Clearly I am no fan of POLAR but I feel that I have been “upping the ante” when I really feel that I shouldn’t. I make no secret that I don’t like the POLAR business model but on the plus side they are installing charging stations on a grand scale and although they are not … Continue reading Little Chef and POLAR… let's not be too hasty
Well, after a week of silence from both POLAR and Little Chef over the issue of how the Little Chef charging network will operate Little Chef have finally broken the silence and made an announcement. Here it is: Thank you for all of your comments recently regarding the Little Chef EV charging points. We stated … Continue reading Little Chef – Sounds like a fudge to me
I received my POLAR card yesterday as a result of me registering when I used the Little Chef network for the first time. This is what the accompanying letter says: Dear Mr Churley (they got my name wrong!!!), Thank you for your interest in using the Little Chef, POLAR network public charge posts. Enclosed is … Continue reading Little Chef – received my POLAR card
Ever since Little Chef announced a national charging network at their restaurants I have been itching to try them out. I was kindly lent a Menekkes to J1772 charge cable to try out by Zero Carbon World so I thought today would be a great opportunity to give them both a try. I checked the … Continue reading Little Chef Charging Network – Not quite what I thought
Last week I heard that there was a charging point with free parking in Bournemouth and as my nephew is studying at Bournemouth Uni I decided to visit in the Nissan Leaf. This is how I got on. I live in Saltash, Cornwall and so given the range of about 85 miles of the Leaf … Continue reading Trip to Bournemouth
There is a lunch on 1st November with one of the exec’s at RCapital, the owners of Little Chef, to discuss EV charging infrastructure. I was going to attend this lunch as I believe that with the types of trips that I have done I could add my opinion to the mix in the hope … Continue reading Little Chef Lunch Meeting
The first year of owning an electric car for us has been a bit of a mixed bag. The car itself has been great and we use it for our everyday, local trips but using the car for anything over its typical max range of 80 miles (40 miles each way) requires a bit of … Continue reading Our 1st Year with the Nissan Leaf