ENGIE Chargepoint

[Drew57]

I need to visit Halifax soon - Engie 50kW chargers are listed as free to use until 29th October 2021 (..."Free to charge. £10.00 overstay fee after 75 mins, then £10.00 every subsequent 75 mins").

Has anyone any experience of these, are they reliable?

ENGIE Chargepoint Network

 

[darkNstormy]

ENGIE free charge points - Yorkshire

Generally praise!

 

[BushtrimmmerJr]

I’ve not had any issues with them, only had to report an issue once and that was me being a moron.

 

[Drew57]

I've registered & have the app & although they needed my credit card details, nothing has been taken. Am I right to assume that I will still be able to charge or will they ask me to put £10 into the account first even though it would not be used until Oct 2021?

 

[BushtrimmmerJr]

I’ve never been charged or added credit to my account, then again the ENGIE chargers I use don’t have an app available and you have to use the webpage (they are the same network though albeit West Yorkshire).

 

[FlyingTimbo]

I've used these twice now, it's excellent. You add a card to your account so they can charge the overstay if you exceed 75 mins.

There's one a mile from my house so I'll be using it frequently I think.

 

[Lickrob]

I have been using these as the primary way to charge my car for about a year now. I do have a home charger but these are free and one is a 10 minute walk away.
The only issue I have is I have never gotten over 42kWh on them even though they are rated at 50.

 

[Drew57]

Thanks for the answers - strange that the app shows chargeable sites but for Yorkshire it's a web based map & only free ones.

 

[fancealot]

has anyone ordered the RFID card or are you just using the app for this, finally got my registration so I can sign up for these

 

[Drew57]

I won't be getting an RFID card.

 

[spon88]

This company has a very similar website/mapping etc to Geniepoint so I'm wondering if it's the same outfit behind both? If so, the Geniepoint system allows you to add any RFID. I did it yesterday at one of their Morrison's installations and it's simple enough. Indeed Geniepoint looks like a lifesaver for me on a future trip into darkest Wales. It will allow me to get a decent "fast" charge on the way back to Derby (at Oswestry or Wrexham Morrisons) and before I need to drop into the Stoke SuC. Without it, I'd be borderline on charge getting into Stoke

 

[CMc1]

No issues for me- only used a few of them during their free vend week on initial opening. (Various locations)

 

[Acko1985]

Do you have to pay for parking whilst you are there?

 

[AndyWrightUK]

Do you have to pay for parking whilst you are there?

I need to visit Halifax soon - Engie 50kW chargers are listed as free to use until 29th October 2021 (..."Free to charge. £10.00 overstay fee after 75 mins, then £10.00 every subsequent 75 mins").

Has anyone any experience of these, are they reliable?

ENGIE Chargepoint Network

I’ve used this network a lot since they started the build-out and reliability has been excellent. Only once had a problem where I couldn’t initiate a charge via the website and their support talked me through linking an rfid credit card to my account so I could use that instead.

Note that they’re not joking about the 75 minute limit - one second over and you’re charged £10, so limit yourself to 74 mins to give yourself time to unplug!!

Recently I’ve been unable to use the car’s browser to start a charge (it used to work up until a couple of months ago) but no problem via iOS Chrome or Safari.