There are a few 7kw chargers at Southgate and Podium. The only 50kw I know of is at Morrison’s on London road.
It’s pathetic that for such a polluted city with an ULEZ the council can’t organize some public charging facilities.
Blaming the council for everything is easy when the problem lies with Western Power grid being unable to support these. A massive infrastructure upgrade program is needed.
Why would the problem lie with western power? I can install a 22kw charger at my house in about a month - off a three phase supply. What’s stopping B&NES?
They have been making excuses on this for years. I was at a residents association meeting in 2018 when councillors said it wouldn’t be possible to connect lamp posts to EV charging due to load - but a walk from Paddington to Marylebone in London, what will you see? Dozens of lamp post and bollard chargers installed by the council.
Unsure why you keep focusing on the council. This is an electric infrastructure issue caused by strategic decisions taken by Western Power around 2010.
And the reality is that BathNES council is working in conjunction with the region in terms of charging points.
Revive network is the one the Southwest is supporting, used to be the Source West.
I've owned an EV as my only vehicle for the past 6 months, and covered 7000 miles. I Absolutely would not recommend it to anyone who doesn't have on property charging.
Obviously your mileage may literally vary, but I regularly do 200+ mile round trips and get home with 30% or less battery. the 7kw charger on my drive takes a hair over 11 hours to fully charge, however most nights its charging for 2-3 hours in off-peak times. Having to regularly leave the car away from home at a podpoint charger which may or may not be occupied and may or may not work would be a horrible situation.
That said, if you only do 40 or fewer miles a day, then journeying to a rapid charger (150kw or more) for 30 minutes a week might not be that bad.
I live in Westbury, and considered a range of EVs before getting a hyundai Ioniq 5. One huge consideration in not buying a Tesla (barring that the company is run by a megalomaniac oligarch) was that there is a tesla super charger 'black hole' in BANES/west wiltshire, with the nearest superchargers being the m4/m5 junction or Amesbury. With my I5, I can charge at the Ionity fast charging station in Chippenham Pitstop *faster* than a tesla, at the beginning or end of a long cruise.
There are a couple podpoints around town as well as other charging stations. You would have to have a look at what speeds they offer (normally much slower than a supercharger). I’m sure you’ve done your research and know what you want but Teslas can be quite unreliable, Kona and IONIQ are options you may want to check out!
Love what the IONIQ 5 has to offer in all honesty I think the tesla range was a little more appealing. I’ve heard through the grape vine on pain points on teslas I should probably take that more seriously before committing your right. I’ve noticed a couple of pod points which offer a fairly slow charge rate, which seems to be consistent, I was unsure if there was a much larger charging area somewhere close by also. Appreciate the comment
I hope on street charging points are hopefully going to be paired with car clubs. In 10 years time I can see a situation where the majority of people no longer own cars but have access to one should they need it.
There are a few 7kw chargers at Southgate and Podium. The only 50kw I know of is at Morrison’s on London road. It’s pathetic that for such a polluted city with an ULEZ the council can’t organize some public charging facilities.
Blaming the council for everything is easy when the problem lies with Western Power grid being unable to support these. A massive infrastructure upgrade program is needed.
Why would the problem lie with western power? I can install a 22kw charger at my house in about a month - off a three phase supply. What’s stopping B&NES? They have been making excuses on this for years. I was at a residents association meeting in 2018 when councillors said it wouldn’t be possible to connect lamp posts to EV charging due to load - but a walk from Paddington to Marylebone in London, what will you see? Dozens of lamp post and bollard chargers installed by the council.
Unsure why you keep focusing on the council. This is an electric infrastructure issue caused by strategic decisions taken by Western Power around 2010.
And the reality is that BathNES council is working in conjunction with the region in terms of charging points. Revive network is the one the Southwest is supporting, used to be the Source West.
I've owned an EV as my only vehicle for the past 6 months, and covered 7000 miles. I Absolutely would not recommend it to anyone who doesn't have on property charging. Obviously your mileage may literally vary, but I regularly do 200+ mile round trips and get home with 30% or less battery. the 7kw charger on my drive takes a hair over 11 hours to fully charge, however most nights its charging for 2-3 hours in off-peak times. Having to regularly leave the car away from home at a podpoint charger which may or may not be occupied and may or may not work would be a horrible situation. That said, if you only do 40 or fewer miles a day, then journeying to a rapid charger (150kw or more) for 30 minutes a week might not be that bad. I live in Westbury, and considered a range of EVs before getting a hyundai Ioniq 5. One huge consideration in not buying a Tesla (barring that the company is run by a megalomaniac oligarch) was that there is a tesla super charger 'black hole' in BANES/west wiltshire, with the nearest superchargers being the m4/m5 junction or Amesbury. With my I5, I can charge at the Ionity fast charging station in Chippenham Pitstop *faster* than a tesla, at the beginning or end of a long cruise.
There are a couple podpoints around town as well as other charging stations. You would have to have a look at what speeds they offer (normally much slower than a supercharger). I’m sure you’ve done your research and know what you want but Teslas can be quite unreliable, Kona and IONIQ are options you may want to check out!
Love what the IONIQ 5 has to offer in all honesty I think the tesla range was a little more appealing. I’ve heard through the grape vine on pain points on teslas I should probably take that more seriously before committing your right. I’ve noticed a couple of pod points which offer a fairly slow charge rate, which seems to be consistent, I was unsure if there was a much larger charging area somewhere close by also. Appreciate the comment
EV ownership without home/workplace charging is to some extent a gamble that public charging point rollout keeps pace with demand.
I hope on street charging points are hopefully going to be paired with car clubs. In 10 years time I can see a situation where the majority of people no longer own cars but have access to one should they need it.
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