Cheaper Supercharger Alternatives?

[Leejmoff]

WIth the cost of charging increasing, and the lack of information on prices from Tesla and other providers. I was wondering if what others have looked at alternative charging instead of using the Tesla network..

Has anyone found cheaper alternatives recently?

What is the best app to check for alternatives.

 

[yessuz]

WIth the cost of charging increasing, and the lack of information on prices from Tesla and other providers. I was wondering if what others have looked at alternative charging instead of using the Tesla network..

Has anyone found cheaper alternatives recently?

What is the best app to check for alternatives.

gridserve is a bit cheaper in some cases I think?

• Standalone Low Power AC Chargers : 39p/kWh
• Electric Forecourts® : 45p/kWh
• Medium Power Chargers : 48p/kWh
• High Power Chargers : 50p/kWh

other than that - quite limited ways to charge cheaper, to be honest
instavolt is 57p, BP Pulse is also 57p and ionity even more expensive (69p) unless bonnet app...

unless you are in far superior scotland...

but anyway, most of charges are at home for most of people, and then 45p vs 50p is 4 gbp difference per full LR (80 kwh) battery charge, which is really least of the issues I believe?

 

[Andy_T_73]

Bonnet app gets you access to Ionity at 50p per kwh. Drops a bit if you take one of their refill bundles. Also gives you Genie and Osprey with one app, same price.

 

[bhanorthy]

Podpoint somehow still have their rapids at 28p. 50KW though so slower.

 

[Overworked]

You indicate a lack of information from Tesla on pricing.

I have found that the in-car map has an information tile for each SC and the price is shown there.

 

[Nujec]

You indicate a lack of information from Tesla on pricing.

I have found that the in-car map has an information tile for each SC and the price is shown there.

There used to be a bug where the cost was hidden by another pop up window but it's fixed in recent software updates.

 

[NewbieT]

Tesla also used to charge for DC electricity into the car/battery not AC into the charger. I.e you don’t pay for the conversation losses when converting AC to DC. Not sure if that’s still the case.

 

[yessuz]

Tesla also used to charge for DC electricity into the car/battery not AC into the charger. I.e you don’t pay for the conversation losses when converting AC to DC. Not sure if that’s still the case.

Eh?
At home you have AC only and SuC is DC onky

 

[Nujec]

Eh?
At home you have AC only and SuC is DC onky

The supercharger converts from power grid AC to DC going to the car. If they charged for amount of AC electricity used it would be more than the amount of DC supplied to the car due to conversion losses in the supercharger.

 

[NewbieT]

Tesla’s Supercharging cost per kWh is energy delivered to the car/battery. All other ultra rapids’ cost per kWh is measured before they convert it to DC which means you’re paying for the conversion losses. To compare prices you need to consider that Tesla is something like 10% cheaper (because you’re not paying for the waste). Other threads on here people have put some pretty precise number to the losses.

This will probably have to change when the UK regulates EV billing more (and it is expected to).

Charging loss

I used to have the cheapest commute possible as on arrival at Cheshire Oaks after my 170 mile journey there were 2 Tesla destination chargers and I could fill my car for free. Sadly all great things come to an end and today I arrived to see them replaced by ChargePoint chargers. I’m wondering...

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[yessuz]

Cool to know

 

[Adopado]

Cool to know

It was always the case that other DC rapids charge you for the grid AC they use not the DC you receive. Not sure what the percentage losses actually are. The argument goes that Tesla are therefore incentivised to make their Supercharger equipment efficient whereas for other providers they are incentivised to make their conversion less efficient...

 

[hgmichna]

Bonnet came into the European market and offered super-low prices, like 30 €-cent per kWh on ionity chargers in Germany that normally cost 79 €-cent or the Tesla Superchargers at 58 €-cent. I happily signed up and have been charging more than 200 kWh already at that very low price, lower than some people's price for electricity at home.

However, this was just a short-term bait. They just published their new prices, starting August 1st, and these are much higher, though still attractive in some special cases like ionity. But altogether the convenience of the Superchargers together with the Tesla navigation beats them for all but the keenest penny pinchers.

This may happen again with other new entrants into the market. Be Charge comes to mind. Not sure whether their offers cover the UK. It may offer nice temporary savings at the cost of more complicated planning and execution of optimized routes.

 

[Lx2m3]

Anyone used this Supercharger recently?
Is it really 28p?

 

[Fryto]

Can anyone write what the kWh cost is on Tesla chargers

 

[Overworked]

can anyone charge what kWh costs on Tesla's superchargers?

You might need to reword that into English!

 

[Fryto]

You might need to reword that into English!

Can anyone write what the kWh cost is on Tesla chargers

 

[Overworked]

I am going to guess that English is not your first language, as the new sentence is still rather ambiguous?

To answer the question as asked. Anybody could take a marker pen and write 50p/kWh on the face of a Tesla SC, if that was the correct amount for that location on that day. If it was a Tesla home charger, you could write on it what your provider was charging you, probably about 30p/kWh.

If you are trying to ask someone on here if they can give you a list of the price per kWh of each Tesla SC in the UK, then it would only be good for the day that the list was composed as they change as prices change and some change depending on the time of day. The only place to see a complete and up to date list is in your car by checking the navigation tile of the SC you wish to visit and see what the cost shown currently is.

 

[Mr H]

At the moment Bonnet is cheaper than nearly all SuC using IONITY and Fastned etc, how long this will last is anyones guess. They're cheaper still if you use a refill, i used them in Germany without a problem apart from a charger in Suhl that would only work with RFID, which Bonnet doesn't use despite the charger being in the app.

 

[GRiLLA]

Can anyone write what the kWh cost is on Tesla chargers

There isn't a single cost, it varies depending on which SuperCharger you visit. Some have different rates at different times of the day. The place to check is from inside the car, prices is shown when you click on the SuperCharger. In general it's about 50p /KWH in most places.