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EV Charging Is A Postcode Lottery... But Are You A Winner?
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2 ай бұрынWhere you live matters. I mean, that's hardly a novel concept. But in this video, we take a look at how this applies to EV owners when it comes to public charging. And there might be a few surprises along the way. So to find out what's going on, stick around as Dave Takes It On.
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@BMWHP2 2 ай бұрын
It would be great if there were chargers at the gym, shopping malls, hairdressers, physiotherapist, dentists, golfpark, football fields etc. All places where people will be longer than 10 minutes.
@dailylifefactuk 2 ай бұрын
In my area Reading, 3 of the gyms have pod point and the one at Pure Gym is Pod point set at 14p per KW - altoough that is the landlord supsidising at as it part of a small retail park, we nearly lost because of local DPD drivers using it over night from 5pm and all weekend all 4 bays taken by them
@peterjones6640 2 ай бұрын
As has been said before in the comments section what we need are more destination chargers. As I write this I am on holiday in Cornwall, ( travelled from Norfolk). Getting here in my MG4 was a breeze, top up charge when we stopped for lunch (started with 100% from home), only meant to top up to 80% but by the time finished lunch it was near 90% then straight on to Bristol for an overnight stop ( chose a hotel with chargers), following morning left with 100% and arrived at cottage in Cornwall which has an EV charger ( one of the reasons I chose it) and able to charge when needed overnight. On way home though as we are taking a different route ( and staying overnight somewhere different) has required more planning and will involve probably 2/3 stops to rapid charge ( with contemplated only filling to 80%), it would have been easier if where we are staying overnight on the way back ( dictated by some sites we want to see ) had charging facilities ( large National chain of hotels).
@paulweston1106 2 ай бұрын
It's not just about there being a charger, consideration also has to be given to whether the chargers work reliably. The charger in the local Morrison car park hasn't worked for ages, it has been reported but the company doesn't seem bothered so presumably it was never profitable to them when it was working. Faulty chargers are quite a common complaint.
@stephengowler5360 2 ай бұрын
The North West has an incredible amount of very fast chargers whereas Hampshire/Dorset is a desert
@davidwilson4468 2 ай бұрын
Wellington, and Shropshire in general have very few chargers. The 2 in the local leisure centre car park are only 3kw and cost £3 per hour to use, with a maximum of 2 hours stay.
@Kjillmatic 2 ай бұрын
We need more cheap, affordable overnight slow chargers for apartment streets. I used to live in a flat in Amsterdam and there were about 8-10 surrounding me, so I barely ever rapid charged. Now I live in Hastings, where there’s approx 6 chargers in the entire towns of Hastings and St Leonard’s (all of which are expensive). So my best option currently is to supercharge every so often at Flimwell, a supercharger 30 mins away. The state of it in East Sussex is so behind, but at least there’s something I guess.
@Kevin-dp1vy 2 ай бұрын
Shropshire has very few charging sites and most of them are far too expensive. You can understand why companies install charging stations in large cities, but if the government's plan to make everyone drive an EV is to work then rural areas have to have charging stations too.
@crm114. 2 ай бұрын
Travelling to Wales in an EV requires careful planning in view of the derth of rapid chargers.
@WM12329 2 ай бұрын
Massive shortage of contactless ac chargers in north Cambridgeshire. If you live in the Wisbech area you can go to Kings Lynn (approx 12 miles away) March (approx 10 miles away) or Peterborough (approx 20 miles away). There is CCS or Chademo at Morrisons close to Wisbech, but no good if you have a ZE40 Renault that is neither rapid or CCS. The only redemption is home charging. 22kw rather than 7kw would be good also.
@keithdenton8386 2 ай бұрын
I always filled up my tank to the brim, as I hated going to fill up. I could usually get a month out of it and it would be on 20 miles in the tank when I filled up again.
@dublodave7860 2 ай бұрын
As has been noted previously, rural Lincolnshire is a place to avoid if you need to try and charge - Lincoln itself is well covered but once you are 'out in the sticks' beware..
@shoops8348 Ай бұрын
My last trip to Lincolnshire left me trying to find a charger in the desert. Tried 3 in rural Alford and none of them worked. Need more chargers and ones that work.
