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Always Be Charging? I rely on public charging for 1 month. Here’s what happened.

Always Be Charging? I rely on public charging for 1 month. Here's what happened.

Video by Andrew Till / Mr. EV via YouTube
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We’re always hearing stories about how awful EV charging infrastructure is, so I thought I’d see for myself. Having just moved house, I decided to avoid plugging into the lovely, easy, 3-pin socket at home and instead rely on public chargers for a month.

This is how it went for us but I’d love to hear your experience. Tell me in the comments!

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Chapters:

00:00 – Intro
00:39 – Infrastructure
03:34 – Our situation
04:49 – A month of public charging
05:15 – Charger 1: IONITY Cobham
06:48 – Charger 2: Connected Kerb, Forest Row
07:25 – Charger 3: Sainsbury’s Smart Charge, Tunbridge Wells
10:47 – Charger 4: My brother’s house
11:48 – Charger 5: Connected Kerb, Forest Row
13:25 – Charger 6: Connected Kerb, Forest Row
13:49 – Charger 7: Connected Kerb, Forest Row
14:01 – Charger 8: Instavolt, Uckfield
14:44 – Charger 9: Connected Kerb, Forest Row
14:56 – A brief look at the Hyundai Inster
15:20 – Charger 10: Tesla, Crawley
19:18 – Charger 11: Connected Kerb, Forest Row
19:30 – Charger 12: Sainsbury’s Smart Charge, Richmond
20:14 – Charger 13: Ubitricity lamppost charger, London
21:30 – How much did it cost?
22:52 – Conclusion

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