Slow charging is usually found in on-street locations such as lampposts, whereas fast chargers can be found in car parks where people intend to stay for several hours.
Fast chargers also represent the most common type of chargepoint in the public network, outnumbering rapid and ultra-rapid devices by more than three to one.
In the AA’s monthly AA EV Recharge Report, it found that domestic charging is the cheapest possible option for EV owners, even with the high prices currently faced by consumers on the government's capped levels. Domestic charging was found to be half the price of ultra-rapid options.
The report takes the average prices of more than 6,000 publicly available charging units across the UK and analyses the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pricing across all chargepoint speeds available on the public charging network, as well as domestic charging costs.
Slow-charging providers often offer a subscription service that unlocks rates lower than the...