Charge app

[leeroyb]

Evening all,
I get my ev on Tuesdays and just wondering what the favourable apps are that you all use.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rolfe]

For public charging, ZapMap and ABRP. Also the apps of whatever charger you're likely to use because you often need to start the charge from the app. Get the Tesla one and set up an account, because there are quite a lot of open Tesla superchargers and they're cheaper than most of the rest.

 

[Bam Bam]

Evening all,
I get my ev on Tuesdays and just wondering what the favourable apps are that you all use.

Thanks in advance.

Good tips from Rolfe.

I've also got electroverse app as we are with Octopus. Not many chargers on there, but it goes on your Octopus account and is sometimes discounted.

I downloaded the podpoint app because the local shopping centre has a free Podpoint charger (slow, so you don't get much but hey - it's free!).

 

[Tig170]

Evening all,
I get my ev on Tuesdays and just wondering what the favourable apps are that you all use.

Thanks in advance.

Once your set-up, you might not need any? - We have an Ohme at home, which just does as its told, and then out further afield just use the tesla app - as its the cheapest for charging away from home - when on holiday I take a subscription. Also look out for Vend Electric for cheap destination charging (some stations do it by the hour, rather than kWh, which in my case is cheaper than home - I'm thinking here of my favourite : Talacre Beach Resort at 39p / hr, i.e ~ £3 to fill up + also CPS have a few 50kW chargers for free @Oban springs to mind ).

 

[Martinonline]

Important: get the garage to set up the iSmart app on your phone and test it before to drive the car away.

 

[leeroyb]

Important: get the garage to set up the iSmart app on your phone and test it before to drive the car away.

Hi,
The car is being delivered to my house. Will have to set it up myself.

 

[Griffian]

In this video, a MG4 owner tried to use the app at a Tesla Supercharger and found it didn't work and using a debit card was the answer;-

 

[Grriff]

You might find my guide MG4 Trophy - a Guide useful. Although it's for a Trophy most of it should apply to your X-power.

 

[STG]

How can you tell on the Tesla app which of their chargers are open to non-tesla EV. I have just installed this app and can see all the chargers on the map but I do know that most of them are Tesla only, is there a setting in the app to show open to all EV

 

[Rolfe]

If you have told the app you have an MG4, it should only show you the chargers you can use.

 

[Grriff]

The default seems to be to only show chargers open to all, unless you add a Tesla to 'My Products'.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

How can you tell on the Tesla app which of their chargers are open to non-tesla EV. I have just installed this app and can see all the chargers on the map but I do know that most of them are Tesla only, is there a setting in the app to show open to all EV

To use the app, you will need a Tesla account with a payment method attached to pay for charging.

If that account doesn't have a Tesla car associated with it, the front page of the app will have a big button labeled "Charge your EV". Tapping that will show only the chargers you can use.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Good tips from Rolfe.

I've also got electroverse app as we are with Octopus. Not many chargers on there, but it goes on your Octopus account and is sometimes discounted.

More than you'd think - Electroverse covers 30+ charging networks across the UK & Europe, including most of the big ones like Ionity, Instavolt, Osprey & MFG to name a few.