Sainsbury's Launch Own-Brand Charging Network

[garycat]

One benefit is the free parking, as opposed to Tesla at Heathrow T5 (for example) which charges for the car park and again for the charger. If the Sainsburys is 30p more per kWh then a quick charge may be cheaper or a similar price in total.

 

[WllXM]

One benefit is the free parking, as opposed to Tesla at Heathrow T5 (for example) which charges for the car park and again for the charger. If the Sainsburys is 30p more per kWh then a quick charge may be cheaper or a similar price in total.

Afaik SCs located in paid-for car parks are a very tiny minority of locations you can count on one hand. Others are free or you just have to validate your reg at reception.

On the contrary, Euro Car Parks, which controls the majority of Sainsbury's locations have some tricky T&Cs displayed, typically 1 to 3 hours free parking for 'customers', but only 10 mins outside of store opening hours. So unless they change this, you could receive a £100 PCN for charging after hours, or if they are sly enough, the same PCN if you haven't bought anything in the store while charging...

 

[WannabeOwner]

if you haven't bought anything

You've "bought" the charging ... not sure if that qualifies as a purchase though!

 

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Afaik SCs located in paid-for car parks are a very tiny minority of locations you can count on one hand. Others are free or you just have to validate your reg at reception.

On the contrary, Euro Car Parks, which controls the majority of Sainsbury's locations have some tricky T&Cs displayed, typically 1 to 3 hours free parking for 'customers', but only 10 mins outside of store opening hours. So unless they change this, you could receive a £100 PCN for charging after hours, or if they are sly enough, the same PCN if you haven't bought anything in the store while charging...

In the case of the latter I’d argue the ‘store hours’ for the EV chargers are 24/7 unless otherwise stated given the chargers are both owed by Sainsbury’s and able to be used/open.

 

[spdpsba]

store hours’ for the EV chargers are 24/7 unless otherwise stated

Sainsbury’s web site:

Smart Charge offers spacious, accessible bays open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year which are compatible with fully electric vehicles…

 

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Sainsbury’s web site:

Smart Charge offers spacious, accessible bays open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year which are compatible with fully electric vehicles…

Exactly, my response to any parking invoice for a 10 minute stay will be ‘I’ll see you in court’