Tell me your thoughts about the Tesco charging service? Free service = good service?? Let me know

As a EV newbie any information on charging is always useful. A clear and well presented demonstration. Thankyou.

Great video. My Tesla is arriving Monday and I am so glad of their supercharger network. The government really needs to sort out the non Tesla network. The amount of apps, card and other things needed is ridiculous. Contact less should always be an option.

Thanks for posting this, as an old boy even simple technology can baffle me.you have done a great job.

My wife just managed to put her Volvo XC90 on charge at our local Tesco with help from your video, so thanks

Not bad to say that was the first time using a Pod Point AND first time the car was plugged in ever!! Thanks for your help Tina 👍⚡

I'm considering buying an electric vehicle and found this very helpful and interesting, so thanks for the detailed and practical description. It all sounds and looks pretty much obvious, but its easy to get a bit flustered if you haven't done this before. There's a first time for everything after all.

Thank you, that his given me the confidence to tackle our Tesco charger with our new EV (3 days old)

Thanks for that, just about to go to my local Tesco to shop and use the charger for the first time. Just a thought, look in your cars charging settings to see if you can turn up the rate at which it accepts charge. My car has 5 speed settings for charging. 7kw chargers are said to be capable of 25 miles in an hour.

Ours at Bridlington Tesco s fantastic! Four points, all free, so easy to use! We didn’t need the ap either as it charged anyway!

I can only speak of my local Tesco stores, both me and my wife now have EV’s (me a Tesla Model 3, her a VW ID4) and our local store chargers never go above 3KW, despite being rated at 7KW. It’s a little frustrating. The local store has now changed the parking to 60 mins free too, so it’s a rush to do the shopping and get only around 5/15 miles of range. We are just making the best of it none the less. The home charger is well worth the purchase though! Didn’t waste the spends getting a home Tesla charger for insane cost, went for a dual 22KW charger and it’s working nicely 😃

Hi took my hybrid to my local Tesco only to find it is not a tethered charger,I did not have a cable,In to bmw to buy a plug in charge cable.Not all Tesco chargers are the same.Good video.😊

I went into Tesco Portsmouth today and used the new podpoint chargers, I normally use the type 2 option which is free but on this occasion I tried the CCS fast charger, unfortunately I had left my phone at home so didn’t have the app, After reading the instructions I found that I didn’t need it, simply connect the charger ( which is tethered) touch a contactless on the display, and press start. On return, tap card again, press stop and disconnect, it was really easy, not free but not expensive either 👍

I haven't actually bought my EV as yet, but thank you for your very useful video. I'll be sure to refer back to it when I get mine.

Just had my new PEHV (BMW 2 series active tourer) delivered 3 hrs ago and downloading the pod app as I type this so very useful to see how it all works. Going to Tesco later to try it out LOL

It may be a slow charge for you in a car, but for me on an Ebike it's a fast charge, all you need is an adapter and away you go.

Excellent thanks for that. I'm taking delivery next week of an id3. Not a clue b4 watching this of what to do re charging lol

This was very helpful thank you.

You have a much smaller battery in the Hybrid VW at 9.9kWh and it has a 3.6kW charger so it will only charge at a this rate max.

Very useful as my local Tesco has just had one installed and has made me think about getting an EV as charging looks easy, thanks!

Great video. Just a couple of tips. Better to plug in to car first. You're not wrong in how you did it, but some chargers respond with less fuss if you plug in the car first. There's (usually) no need to search for the charger as the app will be (if you've ok'd location services) showing where you are. Have a look at the bottom of the screen. Enjoy you're new car and I hope you have many happy miles in her.

This was useful, my mum is looking at getting an electric but bit unsure about charging it and things

The reason you only got 4kw is your car is only capable of charging a that rate, i often use the chargers and see 6.4kwh on a Nero EV, most hybrids charge at around half that rate.

I don’t have an EV yet, I’m intending to buy one, Information is valuable. I find a lot of faffing around on the app, not sure if have the correct machine. Why not scan your bar code & that should identify the machine.

Thank you look forward to these free chargers coming to a Tesco near me. Currently charging at home. BTW (you probably have worked this out by now) the max current spec Passat can charge at is 3.6kW).

brave of you to video your first experience of charging your car at Tesco but you both done a great job. What's the tie in with VW and Tesco? I assume its open to all plug in vehicles?

Thanks very much for the video. For some reason Tesco hasn't put any of these chargers in their Havering stores as of yet.

Tesco chargers are fab. Sometimes ICED but generally available. With my Tesla Model 3 I usually get around 25 miles with an hour charge.

I’m trying Tesco in Clay Cross today for the first time - BMW I3S charge!

Excellent vid and explanation - I've just ordered an ID3 (not as posh as your lovely Passat) and I'd heard of the free charging at Tesco - Nice incentive, and I suppose its in Tesco's and my interest to make a nice long shop of it! I read in the comments that as yours is Hybrid it can only charge at 4kw - Is this correct?

