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I think you’ve mistyped there. The website says 50p for 50kw chargers. But in any case I don’t understand why the price is so different. It’s the same electricity no matter what the output. Why should you pay more to charge quicker and free up the charger for someone else?Just had a look at the Pod app and noticed the 7kw at 28p, 22kw at 40p and the 50kw at 28p?
Also noticed 2 people are plugged into the 22kw, prob the DPD guys. They gonna have a shock!
That's this week as they are charging from the 1st November. It wasn't free anyway so that was wrongLooks like my local Tesco podpoint is free on Mondays, 28p/kWh the rest of the week. Will see if that lasts!
No mistype hereI think you’ve mistyped there. The website says 50p for 50kw chargers. But in any case I don’t understand why the price is so different. It’s the same electricity no matter what the output. Why should you pay more to charge quicker and free up the charger for someone else?
The equipment is more expensive to buy, install and maintain.I think you’ve mistyped there. The website says 50p for 50kw chargers. But in any case I don’t understand why the price is so different. It’s the same electricity no matter what the output. Why should you pay more to charge quicker and free up the charger for someone else?
DC chargers are much more expensive to install and maintainu but 7 and 22 not so much so it's just about charging what the market will bear which is how pricing generally works. Uncapped electricity price plus VAT. I don't think Tesco are exactly raking it in at these prices.I think you’ve mistyped there. The website says 50p for 50kw chargers. But in any case I don’t understand why the price is so different. It’s the same electricity no matter what the output. Why should you pay more to charge quicker and free up the charger for someone else?
I’m not sure if the exact arrangement but VW paid for the chargers as part of dieselgate and likely still have some of the maintenance responsibility so I doubt Tesco will be losing much if anything.DC chargers are much more expensive to install and maintainu but 7 and 22 not so much so it's just about charging what the market will bear which is how pricing generally works. Uncapped electricity price plus VAT. I don't think Tesco are exactly raking it in at these prices.
In fact the 7 is almost certainly still a loss leader on the basis most users will actually be doing a big shop while charging.
Not really. At least in my area Tesco's car park is for customers only and capped at 2 hours. It's not a public charging facility for 'road trips' but a service provided to customers while they're doing their weekly shop. Non customers have a max stay of 15 mins as per car park regulations displayed. Not sure how well it was enforced but I would have loved to see some cabbies remaining in their cars hogging chargers for the full 2 hours get slapped with a £100 PCN...If it means that locals with good home charging facilities don't charge because "why not it's free", that means more availability for road trips and those without home chargers. I love free of course, but I'd rather have more reasonably priced chargers which are actually available.
I've rarely seen PCNs for people leaving the site. Some McDonalds / Costa cases, never Tesco (Likely very hard work to trace someone leaving a large carpark and working out if they've marked, if so what is the registration).Not really. At least in my area Tesco's car park is for customers only and capped at 2 hours. It's not a public charging facility for 'road trips' but a service provided to customers while they're doing their weekly shop. Non customers have a max stay of 15 mins as per car park regulations displayed. Not sure how well it was enforced but I would have loved to see some cabbies remaining in their cars hogging chargers for the full 2 hours get slapped with a £100 PCN...
It's automated through ANPR/CCTV in most of them. The surprise arrives a week later though the post!I've rarely seen PCNs for people leaving the site. Some McDonalds / Costa cases, never Tesco (Likely very hard work to trace someone leaving a large carpark and working out if they've marked, if so what is the registration).
Tesco have said themselves you're welcome to charge, in or out of the shop, even after the store has closed (Subject to 2/3 hour time limit, depending on the location).
Would be great if charging (at a commercial rate) could be setup to send your cars registration to parkingeye or whoever. I'd also love the superchargers to do the same...
I've used tesco chargers while on a road trip. Depends how far away your accommodation is from the Tesco.