Morrison's superstores to open 400 charging hubs.

[chowbenter]

"Motor Fuel Group (MFG) and Morrisons have entered into an agreement which will see the market leading independent forecourt operator acquire 337 Morrisons petrol forecourts (including fuel, convenience retail kiosk and ancillary services) and more than 400 associated sites, across the UK – with many set to be transformed into electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs."

MFG to transform hundreds of Morrisons petrol forecourts into EV charging hubs - transportandenergy

Motor Fuel Group (MFG) and Morrisons have entered into an agreement which will see the market leading independent forecourt operator acquire 337 Morrisons petrol forecourts (including fuel, convenience retail kiosk and ancillary services) and more than 400 associated sites, across the UK - with...

transportandenergy.com

 

[Grriff]

Let's hope they are more reliable than the existing GeniePoint chargers at Morrisons.

 

[5teep]

Looks like a Swarco car in the image there so not GeniePoint?

 

[Rolfe]

Lots of people on Twitter pointing and laughing at GeniePoint today.

 

[Lovemyev]

Not the unreliable Genie Point units thankfully, but MFG units ?.

 

[Rolfe]

Yeah, that's why they're pointing and laughing.

 

[slmorgan42]

MFG are popping up everywhere. I tested one of the new ones near me and worked like a charm.

 

[fnegroni]

MFG for me now faster than Tesla supercharger. Fair bit more expensive though.
Fastned is also expanding and at 69 ppkWh a fair bit cheaper than MFG.

 

[Rolfe]

Fastned have shelter. To me, that is worth something. If I'm low going home from Glasgow and it's wet or there's snow on the ground, I'm likely to detour via the M74 to go to the Fastned chargers rather than get soaked at the Tesla ones on the M8.

 

[siteguru]

... and you'll now just be able to plug and charge at the Fastned site.

 

[Rolfe]

The downside of the Fastned site is that it's a couple of hundred yards from the McDonald's, so if the weather is truly foul I'm just going to sit in the car. But if I'm only looking for enough to get home, well, home is only about 35 miles away so it won't take long.

The Tesla chargers aren't hard to operate, and they are right next to a source of excellent coffee.