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They are 69p per KWh, which is one of the cheapest round here, but you still would only use them if charging at home wasn't available and your
battery was unacceptably low.
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There's no cafe or even a coffee dispenser in lidl, so you'd end up sitting in the car for the duration. Somewhat unappealing, I expect.
"69p / kwh." Leccy at home is 46p / kwh. Or, free if you have
solar panels as I do.
Sitting in the car for three hours at Lidl will cost you £70 in a fine from the over-2 hrs parking limit.
And watch out if you have
solar panels at home as I do. I had a Nissan Leaf, new. When the sun shone directly on to the
solar panels I would plug the car in and get free charging. After 2 years and 8000 miles the PCP was up. Nissan wrote to me and said do I want to buy it for £18,000? No thanks, the
battery was not much good - 35 mile range. It was on a no up-front payment and no end of contract payment, just £185 / month pcp. So I just gave the car back, and said to Nissan you can keep the wretched thing.
Later I had a call from the guy who bought it at an auction for £6,000. He noticed the
battery was goosed, and it has a 5 year warranty. He took it to a Nissan dealer and said new
battery please, its rubbish. Nissan dealer plugged their computer in and it logged each and every time the
battery had been charged. "The previous owner plugged it in to recharge it when it was already 80% full. That voids the warranty". Was I told that when I bought it? Not on your nelly. So the new owner had to pay out £5000 for a new
battery.
So if you do get an electric car the range (since you must not, apparently let the
battery go below 20% nor recharge it if it is 80%) is actually 60% of the actual range, which in turn at best is 80% of the claimed range.