BP pulse……

[Captain]

Planned a stop at a BP pulse 150kw charger enroute from Cornwall…arrived with 20% and would it work…?
So after 5 visits to broken chargers I’m in Bude getting 7kwh waiting for enough range to get back to civilisation ?

 

[PristDean]

Welcome to the UK's public charging network

 

[benflugel]

BP Pulse is rubbish. I now refuse to use them. Their customer service is pants as well.

 

[crl84]

There's issues with CCS communication between MG4 and BP Pulse chargers (possibly others). Talked about numerous times on here.
There's a service interval update to fix this. You could probably badger your dealer to get it applied before waiting for a service though.

 

[SD43]

BP pulse is by far and away the most unreliable charger out there in my experience.

 

[Captain]

There's issues with CCS communication between MG4 and BP Pulse chargers (possibly others). Talked about numerous times on here.
There's a service interval update to fix this. You could probably badger your dealer to get it applied before waiting for a service though.

I’m going to avoid BP for the foreseeable…
Ionity and gridserve seem the only ones I can trust for more critical charges…still an extra day in Cornwall isn’t the worst thing that can happen ?

BP pulse is by far and away the most unreliable charger out there in my experience.

As I found ?

 

[Drakon]

I live in Milton Keynes where the council decided that granting BP Pulse a virtual monopoly on charging was a great idea. For months the majority of their chargers have been broken, and when BP finally decided to start upgrading their hardware, they started with the few working chargers they still had...

At this point I’ve told ABRP to never use a BP Pulse charger, chances are it won’t work anyway.

 

[Tight Git]

Agree regarding BP chargers but always find Osprey as well as Ionity very reliable.

 

[EV convert]

Why the government or councils look to the fossil fuel companies to provide EV charging networks is beyond me.

 

[Drakon]

Why the government or councils look to the fossil fuel companies to provide EV charging networks is beyond me.

I’ve never actually had an issue with Shell Recharge, to be honest

 

[EV convert]

My local Shell Recharge point has been out of service for so long it no longer appears on ZapMap.

 

[fshuk1]

If you have a McDonalds near you, go there. Their chargers always work.

 

[EV convert]

Indeed they do - when ICE drivers don't park in the charging point spaces. Have used them a couple of times on longer trips.

I think the likes of McDonalds are making a far better job of building a nationwide charging network than the oil companies.

 

[Rolfe]

The destination chargers at the theatre car park I'm booked into next week are BP Pulse. Hope to hell they work, because I'm relying on them to get the battery to 100% and balance before I start the 450 mile return journey.

 

[zAndy1]

There's issues with CCS communication between MG4 and BP Pulse chargers (possibly others). Talked about numerous times on here.
There's a service interval update to fix this. You could probably badger your dealer to get it applied before waiting for a service though.

Does R46 software fix this issue? Or is the fix independent of the usual software upgrades

 

[Captain]

I live in Milton Keynes where the council decided that granting BP Pulse a virtual monopoly on charging was a great idea. For months the majority of their chargers have been broken, and when BP finally decided to start upgrading their hardware, they started with the few working chargers they still had...

At this point I’ve told ABRP to never use a BP Pulse charger, chances are it won’t work anyway.

I’ve tried to take it out of mine…
An inexact science ?

 

[Captain]

The destination chargers at the theatre car park I'm booked into next week are BP Pulse. Hope to hell they work, because I'm relying on them to get the battery to 100% and balance before I start the 450 mile return journey.

Let us know ?
Ruined my journey back to the midlands

 

[Captain]

If you have a McDonalds near you, go there. Their chargers always work.

That facility is still to arrive in the south west..
Plus it wasn’t the sort of charging I needed on another 300 mile trip ?

 

[Rolfe]

Let us know ?
Ruined my journey back to the midlands

I will. If the destination chargers are a bust I can always head for a rapid charger before I set off for home, or even charge all night on my granny lead at the house of the friends I'm staying with. As long as I get going with a good SoC (preferably 100%), I'm OK to leave late morning/lunch time. I've got options. But the theatre having bookable destination chargers is a seriously good element in the mix and I hope they work.

 

[crl84]

Does R46 software fix this issue? Or is the fix independent of the usual software upgrades

It's independent I believe, r46 refers to the version of infotainment software.
Can't find the post with the details now though, maybe I saw it on a facebook group.