Do Tesco PodPoint CCS chargers have a maximum charge % setting. I charged today at Inverness and it stopped at 80% although my car is set to charge to 100% while I make longer journeys to give me the maximum range.

Helpful video and super nice couple! 😍 I'm now a subscriber to your channel.

Very helpful, thank you!

How long can you charge in Tesco for free? I mean if I done shopping and decide to leave the car there for another 6 months could I do that or car park rule applies?

Silly question (i dont own an ev yet...) but... what if you plug your car in, go into the store to buy all your food etc, return to your car and find that someone's nicked your charging lead.?

Well explained, thank you

Very helpful. Thank you.

Im quite close to Tesco so i come home with more range than i went with

I like this video

Great tutorial thanks

well done girls, I tried this for my 1st charge but it didn't work. Reported it and PP thanked me, repaired 2 chargers out of 4 there (3 days later) and said "all doors are now open.". Not been back yet to check but as its so slow.......yawn.......best...to...charge...at...home.

Imagine not knowing how to unplug the ev cable for 30 mins, with people waiting to use it.....thats was me 🤣

I'm guessing you have not read the manual yet, then, as the GTE only has a 3.7kW charger. The most you will ever get is about 10 miles of added range per hour of charging. Personally, I believe hybrids are sold essentially fraudulently as there is absolutely no reason why you could not have spent your money on a *real* EV instead (assuming you, like 95% of other UK motorists, rarely do a trip of more than 150 miles). Keeping an engine is just a comfort blanket and simply perpetuates the myth that we must all still rely on fossil fuels to maintain our quality of life.

Thanks for this demo.! The UK charging infrastructure is in a pathetic state because our useless government has no plan. It's good that Tesco offers a free vend, but even this is too slow a charge rate for most full EVs given an hours shopping time. Other supermarkets have different chargers or none. Solution? Move to Norway where the government has a very effective plan which has wired the road network, or buy a Tesla if you can find one/afford one.

My local Tesco that has EV charging is 2 miles away. It too says that 7.2Kw is available but never actually delivers this amount. More like 3Kw.per hour. As others have pointed out, having to use a mobile to get more than 15 min of free energy is a pain, especially in bad weather. Why can't I just wave my Tesco Points card at the machine. On the bonus side is the free parking as well as free charge. My town centre car park has a charge point that is never used because you are charged for parking, only allow to charge for 1 hour and ripped off 30p/Kwh which makes the package more expensive per mile than an ICE vehicle.

Do u have to use your own cables of ones already there?

8 miles isn’t too bad, considering your journey to Tesco’s may have been less overall. Did you need to have mobile data to get the charger going?

you may be able to plug in for a charge ..... however Tescos will fine you for parking! £70 ! if over two hours in there store.... watch out!

Most Tesco car parks have a two hour parking limit does this apply to the charging bays?

You are in Eastbourne? Have you tried the Beacon shopping centre chargers?

a qr code on the charger would be nice rather than having to search for it in the app

Are the non VW EV vehicles free to charge at Tesco too?

At Tesco my charger stops after 15 minutes and starts again if I remove and replace the cable. It says confirm charge but I don't see how to do this. Help a non-tech duffer!

Also, got an EV cable bag from Amazon for £10 for each of your type 2 and 3-pin plug chargers. I think VW owners only get the type 2. Don’t drop your Type 2 cable into puddles as shown in this video !

Oh great another app to use a charge point. A contactless clubcard and a debit card should suffice. I say no more app barriers to charging!! Make charging easier.

Tesco podpoint chargers are good (7kW, 29 miles per hour charge) ….mostly reliable. Aldi Newmotion chargers are better (11kW, 54 miles per hour or 47 miles if you sit in and leave your a/c running)… no app Charge master have some free chargers too, just turn them on and plug in for 7kW charging.

But why a hybrid and not a full EV? Missed opportunity. :(

5 Tescos within easy commuting distance of my home.......... NO Charging Facilities! Come on Tesco, ASDA have done it.

Yes. If you have a 4 kilowatt (kW) charger in your car, and you charge for an hour, you will get 4 kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy.

So the charging is free who actually covers the cost of the charging as we all know electric isn't free so do Tesco's cover by charging more for your goods

Ridiculous! Imagine if every one will have to do that at petrol stations! And I have an electric car for the past three years! Primary access to chargers should be credit/debit card not aps prepaid cards

Way easier if you just type the name of the charger

Maybe not use a echoey room on the next video

8 miles after charging a full hour oh dear 😳

Interesting but I don't understand the logic with electric. Why do we need to give them every piece of info about us? More data tracking and big brother following everybody. And why can't we just use chip and pin to pay when needed or actual money for what we use. Madness.

So you have to have a phone that works, and a signal, to have an electric car. Frikin nonsense.

Question ..... how are you saving the planet ? The electric still has to come from somewhere ..... should be how to get free electric

Helpful video and super nice couple! 😍 I'm now a subscriber to your channel.