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BP Pulse price changes
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Dunstan
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Given the state of wholesale prices just now I expect we'll see this from other operators.
If you mostly charge at home then it's more important to have reliable chargers showing live occupancy and a perky charge rate. 10p per mile is about what my diesel C-class Merc costs in fuel, so IMHO it's acceptable if rapid charging is a rare usage.
Crappy chargers that don't work half the time, and you can't see if they're all in use - now that's the bigger complaint.
If you mostly charge at home then it's more important to have reliable chargers showing live occupancy and a perky charge rate. 10p per mile is about what my diesel C-class Merc costs in fuel, so IMHO it's acceptable if rapid charging is a rare usage.
Crappy chargers that don't work half the time, and you can't see if they're all in use - now that's the bigger complaint.
To cover the £7.85 monthly charge, you've got to be charging say twice a month to break even.
Given the state of their twitter feed and replies, I'd be surprised if you could access a working charger, twice a month.
The current theme on there seems to be abandoned cables up and down the country as the charge points never release them
Given the state of their twitter feed and replies, I'd be surprised if you could access a working charger, twice a month.
The current theme on there seems to be abandoned cables up and down the country as the charge points never release them
Ugh it’s a fragmented mess, that’s only going to cost more in the future. Tesla please keep your chargers for Tesla’s only.
ACarneiro
Active Member
I'm pretty sure the petrol pumps are not going to be unused, subsidised relics for quite a long time yet...
To add some balance.. in Wiltshire at least if you're a Polar (BP) subscriber you can charge at all of the council run charging locations for free, including rapids. They aren't the most reliable, but I managed to survive on them on my Evezy (Onto) i3 for a good year without having a home charger.
Stuff like this makes the Tesla supercharger network even more compelling.
Country Boy
Member
It was only a matter of time after going from Polar to BP Pulse. Need to pay of all the rebranding......
The change will save me the monthly subscription fee as I only were using their 50kWh chargers on occasion and since it now cost 50% more to charge on these, it's no longer an option. It is indeed an odd price change as it will most likely push people off the monthly subscription...
Jason71
Well-Known Member
I guess the subscription was quite a good deal before. You'd only have to be doing one decent sized charge a month to cover it compared to a network charging 30p and they are rare. Clearly it was too good. Of course you would have to find a working charger first...
speedyranger74
Member
End of March cancelled my subscription together with the installation of home charger... 2 years with Polar/BP plenty of convenience.
Like all stories it's a begin and a fin...The matter is the time.
Like all stories it's a begin and a fin...The matter is the time.
TheManofMead
Member
Thanks to the OP for putting this thread up. It finally motivated me to cancel my subscription. Should really have done so a long time ago. I put it down to the subscription being sufficiently low that the CBA to cancel factor played a part
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