@Nick_Smith1970 2 ай бұрын
North Wales and Anglesey is a bit of a charging desert too. On Anglesey, I think the fastest is 60kw, but you need to drive up to Holyhead for that. They seem to have one or two 50kw at each small town. This may be ok for some, but there isn't much to do in these towns, if you need an hour or two's charge. I stayed on a Caravan farm site near the middle of the island, so charging my car was a slight pain. So I ended up granny charging from my caravan socket. I just limited the car to draw 8 amps. Left from late afternoon to say 10 or 11 the next day, gave me enough back to do another day's exploring. Pulling the caravan there and back, I was limited to 100 mile range, but found some open Tesla chargers at Flint Mountain, about half way. 30 mins, and we were back on our way.
@johnpickard9953 2 ай бұрын
Usual informative video full of common sense. You asked for any charger info. Well I must be very lucky. Living just south of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire I have 34 chargers of at least 100kW, within 6 miles of home, according to ZapMap. But I charge at home!!
@chapmandu2 2 ай бұрын
If you are charging publicly locally to where you live because you don't have a home charger then you have plenty of optionality on where/when you charge, so easier to avoid queueing. But if you're on a road trip or visiting then you may have far less choice - on a 6 hour road trip you will inevitably have to stop and charge around the middle of the day when it's busiest. This is when knowing which chargers are most likely to be busy in advance can really help, a simple tip for this is to look at ZapMap or Electroverse on the same day and same time perhaps a week before you go, or at some other busy time and see which charging locations are busiest, then avoid those. A minor modification of your intended route could really help - eg Cambridge A14 services are always terrible for queueing, but there's a Shell Recharge around the corner off the motorway at Fenstanton that is usually quiet, or there's an open to all Tesla SC in Cambridge further south off the M11, or the expanded Birchanger Green services.
@geoffmansfield2668 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your videos. Regularly do Halifax to Fife. Since owning an EV (3yrs) I have not been able to do westside route. Recently used Northbound Tebay (😊) and Larkhall (poor coffee); absolutely perfect ‘bladder distances’ apart. Dare not do trip in reverse because of Tebay limitations (haven’t tried the little link road between sites). Any inside line with your new friends wrt more Southbound chargers? Return trip was on a Sunday; Tesla> (Adderstone) was full, so went back to Belford for lunch (😊). When we later went past Adderstone, it was still 100% full (all Teslas on both occasions). Thanks again for a great show.
@PJWey 2 ай бұрын
Good thing Dorset isn’t popular with tourists since we have a severe lack of public charging hubs and no Tesla Superchargers yet. 😢
@kennshearer526 2 ай бұрын
😂 Yes I noticed that on a recent visit. Bloody hopeless. At least my AirBnB had the sense to provide overnight charging. It was the reason I chose them 😄
@chrisbwhittle 2 ай бұрын
I regularly drive down to west Dorset, I drive down (180 miles) spend the week there and then drive home. Three miles from home I pass a filling station and fill up, about 12 minutes later I’m home. So no trying to find for a charger, then having to wait around for it to be free, then hang around charging, the irony is, this time the house I rented had a charger
@kennshearer526 2 ай бұрын
@@chrisbwhittle Good for you 😆
@juttley72 2 ай бұрын
In uttoxeter in staffordshire we have really good coverage with plenty of chargers. However, I recently went to Leek in Staffordshire moorlands and could only find 1 charger in Morrisons car park and it was out of order. Not sure what is going on in Leek, but as a market town which relies on visitors which pass through on the way to nearby Peak District, it seems like an odd omission not to have more chargers.
@pauldenney7908 2 ай бұрын
Dumfries and Galloway, especially the A75 which is the main route to Stranraer and Northern Ireland and doesn't have a single rapid charger on it for the whole 90 odd miles. If you want to charge you havecto leave it and head into Dumfries, Castle Douglas or one of the other towns along the route.
@spacecadetrik21 2 ай бұрын
Newton Stewart is probably best. It has CPS rapid and Instavolt.
@pauldenney7908 2 ай бұрын
@@spacecadetrik21 True but you do have to pull off the 75 and head into town to find them.
@JSMITH6298 2 ай бұрын
Isle of Wight is very poor for EV charging. Went on holiday there and it was more luck than anything else that I was able to charge enough.
