Superchargers - Cheaper Electricity out of hours

[Pagemakers]

My octopus is 3 times cheaper at night.

 

[Undecided_2]

My Octopus is 6.4x cheaper if 48pp kW SUC rate.

 

[Pagemakers]

My Octopus is 6.4x cheaper if 48pp kW SUC rate.

I mean my octopus is 3 times cheaper at night than the octopus day rate. I would have thought Tesla’s night rate to be considerably cheaper than their day rate.

As an aside, comparing my night octopus vs Tesla and it’s 10 times cheaper and about 17 times cheaper than the Tesla day rate.

 

[yessuz]

My octopus is 3 times cheaper at night.

yes. but it is also like 10 time slower

 

[Pagemakers]

yes. but it is also like 10 time slower

Agreed. My original point was I’m surprised the off-peak rate is not hugely different from the day rate.

 

[Zakalwe]

I charged at a Lidl at 3PM recently and that was cheaper than the Tesla off-peak rate. Nearly as fast as the Tebay SC that Ihad to use later the same day too.

 

[Buzzliteyear]

I charged at a Lidl at 3PM recently and that was cheaper than the Tesla off-peak rate. Nearly as fast as the Tebay SC that Ihad to use later the same day too.

Is that 50Kw at lidl?
At times at Tesco I have had to put up with the free 11Kw

 

[NikoV6]

What do people recall as the cheapest they have ever paid, 21p Kw for me. Clearly free being best! Them were the days!

 

[Zakalwe]

Is that 50Kw at lidl?
At times at Tesco I have had to put up with the free 11Kw

Yeah, it was a PodPoint 50kWh charger that delivered at 48kWh. I took 25kWh from it at 40p per kWh. Later that day I had to charge at a very busy Tebay. That never went higher than about 66kWh and I was charged 67p per kWh.

 

[Undecided_2]

Fair. ChargePoint chargers 44kW are still 26p. I’m not sure how they manage that still.

I’d like to see a special rate for those that can’t charge at home. After rush hour rate so they get it cheaper.

 

[DeejUK]

What do people recall as the cheapest they have ever paid, 21p Kw for me. Clearly free being best! Them were the days!

I'm gonna be that guy and say I've got free supercharging on my '17 Model X. It's going to take some time to adjust to paying for superchargers when I get my Model Y Performance

 

[Tonybvi]

What do people recall as the cheapest they have ever paid, 21p Kw for me. Clearly free being best! Them were the days!

Free supercharging on my Raven MX while I have it so no intention to change it for a fair while! Couple that with 4.5p/kWh for 5 hours each night at home for the next 2 years (EDF fix) and you’ll understand why I get great delight from looking at my charge stats in the Tesla app!!

 

[Alex987854]

Agreed. My original point was I’m surprised the off-peak rate is not hugely different from the day rate.

There's also the fixed cost of the equipment and the land to take care of.

 

[Buzzliteyear]

Yeah, it was a PodPoint 50kWh charger that delivered at 48kWh. I took 25kWh from it at 40p per kWh. Later that day I had to charge at a very busy Tebay. That never went higher than about 66kWh and I was charged 67p per kWh.

My only gripe with pod point is that they call the 50Kw chargers rapid, which is a 3rd of the speed of the eon one at a starbucks near me. Luckily that one is not as popular yet, they have hidden it well.

 

[Buzzliteyear]

Fair. ChargePoint chargers 44kW are still 26p. I’m not sure how they manage that still.

I’d like to see a special rate for those that can’t charge at home. After rush hour rate so they get it cheaper.

I think it's a deal with the likes of Lidl and Tesco, since they have 7 and 11Kw free chargers at the same locations.

 

[Overworked]

Did my first deliberate off-peak charge last night as the hotel has SC’s so plugged in after 10pm at 16% as I wanted to be at 95% for a long run today.

Bit surprised this morning to see the cost on the charging screen was a full price fill.

However on checking the invoice on my phone app it is at off peak rate! Hope that eases anybody else over “sticker shock”

 

[Pagemakers]

Have much did you save?

 

[Overworked]

£0.48p/kWh off peak price. £0.66 normally.

I did a 60kWh charge for £28.80 that would have cost £39.88

 

[mspohr]

Am I right in thinking that Tesla don't make these costs (day or overnight) available online anywhere?

They're on the screen in your car ... online.