... if there's any signal at the charger. Without wishing to be too gloomy, the chargers that don't work with the app are the ones where there is poor mobile communication. Not surprising really as that's how they "talk", too.You’ll be able to phone them to initiate the charge if you are having trouble with the app.
What part of Scotland, what is your route?Oh dear, booked to tour Scotland from Friday coming and was intending to use CYC app to access CPS chargers. Seen bad comments about the app and too late to order a CPS card. Am I doomed?
Hopefully you have plan Bs in hand.Plan to charge at Balloch, Inveraray, Fort William, Torridon, Gairloch, Dunvegan, Shiel Bridge, Tyndrum
They do not.Do CPS CYC offer an emergency RFID card service?
There's a high bell tower at Inverary, would that help?They do not.
Recently they have been especially bad at shipping out cards in general. I have heard a few people saying the wait time has been measured in months rather than days or weeks.
Best that can be done at this point is to hope you have a friend who also has an EV and holds a CPS or CYC Card that you could borrow, or taking extra care, planning very carefully to not arrive at a charger without enough range to get to alternatives. Make sure you have plenty of patience to struggle with the app too. Expect to have to force close and retry several times, and if in places with bad cell coverage maybe a bit of running around with your arm up in the air trying to find signal.
Are the new Abington chargers live yet...? That will become a very useful stop once there isn't more than one unit available.On an off topic note, I was impressed with South Lanarkshire council's commitment to EV chargers.
Two new DC chargers, join the existing old one, and 3, twin socket AC chargers now at Abington and several two each of rapid and fasts have appeared a few miles south at Crawford.
Larkhall park & ride also have a similar selection. They are all free, though possibly not for long.
I do wish E-Volt would do something about the almost unreadable screens on their older chargers.
The CPS rfid card worked fine at all 4 chargers I used but max charge rate was 45kw on all of them, dropping to around 30 as 80% approached. (no fault of the chargers)
Not yet but looks like they just have to connect them all up - a week or so I expect. Then just needs public loos as well!Are the new Abington chargers live yet...? That will become a very useful stop once there isn't more than one unit available.
Agree on the loos...! I hope you're right on the activation, but they didn't look far off three months ago and I had heard July previously.Not yet but looks like they just have to connect them all up - a week or so I expect. Then just needs public loos as well!
Maybe they are held up by Scottish Power providing a new supply from the adjacent overhead cables. Doesn't look like they have run cables fom the existing one.Agree on the loos...! I hope you're right on the activation, but they didn't look far off three months ago and I had heard July previously.
Thanks all for your comments. I've just been made aware that since BP Pulse have taken over CYC I can use their app as an alternative, although being still being at the mercy of signal strength. Fingers crossed. I'll record my experiences on Zap-map as I tour.They do not.
Recently they have been especially bad at shipping out cards in general. I have heard a few people saying the wait time has been measured in months rather than days or weeks.
Best that can be done at this point is to hope you have a friend who also has an EV and holds a CPS or CYC Card that you could borrow, or taking extra care, planning very carefully to not arrive at a charger without enough range to get to alternatives. Make sure you have plenty of patience to struggle with the app too. Expect to have to force close and retry several times, and if in places with bad cell coverage maybe a bit of running around with your arm up in the air trying to find signal.
It's not uncommon to see new rapids installed with freshly laid tarmac in front. Then sometime later Scottish Power comes along and digs a trench right through the new tarmac for the supply cables 😆 Joined up thinking...Maybe they are held up by Scottish Power providing a new supply from the adjacent overhead cables. Doesn't look like they have run cables fom the existing one.
I don't know who told you that but it isn't true.Thanks all for your comments. I've just been made aware that since BP Pulse have taken over CYC I can use their app as an alternative, although being still being at the mercy of signal strength. Fingers crossed. I'll record my experiences on Zap-map as I tour.
So how will we pay for a charge when visiting Scotland after the Swarco takeover? If the units have no contactless option and there is no signal what is the payment method?Chargeplace Scotland will be transferred in July to Swarco. They will become the operator of the network from that point forward. Neither CYC Cards nor app will work after this point.
Chargeplace Scotland RFID Card or Swarco's new app. The newer rapid chargers are all equipped with contactless too.So how will we pay for a charge when visiting Scotland after the Swarco takeover? If the units have no contactless option and there is no signal what is the payment method?
Surely the CPS rfid card will still work?So how will we pay for a charge when visiting Scotland after the Swarco takeover? If the units have no contactless option and there is no signal what is the payment method?