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Re: EV Charger apps
DIR By: tincombe
Date: March 24, 2026, 5:07 am
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Can members suggest the best app/apps for EV charger location
and use.
My car's infotainment system shows me where, how many, of what
type(and has a filter for 'faster than'), how many are vacant
etc. Similarly, my car's own app, SKODA, tells me all necessary
charging data live once plugged in, including a predicted time
at which my pre-set limit would be reached and charging stop
etc.
What's your main concern, where to find chargers of certain
speeds, how to manage your stop so as not to have stopped
charging while still parked etc?
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Re: EV Charger apps
DIR By: adders
Date: March 24, 2026, 5:08 am
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> [quote author=adders link=topic=10327.msg114111#msg114111
date=1774278955]
> Dont charge out and about much, as am lucky enough to get free
charging at work.
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Going off at a tangent, how do HMRC treat that?
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Right now they don't, but fairly sure its only a matter of time.
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Re: EV Charger apps
DIR By: mickR
Date: March 24, 2026, 6:04 am
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--- Quote from: tincombe link ---
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> What's your main concern, where to find chargers of certain
speeds, how to manage your stop so as not to have stopped
charging while still parked etc?
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This is for a PHEV 28kw so charging time is negligible but want
to make more use of electric when on longer journeys. so looking
for charger locations and cost indication, also any apps that
might give discounted rates.
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Re: EV Charger apps
DIR By: hc25036
Date: March 24, 2026, 1:23 pm
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If you happen to get home electrcity from Octopus, then their
Electroverse App works on plenty of chargers (over a million,
but not all in the UK of course) and gives a small discount at
some of the major suppliers.
No idea if it is open to non-customers of Octopus though.
In terms of route mapping and finding most chargers, I use ABRP
(a better route planner).
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Re: EV Charger apps
DIR By: Fluffykins
Date: March 28, 2026, 7:26 am
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See Reply №2 above.
#Post#: 115645--------------------------------------------------
Re: EV Charger apps
DIR By: facade
Date: April 12, 2026, 1:17 pm
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Tesla make some of their DC chargers publicly available and the
pricing is only expensive (at the right time of day)- you will
need the Tesla app.
Otherwise as hc25036 posted, the Electroverse app is one of the
more useful, it shows Lidl chargers, if you have the Lidl app
for your shopping and pay using it they are 62p per kWh for DC
rapid charging and 40p/kWh for the 7kW "fast" charging. (Still
hugely more expensive than home charging, even at standard rate,
horrendous if you are used to 7p/kWh!)
The Lidl needs to be open though and there will be a limit on
your time in the carpark, but half an hour rapid charging will
be fine.
Tbh, if you would have to pay 80 odd pence per kWh to rapid
charge away from home you might as well just run on petrol for
the same sort of cost per mile and not waste time charging. (Can
you charge by regenerative braking when running on petrol?)
Most of the charger networks do a subscription service where you
shell out every month and get a discount on their extortionate
prices, but you need to be doing a lot of rapid charging to make
it worthwhile.
EDIT: Whoops! I put Aldi by mistake, their chargers do show, but
I don't know their prices, I tested that my car will DC charge
with £3 worth of Lidl electricity, I won't be buying any more
unless the choice is pay or walk home....
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