Video by Andrew Till / Mr. EV via YouTube
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We’re always being told just how bad the charging infrastructure is, and to be honest my last video didn’t help, but how bad is it overall?
I look back at the 22 rapid chargers I used in ’22 to see how it was. Did I have many problems? Was charging easy? Did I have any arguments with my wife? All three statements may be true.
This is UK-specific (well, just England actually) but how bad is it where you are? Let me know!
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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:45 – Charger 1: Shell Fulham Road
03:00 – Charger 2: Geniepoint Canterbury
03:12 – Charger 3: Instavolt McDonald’s Rochester
03:19 – Charger 4: IONITY Peterborough Services
04:32 – Charger 5: Instavolt Doncaster
05:48 – Charger 6: IONITY Cambridge Services
06:08 – Welcome to York!
06:38 – Charger 7: Gridserve South Mimms Services
07:37 – Charger 8: Shell Waltham Cross
07:56 – Charger 9: Osprey Whitstable
08:17 – Charger 10: Geniepoint Canterbury
08:30 – Charger 11: IONITY Folkestone Services
08:55 – Charger 12: Geniepoint Canterbury
09:09 – Charger 13: Tesla Supercharger Eurotunnel Folkestone
10:08 – Charger 14: Instavolt Folkestone
10:22 – Charger 15: BP Pulse Chelmsford (and a look at Gridserve Braintree)
11:37 – Charger 16: IONITY Cobham
12:05 – Charger 17: Instavolt McDonald’s Baynard’s Green
12:42 – Charger 18: Gridserve Thurrock Services
13:10 – Charger 19: IONITY Cobham
13:29 – Charger 20: BP Pulse QE School Wimborne
13:57 – Charger 21: Shell Chandler’s Ford
14:04 – Charger 22: IONITY Cobham
14:18 – So how bad is it really?
17:15 – What are the charging networks doing?
19:00 – Conclusion
