how long does a car have to sit on charge in comparison to petrol refuel?
Well, at these Instavolt chargers at Corley it’ll probably take around 40 minutes to grab a decent charge as they are only the 50kW Rapid type, not the ultra rapids that are needed at a motorway service station. The reason for this though is the length of time it has taken to get the installation of these chargers started, the planning submissions started in 2018. 8 on one side, 7 on the other. PAP/2017/0616 approved 02/01/18 validity 3y. PAP/2018/0056 approved 12/03/18 validity 3y. PAP/2019/0047 approved 21/03/19 validity 3y. PAP/2020/0078 approved 25/03/20 validity 3y.
Down the road at Junction 1 of the M6 is the new service station that will have 350kW EH (Ecotricity) chargers, although as they’ll be Ecotricity there’s a question as to will they be reliable or not. There will also be Tesla chargers & in the petrol station there will be two 150kW BP Pulse chargers.