@dennisp21 2 ай бұрын
I may be wrong, but from what I can see, that apart from Exeter the number of chargers at the services on the M5 South of the M49 junction is very low
@Jaw0lf 2 ай бұрын
That is totally the way I do things, where possible... avoid the busy times. Also in general it doesn't matter where chargers are near to you if you have home charging, it is those further away and that is a great thing of seeing you visit different parts of the country. Lincolnshire is generally light on charging , although Grantham has a good amount at the A1 services. Number of chargers in Lincoln itself are growing slowly but south of Lincoln is doing well. Head out towards Skegness and it is a different story though.
@MrSJBlock 2 ай бұрын
M3 is very poorly served and M4 is patchy as well
@x5toledo 2 ай бұрын
Black hole area: Shropshire. Also: Gloucester/Stroud/Cheltenham (awful at peak times)
@PDB-vxo Ай бұрын
Really think destination charging is the way forward. It would be interesting Dave if you could come down to the South, where I live (Hampshire South) the charging situation is very poor. Not many chargers and most very slow. Luckily I’ve just had my home charger installed but before that Tesla opened a charger to all near me and for about 2 months that was my go to!
@leejonesNPT 2 ай бұрын
Was in north Devon/Somerset last week not many rapid chargers about and no Tesla chargers, i used Tesla at Gordon’s services and was lucky enough to have a 7kw charger at the Airbnb i was staying at
@ianleaver4967 23 күн бұрын
Nearly all the chargers here in Scarborough, Filey area are the slow chargers. It doesn’t effect me but I feel sorry for the holidaymakers who drive EV’s
@wn129747 2 ай бұрын
Herefordshire is appalling, which is where I live. The town I live in doesn't have a single Rapid Charger (50kW+), despite having 3 supermarkets.
@wonderingworld119 2 ай бұрын
Lincolnshire is virtually devoid of the things once you get past Lincoln itself going east. Which is a real problem as Skegness and the surrounding areas are popular holiday destinations. Big tip for anyone going to that part of the world this summer, if you need to top up make sure you have done it before you actually reach Lincoln or you will be well and truly in range anxiety mode ( I do this trip quite a lot and sometimes sweat it out, but seriously don't be stupid like me )
@linuxretrogamer 12 күн бұрын
Lowestoft has zero chargers south of the river. A single 49p Type-2 in the middle of a marsh nature reserve. Half dozen at 79p in a petrol station. 3/4 that haven’t been working on a retail park at 79p. The gym opposite have a couple at 89p. The McDonald’s going out of town with a big Tesco opposite has about half dozen at a cheaper 63p. It’d be really good when the supermarkets properly get their acts together. On a 22-50KW charge an half hour shop the car would get more than enough charge for regular day to day use. And I bet supermarkets will do better than 63p when the competition heats up. I charge at the McDonald’s on a Sunday morning before heading off to work.
@keithdenton8386 2 ай бұрын
We have a main Tesla center in North Shields. No Supercharges there. Strange.
@colinrobinson7869 2 ай бұрын
100% agree. If you need to use public charging find your local Tesla open to all and pop over to their once a week and save yourself ££££ + £8.99 for non Tesla drivers per month. As I've said before, I think, it's down to a new mind set and look back at when we had petrol shortage at the pumps and the queue then but in normal times ICE drivers just fill up once a week and spread the load. If central or local government which to help with founding please put the public's money towards EV buses, the new London ones have a claimed range of 400 miles, so that all can have access to regular reliable and cheap transport where ever you are within the British isles as I believe car ownership is a privilege not a given right as both my wife and son cannot have a driving licence due to health reason so rely on public transport when I'm not about. P.S we are lucky to live within TFL's area so not to much of a problem.
@WM12329 2 ай бұрын
Where ac charging is available on particular chargers, price can be same price as rapid charging !
@simonhurst253 2 ай бұрын
Tesla superchargers near me. I live in Kelsall in the countryside about 8 miles from Chester , the nearest sites to me are 20 miles over the border into Wales at Flint or 30 miles the over direction to Manchester and I use an Peugeot E2008
@tucker9162 2 ай бұрын
Lincolnshire. Especially North Lincolnshire.
@stulop 2 ай бұрын
I'm wanting open to all tesla chargers closer to me. My closest tesla chargers, even as a tesla driver are Amesbury, Exeter, Bristol and Southampton. There is a bit of a Tesla black hole in Somerset and Dorset.
