Thank you for your answer, I never thought about the app thing, it would be a big issue if you go off the beaten track as in NTH Wales, Scottish highlands or any remote place you wont get a signal.

There was a news report on BBC or ITV, and they said even in 1 town people had to use 20 or so diff apps to park in diff places, with some only streets away. They are pushing to get 1 universal app for all of them, but where this idea falls down is private parking place ( as opposed to national chains like NCP ) will usually get some sort of financial incentive beyond the parking to use the app they do.

Edited by HGV ~ P Valentine on 03/10/2023 at 10:36

All public chargers more powerful than 8kW must be installed with a debit/card payment facility (no need for an app). Existing chargers must be retrofitted with one within 12 months. An app transaction still works better for obtaining a receipt. There’ll also be a requirement for chargers to be 99% reliable over the course of a year. By the end of August (September’s figures incoming any day) there were 48450 public chargers in the UK, up 2713 in one month and 42% more than this time last year. Plus an estimated 400,000+ at home and work locations (where ~80% of charging takes place). Recent surveys of EV drivers show that 92% will not go back to petrol or diesel.

So we can look forward to power cuts this winter, and according to the long range forecast we have a month of snow to come...a winter to look forward to eh....as long as the EVs can get about!

Recent surveys of EV drivers show that 92% will not go back to petrol or diesel.

I wonder if that opinion might change when they have to renew their insurance?

Edited by SLO76 on 04/10/2023 at 15:07

Edited by Metropolis. on 03/10/2023 at 18:34

I saw an article where someone took 19 hours to charge their vehicle, it caused an argument, but they have the right as it is public access.

Blackouts are less likely this year than last

www.nationalgrideso.com/news/winter-outlook-signal...m

‘I saw an article where someone took 19 hours to charge their vehicle, it caused an argument, but they have the right as it is public access.’ A few more details would be useful - Someone left the car plugged in for 19 hours or the car took 19 hours to charge (must have been on a 3 pin plug)?

Sounds highly unlikely that a public charger would take 19 hour to charge up any car unless there was something wrong with it. And if that was the case, surely you'd go somewhere else?

But the post is conspicuously vague?

Maybe this article:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12588731/Furious-...l

Closing this one now as the subject of Tesla X insurance is running in the EV thread.

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