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Yesterday, in the pouring rain I succeeded in failing to get an Osprey charger to work. The routine seemed fairly straightforward, tap your payment card, choose which connector to use, and hey presto, the connector is locked into the charger, and won't budge...£25 down as they lock that until...

Just returned to Octopus Go. Cheap rate starts at 12:30am. I have a charger installed by Octopus several years ago. But it is a Rolec charger I now find out. Thus, without getting up at 12:30 to switch the thing on, its a lump of doin's................ So do I have to get up at 12:30am to...

I managed to bend my MG ZS EV mk 1 on a low brick wall. Not a huge amount of damage, but plenty to raise the insurance umbrella. As a courtesy car, I have the Toyota Yaris. Lovely little car. After a day of driving this little Hybrid, I am looking forward to getting my MG back. The Yaris is...

More and more Genie Charging points are out of order... They were so well placed, in Morrisons Supermarkets, and other places. I did ring them a month or two ago, they said they could not get spare parts from Japan. Poor sourcing in the first place. They are now a bit like Ecotricity, who had...

On my return from Heathrow to Wales, I called into the Ionity Charger station near Chippenham. I have used this station before, with difficulty. But yesterday, it worked very well. The trick is to use a payment card, a Shell card in this case. It saves you being debited the deposit of what was...

A long row of new Gridserve EV Chargers being installed at the Reading Moto services Eastbound on the M4. Unsure of the opening schedule, but can't be too far away..:D

Trying to organise a weeks holiday in the Hay-on-Wye area. So few charging points and those that era there are out of order,,,, Gordon Bennett is all I have to say...

Not being funny, but I don't think I have seen, or recognised, an MG5 on the road, certainly here in South Wales. MG ZS's are very popular, mainly petrol ones, you see them every time you drive, ... But not the 5's.... Odd...

I have this EO charger for a year or so. I have delayed getting it on line for various reasons. Now I am trying to do that. I go through the routine, it is trying to connect, but in the end fails. Err-5006. I suspect my internet connection is not strong enough. I am trying to connect through...

Just like to praise Gridserve's charger at j47 on the M4. Gridserve have replaced the Ecotricty chargers there, and it worked very well first time and with ease. 150kwh rate, gave about 30KW in about 30 minutes, and cost £5.30 odd. If all chargers worked as well, we are making progress in the...

My previous EV was a little Citroen Zero. The manufacturers (Mitsubishi) advertised mileage was 93 miles on a full charge. This article says the real world range was 63 miles. Citroen C-Zero (2010-2018) range, battery & charging | DrivingElectric My little car after 10 years, still gave a...

Sadly have to say that I have come to an end with Octopus Energy Company. My power bills for the last two months have come to £560 approx. Despite my usage/meter readings showing about £130 per month. They claim they were given a inaccurate reading for an Electric Meter installed in 2008, thus...

I recently did a rapid charge at Tesco using the Podpoint charger. The cost was £4.75 or so, using my Visa Debit card. I now see that Podpoint are taking £30 from my bank as well. Is this just the holding charge, and will be refunded or released in time?

Anyone had an invoice from New Motion. I have an invoice which I dare not open, as it may well be a scam. I am sure I have not signed up for anything, other than answering Q''s from the ZS EV forum regarding Shell...

When arriving at a charger(s) and the its in use, what do you do? Identifying others in the queue can be difficult. I usually ask the person using the charger, in the nicest possible way, how long he will be charging for. And once whilst waiting, another EV turns up and does much the same. I...

Charge your car in 5 minutes..................... https://www.financialexpress.com/auto/electric-vehicles/ev-batteries-charge-60-times-faster-graphene-aluminium-ion-coin-cells-range-electric-cars-bikes/2253933/ Not quite as good as it sounds, but the technology is rolling upwards..................

Just planning a 200 mile trip along the M4... Zapmap shows "Issues" at Membury and Chievely, both strategically placed for my Route plan. So to check, I have telephoned Ecotricity and asked whether these pumps are working. Membury East bound has had several charges today, and Chievely has had...

Planning Wales to Surrey trip next week. Looking at Zap Map, the Membury Service Station reports the CSS charger is out of use. Looking at the Open Charge Map, that says the Charger is operational. Not helpful is it..................:-(

Are we indulging in bigger toys for the boys (ladies excuse me)... Electric power excluded, the ultimate boys toy for most us anyway, is the gadget that has radar brakes, cruise control and lane recognition. We can now "relax" at the wheel whilst hurtling along the motorway at 70mph. But is...