UK Public rapid charging costs

[Stuart Wright]

As of November 4 2023

 

[siteguru]

I did a charge at an eVolt (ChargePlace Scotland) charger at Brodick harbour (ferry terminal), Arran the other day. It's currently showing in my CPS account as £0.00 unbilled usage.

BTW Applegreen at Gretna Green are £0.79 per unit - I don't know if that is their typical charge.

 

[Rolfe]

Most ChargePlace Scotland chargers cost money, but they vary a lot. Highland Council ones are 70p a unit. The one at the end of my road is 30p

 

[Roldorf]

If I had to pay those prices for charging here in Germany I would not have an EV, what a rip off.
Here in Germany I have two main charging cards ranging from 49 cents (42p) / Kwh for AC charging to 51 cents (44p) for up to 300 Kwh DC charging.

 

[5teep]

Chargeplace Scotland fees are set by the charger owner, CPS is just the umbrella organisation that links everything into one network.

 

[siteguru]

I did a charge at an eVolt (ChargePlace Scotland) charger at Brodick harbour (ferry terminal), Arran the other day. It's currently showing in my CPS account as £0.00 unbilled usage.

It is still showing as £0.00 cost in my CPS account. Looking at the CPS app it shows this charge point as £0.00 cost, so it seems that it really is free!

 

[Rolfe]

There's a free one at Oban ferry terminal too, or it was free last time I looked.

 

[alix]

Funny enough I've recently put together a list of the public chargers I frequent or have nearby access to, and a £/kwh to £/mile conversion chart:

This doesn't account for e.g. conversion losses so the actual price is likely off, it's simply [£ per kWh] divided by [Miles per kWh].

I've yet to try the Tesla chargers but I will likely visit one later this month.