Any recommendations for charging cards?
I’ve two of those in the cave, one marked 1:50 for the chainsaw and one marked 1:40 for the blower 
Yes it is a little ridiculous, what if petrol pumps were all like that? Should all be bank cardable like petrol stations, they figure out who to pay.
Take a look at an app or two they will show what cards are required so you’ll see who is most prolific and most common on your routes. Of course Griffin has to travel to refuel whereas you can do it at home, touche…
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At only €0.097 a kWh overnight according to the grille de prix and my new Tempo contract. Pity I’ve nowhere to go
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Remind me what EV you have 
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Is there that many different cards John.
3, I believe, I do have a little battery
Yes there seems to be a variety. Some offer more choice and some offer better rates than others.
In France definitely Chargemap. The route planning is very good too, you can add your car and they calculate range. On the main roads you may be ok with a bank card, but in rural France Chargemap reigns.
Think it is 19€ for the card then they take money when you use it.
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Refreshing this thread…
Up to now we have always been able to charge at home, but that won’t be possible for getting to new house (752km) and until we get a new borne or plug installed down there as can’t get car near enough a plug at the moment.
What do people recommend as the most useful card now?
By useful I mean the most widely accepted and the easiest to use. I could get one to add on to our BipnGo account for tolls but not sure whether Chargemap or another brand would be better.
I got a Chargemap card when I got my EV 9 months ago. Never used it so far so no help…
It’s a good question Jane.
When we got the i4 it came with a BMW charge card and they had relationships with many of the EV charging companies, Ionity, TotalEnergies, etc. We pretty well use that exclusively on autoroutes. There’s no need for any subscription (maybe BMW get a kick-back from the suppliers) so the card is free. It works 90% of the time for us. I suggest you see if VW have a similar card.
Then, as I didn’t know which other card to get for back-up I got a lot. I didn’t take out any subscriptions for discounts because all our charging when we’re at home, is at home. I think I’ve used the Bip&Go one and the Chargemap one on a couple of occasions on A/C chargers in smaller towns, and I’ve used our Carrefour Passcard just to see if it’d work in one Carrefour carpark. I can’t remember if it did or not 
Anyway with that card you get a free hour’s 11kW while you shop.
Just as an aside, we got a Mobilize EV charge card (Renault’s finance wing) with the R5e. Their billing was horrendous. That card was consigned to the bin.
I use Electroverse but, to be honest, I find that Izivia and Lidl charging is much cheaper. You could also look at Tesla, a month’s subscription pays for itself in one or two charges then you cancel it.
I’ve used a Tesla charger with just the app. very slick.
I watched this video earlier today which discusses this… Might be some help until your charger is installed.
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Very useful vid! Thanks.
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