You need to select your charging tariff before you select your chargepoint supplier. The best tariffs from Octopus and OVO require specific smart chargepoints. Using a dumb chargepoint means that you are restricted to timed off-peak tariffs which may only deliver 4 hours per day at a cheap rate (equ...

Me again! I had to unexpectedly extend a journey this week and I did not have enough charge to get home. Bad news, I was in the Solent area where the provision of ultra-fast charging is pathetic. I went to a Shell chargepoint at Waitrose Havant (yes, I was that desperate!) and had a strange problem....

Just picked up on this as I've just joined the forum. I've used Gridserve ultrafast chargepoints at Exeter, Thurrock, Pease Pottage and the electric forecourt at Braintree. There have been few problems. I've had to swap chargepoints to get a charge a 2 or 3 times but usually it's first time. In my 7...