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GRIDSERVE | Our pricing
View our current EV charging pricing across the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway.
www.gridserve.com
Gridserve has been cheaper than many Superchargers for a while. I don't think they've ever been more expensive ... they started at 24p for their high speed charging in the early days of operation when Tesla was 24p to 26p.@Adopada I did see that, but had a hard time believing it
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Gridserve have said they have own solar & battery. They may also have locked in better prices via long term contracts, hedging/futures or understanding the market better. They might also be selling solar-generated power to subsidise.@Adopada I did see that, but had a hard time believing it
Jason71
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Don't forget Tesla charge for DC and everyone else for AC. so need to add 5% maybe more to all other prices before comparing to the supercharger so at 56p vs 50p you are at best saving half what you think you are.
p.s. sorry to be that guy but its kwh not kw
You've lost me on the AC part - Just quoting the Gridserve website network price
GRIDSERVE | Our pricing
View our current EV charging pricing across the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway.
www.gridserve.com
Most suppliers sell you a per kWh rate of the power they have used to charge your car. But there are losses in the process. You don't get the full number of kWh because their converter hardware from mains AC to DC isn't 100% efficient. Tesla, on the other hand, reputedly charge you for the actual number of kWh that have been supplied to the car.You've lost me on the AC part - Just quoting the Gridserve website network price
GRIDSERVE | Our pricing
View our current EV charging pricing across the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway.
Jason71
Well-Known Member
The Grid is AC. The battery DC. so the AC has to be transformed by the charger before being sent to the car.You've lost me on the AC part - Just quoting the Gridserve website network price
GRIDSERVE | Our pricing
View our current EV charging pricing across the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway.
Tesla supposedly bill based on the amount of DC delivered to the car. Everyone else is not able to do that and they bill for the AC consumed by the charger so any losses in AC/DC conversion get billed to you but with Tesla they don't. And that can be 5-10% of the total. This is why you will see a difference between what you get billed for and what the car reports was added to the battery during the session.
At one point Tesla only charged for what went in the battery itself so if you sat in the car with the heat on while it charged that was literally free. They stopped that a couple of years ago though again allegedly.
edit. now they have opened up to other cars which are not Teslas I have no idea how they bill them AC like everyone else maybe since they would not beable to access or trust info from the receiving car and the chargers themselves cannot measure The DC
Yes, Electric Forecourts (Braintree, Norwich etc) = 45p, Electric Highway (like Wetherby) = 50p
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