A PAIR of EV owners say they feel “stitched up” after buying the car to do their bit for the environment only to be confronted with major issues.
George and his partner Miriam saw their road trip from their Devon home to London become their “most stressful” ever due to problems with charging.
Jon RowleyEV driver George and his partner Miriam had to queue for hours just to charge up their Peugeot 2008[/caption]
Jon RowleyGeorge said he felt ‘stitched up’ as charging prices soar and availability remains low[/caption]
The couple, who are both disabled, found themselves stuck in lengthy queues for the single charging point at Leigh Delamere Services in Wiltshire as infrastructure struggles to keep up with EV ownership.
They were forced to wait in the rain for more than two hours just to start charging their Peugeot 2008, which takes a further 45 minutes to ‘fill up’.
George, 28, told The Sun Online that he had always planned to stop at the station, but that a 40-mile roadworks diversion had left them right at the end of their 200-mile range.
He said: “By the time we reached these services we were pretty much out of the tank and it was causing me so much anxiety I thought I’d be sick.
“It’s the most stressful journey I’ve ever done.
“And now we’re here, we’ll have to wait about two hours before we can plug in…It’s an absolute joke.”
George also slammed the promise of an “electric car revolution” that attracted him to buy his all-electric SUV, saying that all it had caused was frustration for drivers.
He added: “I bought this car because I wanted to drive something that’s kinder to the environment.
“I literally put my money where my mouth is, but we’ve been stitched up.
“The infrastructure just isn’t good enough. There should be a bank of electric charging points here, not just one.”
Not only that, but even when he did get to charge up, he found himself paying a whopping 69p per kWh for the privilege.
That’s an increase from just 44p per kWh last May and brings charging prices in line with sky-high petrol and diesel costs, eliminating one of the key appeals of EVs.
George blasted the price as “far too much” for the average motorist while fellow drivers queuing up with him branded it as “embarrassing” and “not good enough”.
It comes after a former Tesla owner explained why they switched back to petrol after just eight months with their £44,000 Model Y.
Meanwhile, an expert mechanic revealed why he feels EVs are nothing more than a scam.
Jon RowleyIt now costs about the same to charge an EV as it does to fill a tank of petrol or diesel[/caption]
Jon RowleyThe services George visited only had one charging point[/caption]
Jon RowleyHe slammed the situation as an ‘absolute joke’[/caption]