EV Charging Experiences Don’t Get Much Better Than This!

In this episode Robert takes us to the latest in premium charging stations - GRIDSERVE’s Electric Forecourt at Gatwick International Airport in the UK.

From his early EV charging experiences with non-functioning chargers stood at the far end of a dark car park, to this cutting edge, future proofed, 30 charger strong forecourt - Robert is truy in his element!

GRIDSERVE’s CEO Toddington Harper updates Robert on how they are focussed on bringing a fulfilling charging experience to the masses.

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[ashley_neal]

Something else that's unfortunately pushing electric car ownership to only businesses. It would cost me £63 to charge my electric car here which would get me around 200 miles. My highly uneconomical Ford Focus ST is much more economical than this. Sad things are going this way after we started brightly.

[dtrrider]

No one talking about how £0.79 per kwh is absolutely insane.

[Yanquetino]

Having driven EVs for the last 12 years, I now know from experience that EV range need not be farther than your bladder range, and that the charging speed need not be faster than your rest room speed.

[GuanoLad]

The "it just works" ethic is always thrilling to see enacted. It really shouldn't be a rarity, life doesn't need to be so difficult. More of this approach to everything we do, please!

[TheDarrenJones]

Used this when I got back from Copenhagen over the holidays. Charging was straightforward. Unfortunately got back later than the upstairs was open so had to brave the road to walk to McDonald's... which was a dismal experience. Charging was great though.

[brianadamson]

Now this is exactly what is required country wide 👍👍

[mikedx]

I am surprised that no. one has built something similar here in California. It's very surprising that some coffee chain like Starbucks has not partnered with a charging operaator.

[alwaysallblacks]

£0.79 per kwh was expensive even during the height of the energy crisis.

[benastwood]

The man is called Toddington!!! Destined to be a services manager! Very impressive place though

[smaemurray]

To everyone involved in the Gridserve, well done and thank you!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[rebym]

Cost? How could you not mention what it costs. It's VERY EASY to provide these type of services at high price. This needs to be available and it also needs to be cheap.

[jeffbrooker]

Totally awesome one stop for the future. I would love to see facilities like this come to and develop all across North America.

[moomintroll]

Been driving an ev for just over two years now. My biggest gripe is not the state of the charging network, but rather how we’ve allowed them all to be so secretive about the cost. I can spot the price of petrol from 400 yards away from a petrol station, but why don’t we display ev charging prices similarly. Sorry Robert, but yet another video where you extol the virtues of a site without mentioning cost. Not everyone can afford top dollar and without displayed prices we find it hard to shop around. Please focus on this in the future.

[petesig]

1:13 - gotta LOVE that motto!! 😄😉

OMG, the cafes on the charger site, the shopping.... tap-to-go!! Wow, we SO need this for main highway charging stations in Australia. PLEASE send some over 🙏

[WayneGoss]

Loads more of these, all over the world, at off peak home Tarif rates...

[dalroth]

Just brilliant and a clear demonstration that with the right approach it can be done. Very sincere congratulations to Gridserve for setting the new standard for EV charging! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[johnrostron]

Ridiculously high prices "charged" by Gridserve, around a year ago ot was 65p for a kWh, and as the cost of energy has fallen, Gridserve has managed to increase their prices to 79pkWh, way higher than petrol on a per mile comparison and without the taxes.

[BobHannent]

Dover would be a great place for one of these, the charging options there could be better.

[mitchib]

Where's the fundraiser to get more of these places installed across the country??? This is EXACTLY what the EV industry needs right now.

[BabakDaemi]

I worked for Toddington in the past. Great guy. Wish the company all the luck they deserve.