The shocking truth about charging an EV in the UK

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Before the EV fanatics jump in on the comments, please take a moment to realise this utterly dreadful situation where people are trying to get on with their jobs and lives but with unbearable circumstances when trying to charge an electric car in the UK.

Charging an electric car should be easy. Reality is, it's soul destroying bad. Something needs to be done.

We're still in it's relative infancy but surely it's unacceptable that only a handful of chargers actually works! It's so difficult to plan any journey in an EV and it seems too common an occurrence that leaves you anxious and frustrated.

We're being told by the UK Government that we can only buy EVs from 2030, which is only 9 years away!! If people are going to buy EVs in large numbers charging infrastructure needs to be improved significantly.

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Before the hate starts in the comments, please take a moment to realise this utterly dreadful situation where people are trying to go about with their lives (and jobs) but with unbearable circumstances. We may still be in relative EV infancy, but this is not an isolated event, it happens every single time we test an EV. Instead of directing anger at us, please let us know what you would do to improve this fiasco.

[johnjackson]

After watching this video I will never complain about waiting 4 minutes for a person infront of me to pull out of the petrol station so I can use it

[swellermen]

Why can't government legislate that all public EV chargers are paid for with chip and pin or contactless.

Would save so much hassle.

[paulturner]

The infrastructure is what is going to kill the EV in this country not the quality of the product (car)

[securedcertification]

This video needs to go to the transport secretary and every media outlet in the country as well as every motoring organisation and others who can influence a delay until common sense infrastructure is in place... well done sir... frustrating but valuable insight!

[spudgunn]

Politicians experiencing real life troubles? What planet are you living on?! Never going to happen, you think they give a toss about the general public? Fat chance!

[gullrock]

Sounds like classic UK, All Show no Go!

[cyphr]

Imagine the chaos on the roads if many more people suddenly got EV’s. People queuing for charge points, empty vehicles strewn all over unable to charge.

[dnoordink]

The whole point is to stop people owning cars completely. They don't want you to be able to drive where you would like.

[Keroppikun]

Reminds me of looking for a working phone box in 70’s London! A nightmare, more often than not.

[chitpaul]

Only home overnight charging will work but not all of us have a parking space with a charger point..

[andrewcoleman]

UK government “ Everyone buy electric cars please”
Everyone “We bought the electric cars, they’re great, where can we charge them?
UK Government “ Everyone buy electric cars please” 🙄

[TRzest]

The time it takes to charge is like filling a fuel tank through the red straw that comes with a can of WD40. Bonkers.

[leeebbrell]

It's a shame the hotels don't have overnight charging even 7 kwh

[MrBravo]

There need to be a law for easy charging. Just swipe your card that's it.

[petegibson]

I was going to buy an EV car this year, but now I definitely won’t. I shall wait for another three years thanks for a fantastic video

[lyntedrockley]

It is utterly dreadful. Petrol companies have NO- Zero intrerest in helping this transition. The BP chargers in their petrol stations are broken and if you complain at the till they invariably say, oh yes we know, they've been broken for months.
It should be mandatory for chargers to be available in Petrol stations. AND it should be mandatory for the charge to be intiated from the shop and payable for over the counter, should the app or friggin' membership card not work.
As for Morrisons, forget it. Their chargers are by the bins with broken glass all around. FFS. Why can Tesla do it so well and everyone else f=ck it up?

[anonymous_bot_bot]

2017 we rented a BMW 330e in the UK. We couldnt charge it. The only possibility would have been to sign up for a 6 month charging contract.

[SomeGuyCalledDosser]

Charging outside London is an absolute joke, especially around the motorway network. Anything under 50 kilowatt charger useless for a true EV. I found Instavault to be the best by far. I had an i3S for a year and gave it back because the charging network is just too poor for what I need to do with a car

[patemblen]

You must have been imagining things. Repeat the mantra: "Free market capitalism always produce the most efficient public services"