PJ87
Journeyman Pro
So today we did about 260miles round trip in the EV. I had charged it up to 100% overnight.... It did the first 130 burning thru 75% of the battery. So on the return trip, stopped at a fast charger with evyve using the Electroverse card. Charged 53Kwh in about 50 mins. It was at a farm, so stayed for lunch while the car charged. Overall good experience (barring the nonsense around one of the guns not working). Charging cost £40.
In contrast I have done a return trip to B'ham in about £40 and had some fuel left. So pound for pound, using public charger is not cheaper than using ICE car.
The other bit is that there is no way to know if the price was competitive i..e could i have gone down to a BP charger 5 miles away and charged for £25. Equally, does my BMW card give me a better deal than my Electroverse card (I have previously charged using the BMW card for about £20).
Yeah that is a massive downside, you can look on zap map and see prices per kWh on various chargers but as opposed to petrol where you can go right Tesco is cheaper than shell I'll go there in EV you just want to go for what works and Is in your zone regardless of actual cost