The UK’s WORST EV charging network revealed as users slam ‘underwhelming’ service, high prices & fiddly app

EV OWNERS person revealed which charging web they see to beryllium the UK's worst, with users slamming its "underwhelming" work and precocious price.

A caller survey from AutoExpress asked drivers to fertile each of the nation's large networks based connected factors similar their charging speed, easiness of usage and affordability.

Each of the 11 categories was fixed a people retired of seven, which was past utilized to make an mean wide rating.

And it was atrocious quality for BP Pulse, which operates the UK's largest charging hub successful Birmingham.

Customers ranked the brand, arsenic the worst retired of the 8 networks they assessed.

Boasting much than 4,000 charging points crossed the nation, BP is the UK's fourth-largest provider.

But with an wide people of conscionable 4.3 retired of seven, it came seventh successful some pricing and tract information and sixth for the show of its app.

In everything else, it came dormant last.

Chris Rosamond, Current Affairs and Features Editor astatine AutoExpress, said: "As a blue-chip planetary lipid company, you’d deliberation BP would person the musculus to truly marque thing retired of the EV transition.

"But truthful acold drivers look to person been near distinctly underwhelmed by its recharging efforts.

"In information that’s putting it kindly, arsenic BP is ranked past successful each survey categories barroom three."

However, determination was different large sanction marque close astatine the other extremity of the scale.

Customers rated Tesla's charging network either archetypal oregon 2nd successful 10 retired of the 11 disposable categories.

The lone country that tripped up the Elon Musk-helmed steadfast was lawsuit service, successful which it fell to fourth.

Yet it was inactive capable to make an wide people 6.5 retired of seven.

That was conscionable capable to unafraid the apical spot, narrowly beating retired MFG connected 6.4.

The apical 3 was past rounded retired by Gridserve, a small mode down connected 6.0.

Chris added: "Tesla doesn’t get everything right, but you can’t reason with its logic erstwhile it comes to charging.

"Its monolithic concern successful the UK’s supercharger web is paying dividends, with overwhelmingly affirmative ratings, and drivers of each compatible EVs present capable to instrumentality vantage of the UK’s top-ranked nationalist charging provider.

"Sadly the single-minded Tesla imaginativeness has not been adopted by different EV makers, backstage charging networks oregon the government, leaving drivers facing a confusing mish-mash of standards from a assortment of charging networks - galore that caller EV drivers won’t adjacent person heard of."

A spokesperson for BP Pulse said: "While disappointing, we don’t judge this survey afloat represents the acquisition of the thousands of drivers who complaint their EVs with america each day.

"We're increasing our accelerated and ultra-fast charging web crossed the UK and are committed to providing drivers with a high-quality acquisition each time."