are 23p kw

I just checked the most local Supercharger to me, off-peak times would mean charging up in the middle of the night. that's not really workable for most, as you can't just dump it and pick it up in the morning.

There is also a wait time, with 5 out of the 12 chargers out of service, I've never seen so many Tesla chargers broken before.

[Goatwidcoat]

Jag_NE said:

I d still put the charger in, even if it s a rental.

At 80 miles a week the savings wouldn't come close to covering the install as they only plan to have it for 12 months. If not even doing many miles I have to wonder what point of even getting an EV for 12 months is. Even a relatively inefficient petrol car this is only costing £65 a month in petrol.

Assuming that the lease is at least £300 a month the OP will be paying nearly £1 a mile to drive it for a year.

My nextdoor neighbour rents and was only meant to be there 6 months while his divorce was going through so had no intention of fitting a charger. It's been over 2 years now, but he has a 3 pin out the front window and charges his Taycan with it every day.

Edited by Goatwidcoat on Tuesday 17th February 08:25