@steve-zschannel2729 2 ай бұрын
Rotherham where I live severely lacks rapid chargers the main reason isn't that there aren't any chargers but because virtually all of them are out of service due to stolen cables. As each charger affected has had cables stolen on multiple occasions the operators are no longer replacing them as the sites are no longer financially viable.
@dailylifefactuk 2 ай бұрын
They need to start keeping the live up to just before the conector, FRY the tea leafs
@mrmitch5054 2 ай бұрын
Huddersfield and surrounding area as very poor coverage. We have to travel to Leeds which is 20 miles away or any meaningful quality chargers.
@milohobo9186 2 ай бұрын
There 2 level 2 chargers in hotel parking lots, there is a single DCFC in the next town. That's it. And it's a middle sized city along a main corridor in the United States, but it is Louisiana so there's that. Thankfully I have home charging.
@sir-chat-a-lot 2 ай бұрын
In Ely, Cambs we have very few pubic fast chargers. Tesco have some Podpoints - 1 x 50kW, 2 x 22kW & 2 x 7kW then there are the local authority ran ones, 2 carparks with 8 x 7kW which are only 50p per kW. The fastest I have found are 110kW by a really good coffee shop on a trading estate with 65p per kW. Nearest Tesla Supercharger is Newmarket 18 miles away but is open to all. I didn't include the 2 Instavolt 80kW as at 85p per kW as it too much for too little
@adwol48 2 ай бұрын
given how popular norfolk is for tourists feel its a little under served but is defiantley getting better, thetford is kinda okay tesla have just expanded their site from 8 to 16 v4 units plus there is mfg at fiveways roundabout, Norwich has the tesla service centre plus the gridserve electric forecourt there is also plans for another large charging centre 5 miles away that i believe is going to have 80 chargers. great yarmouth has had some osprey units installed plus there is new plans for more chargers being added to an adjacent vacant property, then less than half a mile away there is 10 SSE chargers. cant say much about the west of the county but imagine they have some over that way.
@mrmawson2438 2 ай бұрын
Cheers Dave
@michaelslattery9923 2 ай бұрын
Teesside is wanting in EV chargers, even Tesla has nothing between Scotch Corner and Washington services
@alanhenry2879 2 ай бұрын
I live croydon Only been a terrible bloke, but I do charge at home. Got permission from croydon council to put in a charger I am going up to Doncaster. I. Decided that I would pay test. 8.99 when I go But cannot find Tesla very close to Doncaster. So may have to rethink how to charge when I get there. Did he try to find hotels? But they don't seem to have any with charges
@Donncada1 2 ай бұрын
25 k miles done in my BEVs Never had to queue to charge Never had a Flat Battery Regularly do 400 mile road trips Always find working rapid chargers Live in north east near Berwick Plenty of chargers to meet my needs BUT not enough on A1 between Nescastle and Edinburgh, 6 or 12 more would be good, for people going to and from Scotland on A1. Kent is a black spot for me. Until sainsbury at Tunbridge Wells public charging in that area was nightmarish. Don
@Opapa99 2 ай бұрын
East Coast (Scarborough area)The few they have installed are mostly in £5+ a day car parks. They need to be in the very underused Park and Ride sites. Family day out by the sea but struggle to get home .
@GrahamWathey 2 ай бұрын
Also the nearest Tesla supercharger is over 60 miles away.
@Hell-Hound1 2 ай бұрын
We went to Scarborough in Feb. and there were chargers on the way into/out but, as you say not many actually there.
@Opapa99 2 ай бұрын
Some big names at The Scarborough Open Air Theatre all summer. The Drifters, Tom Jones etc. Thousands attend . 2 slow Kerbside chargers in the car park. Armed Forces weekend soon again Thousands attend. Wake up Scarborough Council.
@malcolmsutton6740 2 ай бұрын
More Tesla sites needed in Norfolk, Suffolk and East Yorkshire.
@MrSammotube 2 ай бұрын
I am waiting delivery of an EV, so still on petrol for a bit. Here on the outskirts of London, the situation is good, but I would probably only need public chargers when driving further afield, so would still need to check the situation out each time (for long journeys). Sometimes with petrol stations, you queue more when paying than the filling up part. My local station is an M&S and people actually get their food shopping in a trolley - getting stuck behind them in the queue takes forever!
