After some problems with the Tesla chargers and not getting a charge, I headed off to Lidl close to Cribbs but towards the A38, to get some shopping done. When I got there, I saw they had an EV charger. Using the Lidl app, I could get charged for 62p a kWh. A little more than the Tesla chargers but still a reasonable price.
The only time I have used Lidl EV charging before was in France where it worked really well and was significantly cheaper at €0.39 per kWh (that’s about 34p). Though I set up the Lidl app in France, that was the French Lidl, so I had to repeat the process for setting up the app and being able to charge the car. Once this was sorted, I put the Funky Cat on charge and went and did some shopping. I took my time. I only had the car on charge for thirty minutes, but that had put on nearly an additional 50% charge, taking me to 71%. I was impressed with the speed of charging and it wasn’t 85p that the MFG garage would charge me, they’re situated on the way between Cribbs and Lidl.