Using the new Osprey Charging app to charge my 2020 MG ZS EV at one of their rapid chargers! 

Exactly the reason why I think these Osprey chargers that are in Marstons pub car parks are a decent proposition (Boris / COVID permitting) - being able to grab a quick pub lunch whilst charging!

@@ModernHeroes Yorkshire EV club used the Bobbin Carrier Marstons pub in Bradford last year for their EV meet as it was great for charging and everyone grabbed a drink and some grub:-)

@@ModernHeroes - on your recommendation I joined Osprey and went to the Marston Stirling site...Day 1. couldn't get the app to work spoke to them on the phone and the girl was very good albeit the CCS gun refused to dislodge itself ! also the app wasn't helpful wasn't talking to me :-( we persevered to no avail said I would come back following day as hypothermia was setting in.Day 2. tried different unit but again the gun refused to budge undeterred I went back today (day 3) following an evening chat from my home comfort and was told to phone on arrival and we would jointly go through the procedure which we did - SUCCESS! I will continue to use their service as the help is 2nd to none + its cheaper using the app to fire up the "machine" Thx again for your advice, as a virgin EV.er I need all the help you can give MH. keep up the good work... also love my MG

@@binomad1 I’m so glad you’re happy with your MG and also sorry to hear you’ve had trouble with Osprey - it worked flawlessly for me as you can see. Sounds like their support are properly on it though - and that’s definitely what matters! What was the rate of charge like - bit quicker than I saw here?

Pretty small cross section of those paying tens of thousands of pounds for an electric car though, I reckon.

One DC output at a time on these. They can charge on AC at the same time as either CCS or Chad though.

I don’t understand this viewpoint - charging provision isn’t at the point where you can just decide not to use whatever’s available. If an Osprey charger is on route and working it’ll get used just like any other.

@@ModernHeroes I’m sure others will follow suit. Until that happens, it’s about planning journeys to avoid the most expensive charging stations and not just rocking up at the first available for those that are interested in keeping their running cost low.

@@EVil-ob8in Exactly. It’s not a strategy to stumble across the first charging point you see. When travelling long distances, I know before I arrive which charging stations to use. It definitely won’t be Osprey until they reduce their price.

No - the subscription hadn’t launched when I filmed this. To use the PAYG option in the app at 31p you sign up and link a card to your account, it bills you for what you use monthly.

@@ModernHeroes oh so ya still have to link card even for that, I see! Thanks for clearing that up, and I’ve just filled out the govt consultation form for EV chargers you mentioned in other vid, I mentioned should be a £5 max cap for pre authorisation about 7 times. 👍🏻

I hear you. If you were constantly making journeys where you needed to charge along the way, it would be a very real consideration. The majority of EV journeys are done with a full battery from home though - where you don’t take any more time!

@@ModernHeroes Probably. If youre family is living far away the situation could be different. I dont own a car but may buy one sooner or later, I need it to tow a trailer. My research however on used ev's shows very few has a tow thingy (dont know what it is called in english, sorry) Therefoe I have watched all of your videos (and also other channels)...and I always gives a 👍 for the producers great efforts. For my situation I think a petrol burner will be the way to go for now, especially since I cant afford a new car. Thanks for your answer, I think you are very honest in your evaluations. Please stay that way.

It would cost roughly £30 using chargers like this exclusively, £12 on a pretty expensive home energy tariff and £4 on a cheap one!

@@ModernHeroes thank you see I live in a flat you see so public charger is what I woud have to use to charge one up if I bought a electric car in the future

Not all public chargers cost the same as this. Depends what’s in your local area really. Some slower destination chargers are free including a load of them in Tesco car parks - you might find you’ll be able to charge in more places than you think! Check out Zap-Map which will show what chargers there are near you and how much they cost etc www.zap-map.com 😊

In my 24kWh Leaf, 311 miles would cost £24.10 @ the 31p/kWh app rate on an Osprey charger. On a PodPoint Rapid the same mileage would only cost £17.88 (@23p/kWh) so it pays to keep an eye on your local rapid chargers! Before we had a home charger fitted I had a Polar membership (£7.85/month) and used to regularly charge up on a 7kW post in the local Waitrose car park for 'free' (0p/kWh). At 17p/kWh which was our home tariff at the time it meant that if we used over 46.17kWh a month (just over 2 full charges on our 24kWh Leaf) anything above that was cheaper than charging at home on the granny (three pin) cable. I used to drop the Leaf off at Waitrose and go for an evening cycle for a couple of hours and come back to an additional 50% charge. The membership also gave access to a couple of local Polar rapid chargers at 15p/kWh for members, we did use these occasionally but because they're located at a local garden centre they're locked up from 7pm - 7am (handy!). Now we have a 7kW PodPoint home charger and we're on Octopus Go it gets charged for 5p/kWh overnight. On the rare occasions I need to rapid charge our local Lidl has a PodPoint 50kW rapid which costs 23p/kWh. We have an Osprey rapid 400m from our house but even with the 5p/kWh discount for using the app it's still 8p/kWh more expensive than the PodPoint rapid.

£55 buys me 360 miles in my 1.6 petrol focus and I thought that was decent!

It is a mess, I’m not going to try and say otherwise. Look for InstaVolt and Osprey and you won’t go far wrong though.