@Kevin-dp1vy 2 ай бұрын
All my local petrol stations have pay at the pump, I rarely go into the kiosk.
@MrSammotube 2 ай бұрын
@@Kevin-dp1vy Not a single one near me. Nearest one is 25 minutes away - thankfully it is at a big Sainsburys, so makes the trip more worthwhile, otherwise not really worth a 50 minute round trip just for petrol.
@dailylifefactuk 2 ай бұрын
Definintly North Yorkshire is the worst county I visit and Rishi own town of Richmond (North Yorkshire) is a joke, with no chargers accect some 7.5w one in a car park out of town. and Tesco at Catrick (Tescos) with One 50w and 4 x 7.5w is the only option or a Jet garage with 6 x 150w (MFG). failing that its out the A1m services.
@Chris-mh3vf 2 ай бұрын
Only one 50kw charger in whitby
@keithdenton8386 2 ай бұрын
At least 20 EVs at the hospital my wife works at . Two chargers.
@GrahamWathey 2 ай бұрын
At Scarborough and York hospitals there are no charges at all. And of course the doctors and nurses have to pay to park up.
@alanosborne6921 2 ай бұрын
Hi dave great show visit daughter near filey Yorkshire i am ok on moterway but this east coast is in need of superchargers
@user-xc6wi8ts6s 2 ай бұрын
Lincolnshire coast
@rayjones9231 2 ай бұрын
North Wales, Dorset west and east
@ndf5322 2 ай бұрын
Dave how can we find the Tesla supercharger sites open to all?
@Paul.Woodcraft 2 ай бұрын
I can't check now as I have a Tesla but I recall the Tesla App has this option. Google search Tesla Open to All you should see a Tesla link with details.
@tomsalmon5634 2 ай бұрын
Zap Map seems to have a filter for this: Tesla Public Supercharger
@crm114. 2 ай бұрын
Search - Tesla find us. The Supercharger map has filters for you to select.
@paulweston1106 2 ай бұрын
The map on the Tesla website and the app allow you to filter on 'Open to all'.
@Mark-gc2yt 2 ай бұрын
I recently ordered a brand new Megane etech, assuming that getting an Ev would save me money. There are plenty of chargers in Swindon where I live but none of them I would describe as cost effective. Sainsbury’s have ultra fast charging but apparently they take £75 directly from your debit card as a holding deposit and then refund what you don’t spend some days later. Is this the same for all chargers? I’d like to see totem poles with prices on like you do with petrol and diesel. I find the pricing hard to find, but then again I’m new to this.
@Hell-Hound1 2 ай бұрын
Who told you that Sainsbury's hold onto your money for days? A few minutes maybe. Using your card to buy petrol direct from the pump will usually incur a £100+ deposit. So it's not just for EV charging. Your car will be able to locate charging points for you, or just download one of the many phone apps to assist you.
@feegs123 2 ай бұрын
1 tesla supercharger in glasgow
@retroonhisbikes 2 ай бұрын
Who in their right mind owns an ev
@dailylifefactuk 2 ай бұрын
Reading the comments Dave, it looks like you need to TAKE IT ON, and hold councils and MPs to account, Ive wrote to Rishi because where my lives (North Yorkshire) its bad, See my other comment
@paulweston1106 2 ай бұрын
If the private sector thinks that a location is likely to be profitable there is a good chance they will look to install a charger, if a location isn't profitable and it falls to the Local Authority to install then there is a good chance that they will have to subsidise it and with funding cuts they don't have the money.
@dailylifefactuk 2 ай бұрын
@@paulweston1106 agreed but there are many different gov subs and grants for installs the just need claiming, Like Wokingham DC did and then out sourced the charger and install.
@mrmawson2438 2 ай бұрын
Hello mate
@paulscott1759 2 ай бұрын
More chargers will be required if labour decide to commit to 2030 ban on ice cars as proposed by Starmer but there again he does differ from promises he makes ,i bet the car manufacturers are overjoyed bt Starmers latest statement throwing their future plans into disarray
@paulweston1106 2 ай бұрын
If he does switch back to 2030 there won't really be time to change it again before the next GE.
@mrmawson2438 2 ай бұрын
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