BP raises charging prices twice in 24 hours
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In today’s email: BP has risen its prices twice in 24 hours, Nissan reveals electric motorists are now driving further than petrolheads, and David Beckham enters the EV fray.
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BP INCREASE: This week BP Pulse wrote to its users advising that it was raising its charging prices from 10 June. BP is one of the UK’s biggest networks and the 2nd biggest rapid charging network, so price increases will impact thousands of motorists. One of the increases that annoyed people was that the cost of using a 50kW rapid charger - which is the most common type of rapid charger BP Pulse operates. The 50kW price is going from 15p per kWh to 23p per kWh for subscribers. That’s a 50% increase for people who already pay £7.85 each month to get the best tariff prices. In comparison, …
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