Don't go expecting to charge your EV (Leeds, Sovereign Square). We all know that Q-Park is expensive, but I accept this and agree to pay what they charge. I have a relatively new EV and this was the first time I needed to charge it away from home. I arrived at the carpark at 9.30am, plugged my car in to one of the Blink charges, and left to go about my business. (I was staying overnight at a local hotel). At one point during the day I checked the Blink App and noticed the kWh was low (1.4kWh) but couldn't get back to the carpark due to commitments. When arriving back at the car park at around 5.30pm, 12.03kWh had been delivered, increasing my battery from 22% to 40%. Not enough for my needs. I unplugged and plugged into a different charger, which also showed about 1.5kWh. I then phoned Blink who said that although they supply the chargers, Q-Park manage them and set the (expensive) rate. I was told that many of the chargers in that Q-Park carpark weren't working and was advised to find a charger in a different location. I tried this but the chargers I found were in carparks owned by hotels that one couldn't access, were busy, or weren't working. Or in other Q-Park carparks - which I wasn't going to try. I eventually went back, thought I'd try again and plugged in to a third charger. Luckily, this one worked - it charged at around 7kWh. I was advised that Q-Park would charge even once the charging was complete, if the car remained plugged in. So, at around midnight, when the charge was complete, I went and unplugged the car. The whole event was fairly stressful. Do better, Q-Park.
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