Electric cars-got to be a viable option now?

[Caruso]

Just out of interest as we dont own own an EV, but where Mrs B4W works they have had free charging for for employees for over a year now but as of August they are starting to charge, the rate is going to be 32p KWH.

Is this cheap compared to the alternatives away from home charging?

32p is similar to a standard non discounted home tariff. I was paying 69p at a Gridserve point yesterday and that seems to be the going rate for a 50kw charger. Some higher output chargers are more expensive though.

Also I did a trip to Snowdonia from the south coast and every time I stopped on the motorway there were only 2 chargers which were in use. Compare that to Tesla supercharger where there were 8 or so with several free and it makes a pretty compelling case for Tesla over other EVs, or plug in hybrids.