I have just come back from a holiday driving 2500 miles in my MG ZS EV. Nearly all of my charging has been on rapids. Before the holiday I took out the Polar free trial, as the price looked favourable, but found Polar very unreliable. Many of the polar machines were not working and the ones that were working were very buggy. Quite a few times the charge would fail after 20 minutes or so. I would then have to restart the charge. Also, the polar machines nearly always failed before 80% was reached.
Next I tried Ecotricity, which was poor beyond belief. Again very buggy, where even powering up the car when on charge would cause the charge to fail. One time the machine failed and did not come back online. Plus there is the messing with an app nonsense.
I also tried a few other providers such as genie point, but again found them to be unreliable, plus I hate having to mess with an app.
In the end, I did nearly all my charging on Instavolts. While they are more expensive than some of the other providers, I found the reliability second to none. Not once did I have an Instavolt fail on me. It was also so easy to pay with a contactless bank card and not have to mess with any of the app nonsense. It's really how a charging network should be. It's just a shame Ecotricity are at all the service stations and have recently renewed many contracts. It's enough to put many people off electric cars. If all networks were like Instavolt, I am sure it would help with the adoption of electric cars. From now on, I will plan all my journeys with Instavolt.
Next I tried Ecotricity, which was poor beyond belief. Again very buggy, where even powering up the car when on charge would cause the charge to fail. One time the machine failed and did not come back online. Plus there is the messing with an app nonsense.
I also tried a few other providers such as genie point, but again found them to be unreliable, plus I hate having to mess with an app.
In the end, I did nearly all my charging on Instavolts. While they are more expensive than some of the other providers, I found the reliability second to none. Not once did I have an Instavolt fail on me. It was also so easy to pay with a contactless bank card and not have to mess with any of the app nonsense. It's really how a charging network should be. It's just a shame Ecotricity are at all the service stations and have recently renewed many contracts. It's enough to put many people off electric cars. If all networks were like Instavolt, I am sure it would help with the adoption of electric cars. From now on, I will plan all my journeys with Instavolt.