Compare Public EV Networks

In the UK there are a number of different charging networks offering a wide range of charging options. Our comparison table shows the different services and prices available on the market today in both cost-per-mile and cost-per-kwh.

Public EV Charging Networks

Price comparison of EV Networks

In addition to our breakdown here of each network, we are building comparison tools for the 4 main speeds of charging points available: Slow, Fast, Rapid and Ultra. You can also find out more about how we calculate cost-per-mile for our comparison tables.

	Charging network	Service	Indicative cost per mile
Electric AFR comparison			5p

	Pod Point	Lidl Rapid May 2022	7.44p

	Pod Point	Tesco Rapid May 2022	7.83p

	Source London	Taxi March 2022	8.94p

	Ubitricity	Direct Access May 2022	9.38p

	Char.gy	PAYG March 2022	9.44p

	Source London	Permit Resident March 2022	9.8p

	Source London	Taxi (Central London) March 2022	10.37p

	Char.gy	Personal May 2022	10.64p

	EB Charging	Fast June 2022	10.72p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Highway (Low Power) May 2022	11.15p

	BP Pulse	AC Charging (Members) May 2022	11.28p

	EB Charging	Lamp Post June 2022	11.28p

	Source London	Full (Central London) March 2022	11.8p

	Source London	Resident March 2022	11.8p

	Source London	Permit Resident (Central London) March 2022	11.8p

	EB Charging	Rapid June 2022	11.86p

	BP Pulse	AC Charging (Instant) May 2022	12.29p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Forecourt May 2022	12.86p

	BP Pulse	AC Charging (Contactless) May 2022	12.86p

Average			13.07p

Diesel AFR comparison			13p

	BP Pulse	50kW Rapid (Members) May 2022	13.57p

	Geniepoint	Guest March 2022	13.72p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Highway (Medium Power) May 2022	13.72p

	Osprey	PAYG May 2022	14p

	BP Pulse	150kW Rapid (Members) May 2022	14.14p

	Geniepoint	Registered user March 2022	14.29p

	Instavolt	Instavolt Rapid March 2022	14.29p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Highway (High Power) May 2022	14.29p

Petrol AFR comparison			15p

	Source London	Resident (Central London) March 2022	15.23p

	Source London	Full March 2022	15.23p

	Tesla	Tesla Supercharger (Owners & Members) May 2022	15.27p

	BP Pulse	50kW Rapid (Instant) May 2022	15.43p

	Shell	Shell Recharge Rapid May 2022	15.72p

	BP Pulse	50kW Rapid (Contactless) May 2022	16p

	BP Pulse	150kW Rapid (Instant) May 2022	16.29p

	Shell	Shell Recharge Ultra Rapid May 2022	16.86p

	BP Pulse	150kW Rapid (Contactless) May 2022	16.86p

	Tesla	Tesla Supercharger (Non-Tesla) May 2022	17.05p

	Source London	Flexi March 2022	17.15p

	Ionity	High Power Charging May 2022	19.72p

	Source London	PAYG March 2022	19.72p

	Source London	Flexi (Central London) March 2022	20.29p

	Source London	PAYG (Central London) March 2022	22.86p

	Charging network	Service	Cost per kWh
	Pod Point	Railway Station 7kW Fast May 2022	0p

	Pod Point	Tesco 7kW Fast May 2022	0p^†

	Pod Point	Lidl Rapid May 2022	26p

	Pod Point	Tesco Rapid May 2022	27.40p^‡

	Source London	Taxi March 2022	29p^†

	Source London	Permit Resident March 2022	32p^†

	Ubitricity	Direct Access May 2022	32p

	Char.gy	PAYG March 2022	33p

	Source London	Taxi (Central London) March 2022	34p^†

	BP Pulse	AC Charging (Members) May 2022	35p

	Char.gy	Personal May 2022	36p^†

	Char.gy	Professional May 2022	36p^†

	EB Charging	Fast June 2022	37.50p^‡

	Source London	Resident March 2022	39p^†

	EB Charging	Lamp Post June 2022	39p

	Source London	Permit Resident (Central London) March 2022	39p^†

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Highway (Low Power) May 2022	39p

	Source London	Full (Central London) March 2022	39p^†

	EB Charging	Rapid June 2022	41.50p^‡

	BP Pulse	50kW Rapid (Members) May 2022	43p

	BP Pulse	AC Charging (Instant) May 2022	43p

Average			44.6p

	BP Pulse	150kW Rapid (Members) May 2022	45p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Forecourt May 2022	45p

	BP Pulse	AC Charging (Contactless) May 2022	45p

	Tesla	Tesla Supercharger (Owners & Members) May 2022	47.20p^‡

	Geniepoint	Guest March 2022	48p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Highway (Medium Power) May 2022	48p

	Osprey	PAYG May 2022	49p

	Instavolt	Instavolt Rapid March 2022	50p

	Gridserve	Gridserve Electric Highway (High Power) May 2022	50p

	Geniepoint	Registered user March 2022	50p

	Source London	Resident (Central London) March 2022	51p^†

	Source London	Full March 2022	51p^†

	BP Pulse	50kW Rapid (Instant) May 2022	54p

	Shell	Shell Recharge Rapid May 2022	55p

	BP Pulse	50kW Rapid (Contactless) May 2022	56p

	BP Pulse	150kW Rapid (Instant) May 2022	57p

	BP Pulse	150kW Rapid (Contactless) May 2022	59p

	Shell	Shell Recharge Ultra Rapid May 2022	59p

	Tesla	Tesla Supercharger (Non-Tesla) May 2022	59.67p^‡

	Source London	Flexi March 2022	60p^†

	Ionity	High Power Charging May 2022	69p

	Source London	PAYG March 2022	69p^†

	Source London	Flexi (Central London) March 2022	71p^†

	Source London	PAYG (Central London) March 2022	80p^†

† Indicates that the cost-per-kwh has been calculated from an alternative pricing structure.

‡ Indicates that the cost-per-kwh has been calculated as an average.

View more comparison tables for other speeds:

Slow Fast Rapid Ultra