Supercharging costs?

[loafer27]

How do i find out how much it costs to charge ?

My Model Y was delivered last night on the back of a transporter and has 30% charge atm.

I have free charging at work but am tempted to drive to nearest supercharger and top it up and have a look round the car in daylight.

Question is where to i find out how much that costs ? are all superchargers same price pre Kwh ? is there a peak and off peak price ?

Will take some pics while im charging

Cheers

[NDA]

Looks like the average price is 37p per kWh at the moment... so cheaper at home, if you can.

I am not sure what battery you have, I believe (you need to check) that the newer batteries benefit from being charged to 100% every month or so. The older batteries (like mine) prefer no more than 85% unless going on a long run.

[loafer27]

well that was somewhat frustrating .

i went to head to my nearest supercharger and theres a massive gridlock as the motorway was closed so decided to go more local.

Next place i tried was a chargepoint Fast charger place with loads of empty spots park up nd download the app and register blah blah then it says tap your chargepoint card on the charger ffs why not contactless instead if an app and a special card.

Then i tried local Tescos which had 4 bays in use and two more where i plugged in and then found it wasnt working for ccs and it took me a few seconds to work out how to get the plug back out of the car !

Will try again tomorrow !

also why do they quote Tesla prices as kWh surely thats a rate of charge rather than an amount of charge delivered ?

Do they mean kW ? the one at Heathrow currently says price is 0.26 kWh when i look at it on the screen in the car does that mean itll cost me £13 to add 50 kW of charge to the battery ?

Apologies for the dumb questions

[CrgT16]

It does sound a bit of a faff.
They EV chargers should work in a simple way irrespective who is selling the charge.

1 - Attach lead to charger so charger can check compatibility and recognises car;

2 - Pre approve payment or scan membership card

3 - charge the car

4 - Unplug and go

I don’t know why it’s not streamlined across the board like that with all different apps, etc etc.

Good luck OP. I don’t think it’s costly but like someone said it would be cheaper to charge at home if you can. Anyway it’s much cheaper than fill your car with petrol so don’t fret too much.

[loafer27]

Agreed , that's what i was hoping too

i'm not currently able to charge at home but we do have free chargers at work.

good to have alternative options tho just in case

[annodomini2]

loafer27 said:

i'm not currently able to charge at home but we do have free chargers at work.

Granny charger will be in a bag in the boot underfloor, if you have a driveway, run an extension (if needed), and plug in.

Yes it's relatively slow, but just leave it going until you need the car. Adds about 6-8mph depending how you drive.

It'll be the 82kwh battery in yours, so taking it to 80% is going to take about 20hrs.

Other option, if your local Tesco has Pod point chargers, these are currently still free (AC) and if they have a rapid they are usually cheap (mine is 28p/kwh)

ETA: https://www.zap-map.com/ lists chargers by location

Edited by annodomini2 on Saturday 19th March 21:05

[Scrump]

loafer27 said:

also why do they quote Tesla prices as kWh surely thats a rate of charge rather than an amount of charge delivered ?


Apologies for the dumb questions

I think it is the other way round. kWh is an amount of electricity whilst kW is a rate of transfer. EV motors are rated in kW whilst EV batteries are rated in kWh.
(I am no electrical engineer so apologies if I am wrong!)