EV Charging is often perceived as being expensive but, for those in the know, there can be some amazing bargains to be found. And this one I came across really takes the biscuit. So to find out how you too could save money when charging your electric vehicle, stick around as Dave Takes It On.
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Hi Dave. Really enjoy your analytics. One of the things that looked like a wives tale, was that empty batteries like AA's bounce and full just stop after dropping. The more flat the more they continued to bounce after the drop. I've not got a really accurate set of scales to check if the weigh changes. Do know that at work, when measuring out carbon fibre resins, that just the gas flowing out of the container would be measured by those scales. Best Dave
Yes I discovered it at my my newest built Aldi a couple of months ago only trouble is there’s notices pointing out 90 minutes maximum stay but used it a couple of times and with Shell recharge Rifd card came out at 25p kWh
Also if you made this part of your regular routine you’re surely more likely to spend at ALDI. Sadly our local has a similar charging scheme but a 1.5hr parking limit.
connection fee? good price
Dave, have any of your friends charged at a Tesla charger with an EGMP car? I have charged at 2 Tesla superchargers, and it tops out at 42kW. I have read it is something to do with the charging infrastructure, but I just wondered if this will be remedied with the V4 supercharger? Love how you're able to make things sound simple, so guess that's why I'm loving your channel😅
That was my plan at my local Tesco (500m away) when they were free! Unfortunately, people in brand new ID4's, Model 3's etc kept using them and blocking them up!
I can't charge at home without stretching a cable across the path, so a couple of 3 hour charges a week would have done me fine!
I knew where a few of them lived, round the corner from me in great big houses! I guess they had great big houses and brand new Tesla's because they were too tight to spend any of their hard earned charging on their driveways!?
I ran a Vauxhall Corsa Isuzu diesel with a 50/50 mix of diesel fuel and well strained chip oil for a couple of years with no problems at all, it running better on the mix than on straight diesel once warm. The cars that did break using other than straight fuel, were cars fitted with Lucas injection pumps, the pumps (which were somewhat fragile, or crap) breaking not the engines. Unlike some modern cars though, they did not spontaneously combust😉
Adli's 25ppKWh was supposed to stop during the Spring of 2023; it could be that store has been missed from the price increase; I definitely paid the higher price when I charged at my local Aldi in July.
OR, it might be the app hasnt been updated properly – I didnt use the app.
Yes I agree with you but be careful we're I am it is 25p but parking is only 1hr 30mins . Plus I'm no sure if you have to use the store or not to use . I use shell RFID Card.
Hi, I think it’s a neighbourhood rate, will have to check on the app but it is cheap!
Parking restrictions apply at mine so only 2 hours max charging.
Take care M.
The fact that you go to the extent of describe a good charging spot as a hidden gem and the technological spiel you need to describe it shows how flaky this whole charging issue for the EVs still is. Of course any journalist that does state this will be howled down as a mythmonger. Then of course there is the need for knowledge of the correct etiquette coming in to the frame to add to the complexity. I wonder if the market for people who like this sort of life living off their multitude of apps if they can get a data link and loving constant technology churn is drying up. Private EV sales are dropping off by the looks of it and only fleet sales holding it at the moment. The Chinese cars are affordable but if things do blow up in Taiwan they will be bricked for sure and are as much a bargain as the Trojan horse was.
My hidden gem of a charging station is at Chipping Ongar in the car park by Budworth Hall. There are three Instavolt charging points with a maximum of 150 kWH.
I pay 9 p per kwhr at home overnight on octopus go ?
Jump to 5:00 to get to the point of the video.
Hi Dave,
First off, thanks for the informative video and for going through the trouble of testing different chargers and sharing the insights. As a fellow Model S pre-facelift owner, it's nice to see you give up your time and cash to charge elsewhere given you probably have free lifetime supercharging still. 🙂
Given you're vocal on wanting to understand things for yourself and to stay open-minded on how things work, I hope you don't mind if I share some feedback but I've noticed in a couple of your videos that you make some assumptions that are incorrect about Shell Recharge. They offer multiple different services including their own branded chargers, they offer an app and charge card that gives access to 100s of other charge point provider's networks as well as their own, and they offer the ability for businesses to offer charging to their customers using Shell's hardware and software. These nuances mean that it can be easy to make incorrect assumptions on who is offering the charge service, who is setting price, and who operates the charge point back office. ChargePoint is similar in that they have their own network, they provide the backoffice for (some/all?) Instavolt chargers, and also enable independent businesses to offer charging solutions to its customers.
As pricing is a big theme in these videos and people will use that info, it's important to ensure the info is accurate. As an example, in this video you were charged £0.274/kWh when it was advertised at £0.25/kWh implying that this was incorrect. When you scan the QR code, the website says that there is a 10% transaction fee before you click 'start charge'. In another recent video, you stated that Shell Recharge charged a particularly high price for a charger but on screen you can see that it was a ChargePoint-operated charger that was 'accessible' via the Shell Recharge app. The Shell Recharge app and card is similar to Octopus Electroverse in that it provides 'access' to 100k's of charge points including its own but also they don't typically set prices for 3rd party charge points as such and it's often just passed through to the app/card users. The price is typically set by the 3rd party network operator rather than the 'roaming' app or card provider.
As you continue to make these great videos and you aim to inform EV drivers, I would pay extra attention and ask a) who is providing this charger and setting the price to customers (in this case it is Aldi not Shell Recharge), b) who operates the charge point back office software (in this case it's Shell Recharge), c) is the price i'm sharing with viewers really correct (Roaming apps/card providers can change prices independently so worth looking at the charge point operator site/app directly) d) if looking at charge points via an app that allows roaming (Electroverse, Shell Recharge, Plugsurfing, and others), did I correctly assume the right charge point provider to avoid mixing which chargers belong to which provider.
Keep up the great work, and look forward to more great videos 👍
A very nice option to fill faster if you get home with a low battery for just a few hours and have to move off again later in the day for a long trip.
I used to charge in a Tesco near me and the pod point was incorrectly marked with a new name so anyone plugging in tried the name of the charger on the app and it didn't work. I knew the old name so could charge happily that worked for quite awhile. The fuel additive and magnets is of course rubbish lol
Nice to see Shell registering their company, Shell EV Charging Solutions B.V., in Holland to avoid UK tax!
This is the same company that made £936 BILLION in profit in the 1st quarter of this year and paid little or no UK tax last year!
STOP USING SHELL PRODUCTS until they pay their way!!
If you really want to open the worm can . Do a video on HiFi cables.
Re magnets about fuel lines. I've tried these often; yes they work. On any flowing combustible fuel (liquid or gas). Best on carb engines; will work on any metallic pipe. If you what to know what they do, look up MHD – the flow thru a mag field ionises the mix, initially separating any ions. So Positive and Negative move apart. On combustion these attract / look to bond more readily. Home gas central heating usually responds well to this, however anything that changes combustion effects exhaust contents – car manuf. don't like that so now use a defeat approach – plastic pipes to carbs. Metal pipework encourages charged ions to not re-mix back to zero before combustion…
Could the 25p be ex vat maybe ?
Good that you are open minded and you applied Science Royal Society motto – nulius in verba – take nobodys word for it in testing your atomising / magnet gizmo for your diesel. But you failed miserably in the other half of scientific approach by not taking very careful observational and quantifiable data about effect consumption. I seriously doubt it worked in saving fuel and was likely just a spurious feeling you had or some other misinterpretation. Anecdotal evidence and gut instinct is not science or proof. D minus.
More good content!