EDF buying out PODpoint

[Moxi]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/e ... ad2a&ei=79

Not a fan of podpoint chargers from past experience so if EDF manage to improve them I am all in favour.

Moxi

[nowty]

I quite liked them in the early days as some of them were free, alas no more.

[dan_b]

Weren't they already the major shareholder?
We have PodPoints at the office. Hope they continue to function!

Personally I think we're going to see a lot of consolidation in the CPO field in the next few years - it's not sustainable to have so many - well over 100 in the UK alone.

[Moxi]

better add one more there Dan

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/byd ... 6ac6&ei=16

I cant imagine what the cable must be like to plug in at 1000kW

Moxi

[Ken]

At 800V as against 400V for cars.?

[Yuff]

I quite liked them in the early days as some of them were free, alas no more.

They are still free sometimes Nowty.
Occasionally they don’t stop after 5 mins, even better when it’s a 22kw one
30 free kWh today, had to leave at 2 hr 50 to avoid a ticket , mind you EQC was at 82% so not too bad.

[Moxi]

would work on my 800V EV6 and apparently 20 to 30 % faster charge for 400V architecture - not convinced though.

I just spent the last four days visiting some sites around Kent so I have charged away from home a few times, the biggest charger i use is a Muxton near Telford, that gets me from 20% back to 100% faster than it takes me to eat a Mcdonalds burger and fries (25 minutes) the rest of the time i used a 75kW charger at the hotel which normally topped me back up to 100 % for the next day while I showered and changed ready for my evening meal, so I would park at one of the four chargers plug in start the charge head up up shower change and come back down, finish the charge move the car to a parking bay and then have my meal - effortless.

now the weather has finally warmed up a bit I am back to full 320 mile range on the EV 6 which also helps as I did circa 963miles over the trip.

As Stinsey often says more smaller chargers and some good amenities is more useful than one or two big super chargers.

Moxi

[dan_b]

I quite liked them in the early days as some of them were free, alas no more.

They are still free sometimes Nowty.
Occasionally they don’t stop after 5 mins, even better when it’s a 22kw one
30 free kWh today, had to leave at 2 hr 50 to avoid a ticket , mind you EQC was at 82% so not too bad.

It’s up to the site owner to set the tariffs of course.
Back in the early days free 7kW chargers were everywhere but times have certainly changed!


I think we charge 25p/kWh except at 4-7pm when it goes to 50p or something like that. But we’re not really doing it as a profit first business!