Plug in hybrid car charging

This could have gone in the Towcar section but I think that would be optimistic at the moment!

I was out for a ride on my motorcycle this week (dodging the rain) and I had stopped for a coffee at a filling station. I was parked next to the electric car charging bay and I noticed that the displayed price was 30p per unit (there was an additional  £1 set up cost for DC charging) Given that my electricity at home costs around half that amount I thought it seemed expensive.

I had recently looked into the benefits of buying a Volvo XC60 T8 PHEV (there weren't any! unless you want an XC60 as a 30 mile town car) and knew that it had a battery capable of holding around twenty units and that on battery alone it would do 35 miles (one assumes driven very very carefully). So I did a quick calculation.

To fill a flat battery (for the sake of argument, assuming no losses in the system) would take 20 units from the charger and therefore cost £6 and this will take you 35 miles.

A gallon of petrol today in my local supermarket was £5.90. Using the petrol engine in the Volvo this gallon would (if driven very very carefully) take you about 35 miles.

Food for thought! and profits for somebody?