Extend Porsche Charging Service

[Dabz]

I’m needing to renew now and have opted for the £0.00 option. Unless I’m missing something, it seems like a no brainer paying nothing for the convenience of charging via a single app and receiving a single invoice, and the prices appear slightly lower that just swiping a contactless card and paying retail.

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[targa666]

There is two versions. A free one with higher rates and a paid one with lower rates.
in the Netherlands the free one has the same rates as other free charging cards. I never use anything else just out of convenience of having everything in one app.

 

[anonymouse]

it seems like a no brainer paying nothing for the convenience of charging via a single app and receiving a single invoice, and the prices appear slightly lower that just swiping a contactless card and paying retail.

Depends on your use case. If you use a lot of IONITY or other preferred partners the savings with the monthly-fee Plus card are significant - 39p/kWh vs 69p at preferred partners and OPCs. If you charge mostly at home then the monthly fee would be way too high.​

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Also the free card can have way higher blocking fees if you park overnight at a hotel or similar.​

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Use https://ask.porsche.com/gb/en-GB/charging-service-price-list and expand the paragraphs at the bottom to see the fine print.​

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Personally when mine comes up for renewal I will probably do what I do with streaming services: subscribe for a month when it need it (eg Summer road trips) then turn it off again.​

 

[Dabz]

I’ll miss the cheaper Ionity rates.

Depends on your use case. If you use a lot of IONITY or other preferred partners the savings with the monthly-fee Plus card are significant - 39p/kWh vs 69p at preferred partners and OPCs. If you charge mostly at home then the monthly fee would be way too high.​

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Also the free card can have way higher blocking fees if you park overnight at a hotel or similar.​

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Use https://ask.porsche.com/gb/en-GB/charging-service-price-list and expand the paragraphs at the bottom to see the fine print.​

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Personally when mine comes up for renewal I will probably do what I do with streaming services: subscribe for a month when it need it (eg Summer road trips) then turn it off again.​

Yeh I’m thinking the same - I rarely charge away from home but will upgrade from free to paid on a month-by-month basis when doing trips

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