Lidl is lowering the prices for charging AC through the Lidl Plus app. The equivalent is 83 groszy/kWh. But in FRANCE...

In Western Europe, Lidl is actively experimenting with charging prices. In France, the company has decided to lower the costs for charging via alternating current (AC); drivers will now pay 0.18 euros instead of 0.28 euros per kilowatt-hour. This results in a reduction of 1.27 zlotys to 83 groszy per kWh, meaning an average cost of 16.6 zlotys for every 100 kilometers traveled by an electric vehicle.

Lidl Plus = cheaper charging. But not in Poland

The current charging rates at French Lidl stores through the Lidl Plus app are as follows (source):

DC: 0.29 euros, equivalent to 1.27 zlotys/kWh,

AC: 0.18 euros, equivalent to 0.83 zlotys/kWh.

The driver who decides to stop overnight to recharge a battery with, say, 60 kWh of capacity will pay the equivalent of just under 52 zlotys to cover an additional average distance of 300 kilometers. In urban areas and under current weather conditions, this can even reach up to 400 kilometers. A person who stops for half an hour and recharges the same amount of energy using a fast charger will pay around 80 zlotys [in both cases, we account for charging losses – editor’s note].

I’m the same person who would like to drive an average of 300 kilometers on diesel, paying the equivalent of 186 zlotys. Therefore, electric driving is 2.3 to 3.6 times cheaper than using fuel, and this is even when relying on commercial charging services, not to mention using one’s own charger or solar power! Even a Tesla charged at Superchargers is more expensive than at French Lidl stations. During peak hours, drivers pay around 0.32–0.36 euros/kWh (1.4–1.57 zlotys/kWh), while outside peak hours the cost ranges from a few dozen to over twenty eurocents (about 0.74–1 zloty/kWh).

Unfortunately, such promotions do not exist in Poland. When we spoke with a representative of Lidla’s Polish branch, he claimed that the goal for this year is to introduce chargers. That’s why we still pay 2.5 zł/kWh for DC and 1.93 zł/kWh for AC, so the cables are regularly stolen because no one uses them... Price promotions also take place in Germany but not in the United Kingdom, so they must rely heavily on the availability of cheap energy, not to mention any potential market demand.

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