So, my wallet is ten pounds lighter and I’m waiting for a new RFID. When it arrives i’ll find out if it actually starts a charge on the older style electric pumps , and , if it does, if the pumps are now networked up in such a way as to allow for billing. I suspect my days of free charging are over one way or another.

 

And the days of actually being able to leave your car on charge, and come back after a day in London to a charged car, at a reasonable cost, may be over, because Source London still don't understand that if you're paying for parking, you shouldn't really be paying per minute for parking on top of that, just for the cost of the electricity, hence the tariff should be considerably cheaper in paid car parks than on-street ones, and ideally, billed per kWh.

At my local tube station, they've got both the Siemens units (rated at 22kW), and the 3.6kW / 7kW IER units - that charge per minute. I have never seen any EV plugged into the new IER units there, not even the Bluecity rental fleet.

 

and the results with the new card on the legacy posts is ...

FAIL 21

was the error on the first, and

CARD NOT VALID

on the second. Slow hand clap for Source London.

 

Incidentally, i’ve not seen anyone charge at these sites in 2018 — so my guess is they are hooked up to the mains but are impossible to actually use.

 

Got a response to my complaint to Source London. They have been unable to reach agreement with Waltham Forrest council to replace the existing electric pumps with their new 'smart meters'. Frankly, given their absurd per kWh rates, this sounds like a result -- provided some other operator could be persuaded to speak to the local authority and take over these sites. Do @CYC still monitor these forums? Anyone here know do we tip them (and others) off about a potential opportunity arising in some outskirts of London tube station car parks?

 

CYC seem to have given up frequenting these forums. If you really want CYC/Chargemaster to pick them up then it might be best to drop Tom Callow their Director of Communication and Strategy on twitter Tom Callow (@au_tom_otive) | Twitter

 

For me Source London posts may as well not exist these days, which is a shame as I go up to Brentford where there are quite a few. Realising that I would get 20 miles for the same price I would get 100 miles of out an Ecotricity charger sealed it. They are a waste of space to me and I don't think councils should be backing them.

 

Source London have agreed to refund the cost of my RFID card. I’ll tap up Tom Callow shortly...