Public charging review: BMW i3S 2018, Mickyvolt
Mickyvolt runs a BMW i3S 33kW 2018 electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Inadequate at peak times. Just about OK at other times with planning!! What and where are your favourite UK public chargers? M25 M1 GRIDSERVE Rapids & Electric Forecourt, Braintree, Essex. Sign-up […]
Public charging review: Hyundai IONIQ 5 2022 , Ioniq58
Ioniq58 runs a Hyundai IONIQ 5 Premium RWD 72.6kWh electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Inadequate. Not enough chargers at charge stations, too many poorly maintained and TOO MANY UNNECESSARY APPS and not many operate at the advertised power. Sign-up to Electric Road now to […]
Public charging review: Volkswagen ID.4 GTX 2021, Andy Smith
Andy Smith runs a Volkswagen ID.4 GTX 77kWh 2021 electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Better than it was. What and where are your favourite UK public chargers? Gridserve are my favourite UK network. They are well placed, reasonably priced and generally work very well. Situated […]
Public charging review: Nissan LEAF Tekna 2018, Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson runs a Nissan LEAF Tekna 40kWh 2018 electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Overall I think it is keeping pace with the need though clearly getting busier. There are obviously anecdotes of pinch points and queues at different places at different times but I […]
Public charging review: Skoda ENYAQ iV 80, Stephen
Stephen runs a Skoda ENYAQ iV 80 electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Where I live and work, public charging is mostly good, a lot of choice and reasonable rates if using the right Apps. Motorway charging has been hit and miss, sometimes chargers are all […]
Public charging review: Kia e-Niro 2020, SteveG
SteveG runs a Kia e-Niro Model 4 2020 electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? On the whole I’ve been pleasantly surprised by it. However, because my wife and I are both retired we can generally choose when we travel, so rarely travel at peak times. >90% […]
Public charging review: Skoda ENYAQ, Dick Sloan
Dick Sloan runs a Skoda ENYAQ electric car. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Is anybody in overall command of the network? It seems a ‘higgledy-piggledy’ mess. After a trip from York last year finding 5 broken chargers in a row (none highlighted on Zap-Map), this week we found […]
Public charging review – Stephen Z Nissan LEAF Acenta 40kWh
Stephen Z runs a Nissan LEAF electric car, comments on public charging. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? As I don’t have a home charger I rely on public chargers. Thankfully, I have a Tesco half a mile away where I can charge for free, a mile down […]
Public charging review – David, Tesla Model 3 Long Range
David runs a Tesla Model 3 electric car, comments on public charging. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? Tesla superchargers are still the benchmark, easy to use, fast and 99% reliable. Fortunately, we are now seeing others becoming almost as easy to use (cashless credit card) and more reliable. […]
Public charging review – Ian Crowder, Nissan LEAF 2021
Ian, owner of a 62kWh LEAF electric car, comments on public charging. What do you think of the UK public charging network in general? It is growing and there are some good and reliable providers. Equally, there are some very unreliable ones which can be extremely frustrating. It is also frustrating that there are […]
