[cars123]

Hello all,

so I’ve finally received my BMW i4 and my home charger is being fitted until mid September so I’ve been charging the car using public chargers for now.

i did not realise charging this way was so expensive my first charge I charged from 30% until about 92% and this cost me £36!

is this quiet normal or is there a cheaper way to charge?

Thanks

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[Rhodgie]

@cars123 find the nearest Ionity chargers and take out their Power subscription, use Tesla chargers either with or without a subscription and try to go at off peak times, Instavolt are offering discounts but only through the night from 10pm till 6am I think? Find a nice neighbour who has an EV and ask if you can share (paying your share obviously)

[BIYT]

It also depends on where you are, try searching for free chargers, there are still some about, also you should have received the plug in charger with bmw?

Good luck

[UkHardcore23]

If you have Tesla Superchargers fair close they are very cheap off-peak times. Ionity is cheap’ish if you take a monthly sub out.

Pricing is crazy right now with public chargers for the vast majority of them, Tesla bringing their price right down people thought it would start a price war but it never happened.

Motabilty teamed up with BP Pulse – The most expensive company regarding charging as far as i can see.

[Ele]

FREE EV Charging – 9th September only

[cars123]

Thanks for all the advice, GRIDSERVE seem to have 20% off at the moment until the end of September and I have one nearby so I have been using that, not the cheapest but working out at 0.63p per kWh at the moment.

[Ioniq]

Ten months ago our local 50kw chargeplace cost 15p/KwHr.

But it was abused by people hogging the chargers. One of the chargers always had a taxi plugged into it. Turns out a local taxi company was charging their fleet and not using the chargers on their premises.

They spoiled it for everyone.  Now it costs 60p/KwHr and an overstay fine of £40.

It could be cheap, but always someone spoils it for everyone.

 

[DumfriesDik]

I got a free charge on a fast charger the other day. Might be a bit far for you being at Inveruglas, north Loch Lomond!

VW ID3 Max is my DD

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