Aldi is giving an extra 7kwh of charge via the jolt charging network today to make a total of 14kwh if you're on the 7kwh free charging program. No strings attached, you don't have to shop at aldi, but tbh I wouldn't mind if this became regular thing like the woolies 4c fuel coupons. Auto applied see screenshot. Merry Xmas from aldi. Note there is no website about this promo, info obtained from the app.
I believe so, if enough people give jolt an aldi feedback maybe they can do the $30 spend and get extra 7kwh charge
Yes today only. Got a push notification about this now.
Didn't work for me. Car just exploded, damn petrol cars.
How much is 7kw
0.46c per kWh on the jolt charging system. So approx $3.50. if you charge at home whatever your rates are X 7
Obligatory ant joke "Not even enough kw for ants"
I'm the guy who's terrible with jokes and need them explained to me like I'm 5 y.o.
Well firstly, kW and kWh are different things, but 7kWh is enough for about 50km depending on how you drive.
It's 7kWh, not 7kW. A Model 3 battery is 66kWh but charging isn't 100% efficient so it's about 10% of that.
My electricity at home is 31c kw/h, so 7kWh is 2.17$ worth,
Hard to say - as you see above it depends where you charge, I have a solar charger, which only uses excess solar, so it's basically 5-7c/kWh - so about $0.50 lol.
As others said, 7kWh depends on the car, but in mine it's about 50-60km
7kWh in car terms is roughly equivalent 4 litres of petrol
7kWh in a decent EV will get you about 50kms. If the average dinojuicer gets 8L/100km, that means 50kms is about 4 litres
kWh is energy, kW is power.
A modern electric car might use 0.2kWh per km, so this would be around 35km of range. So perhaps akin to an offer of 3L of petrol in terms of range. Not a huge amount so not nothing either, especially if you factor in that it's actually 14kWh combined that's offered.
56c on my night ev plan. :)
Great deal, however not many of these charge stations around.
Great deal, however not many of these charge stations around.
And assuming others take advantage of the deal, your chance of getting a free charger will be next to zero. Welcome to the brave new world, hopefully you're not relying on this to get you home…
Yeah I’m over the charging wait, speeds and just cbf’d waiting around anymore. EV was the shiny toy, I think I will go back to fuel next car.
It depends on where you live but right now, EVs may not a good choice for people that can't charge at home.
@dazweeja: Yeah no access to home charging in apartment. I recently took it on a trip and the charging was hopeless, wait times etc. I will never travel in it again that’s for sure
@BatmanAU: Just to add another perspective, I've just hit 20,000kms on my EV, and taken it on return trips from Syd->Sunshine Coast and twice to Melb. Taking it again to Brissy in Jan and again to Melb in Feb.
All previous drives have been the best road trips I've had, all during public holidays (with a bit of playing with the timings of the drive to avoid peak time). Averaged around $50 in charge fees per one-way drive.
Outside of trips I've also charged for free almost exclusively at work, so my net cost for charging 20,000kms have basically been the road trips only.
@integriti: Yeah I don’t think I really have the patience to sit there whilst the car chargers. The worst part of my trip was I decided to try all the none Tesla chargers to try save a bit of $, worst mistake. Not only did it add around 2hrs to my trip, it added extra kms as most of the time you were driving off the track to find them.
I pulled up at one place, Chargefox station, started on around 140kwh’ish, then two other cars pulled up, dropped to around 38kwh. Then three more cars pulled up and they were all staring and rolling their eyes at us charging.
It will be interesting what technologies will be out when I’m ready for another lease, but EV definitely not at the top of my list.
Just 2 locations in QLD?? …and in neighbouring suburbs apparently, so way to spread out there dude… 🫤
And the one in Carindale is already broken. They only installed that charger not long ago.
True. Is there a way to find out which Aldi has Jolt chargers?
Jolt app.
But the app doesn’t differentiate Aldi vs others
@Iwantthatbargain: It's any Jolt. this is just courtesy of Aldi. Likely a branding partner just like Audi before.
More than there are Chargefoxes in Brisbane…
which state are you in? I'm in SA, account only showing 7kWh ??
Saw it in nsw
NSW, dunno if it's NSW only or all states with jolt chargers
Just went to charge and was wondering why the free amount was at 14. Quick Google led me back here! I should look at the advert, automatically ignores it.
I saw the ad and was saying how do I get the extra 7kwh?? Was googling, going to jolt and aldi's website. Then I looked at the free charge limit and it was already 14kwh. Doh!
Might have to drive to the nearest Jolt charger just to get the free electricity tonight!
Ozbargain meet up
No need. Every person at the jolt chargers today is an ozbargainer
Someone get a jolt representative to organise a deal for ozbargainers
Basically it for Sydney
Lots of Jolts in Adelaide too.
Thanks OP :)
I believe there is a surplus of solar energy at peak solar times eg 11 to 2pm which is why some retailers like OVO are offering free electricity between those times on certain days. So electricity can be free.
Also define who needs it. It's a very subjective opinion.
i didnt realise this was the case but it makes the most sense. I always thought it was more for accelerating the gathering of data when they offered free charging so that there is more adoption of it as suppose to home charging
Ads now so maybe the ads are paying for it too at the box and in the app. Seen Audi ads and now Aldi. Wonder if paid subscribers see ads (guessing yep)
its a dc charger right? or 46c it better be.
Yeah but it is a slow for DC charger at 25kW. Ok for free but if I was paying the 46 cents I'd find a faster one
not worth it then you can get chargefox dc chargers for 46c in Queensland that charger 60kw.
I feel that 90% of people don't pay when they use jolt. The 10% will be those who can't charge at home, find it convenient or don't care about money
NOW we are talking! Free electricity forever!!
Just wait til V2L becomes a common thing in Aus (there is only 1 I believe in SA and they had to go through hell to get it approved). Charge your car for free and use that to power your house.
I will give up a day of work for that! SIGN ME UP SCOTTY!!!
😂
Good different..
Better than the Audi ads they were showing before. Good…different
No strings attached
Just the charger
😂
It's only showing 7kWh here in Victoria. Not sure if it will change once I plug in maybe…
Should change. Getting my 14 now thanks Aldi/Jolt
Only showing 7kWh here in Brisbane. Haven't plugged in though.
Start charging and the aldi banner appears, and the free charging display bar changes to 14kWh
That's a pretty nifty tactic, everyone wins. Do your shopping at Aldi while the car tops up, or just grab a snack while you refill from the daily commute, or don't do that, they don't mind
Ive never seen a paid charger at a shopping centre.
That makes sense thanks, I don't have an EV yet so wasn't aware
I guess that increases the incentive for now, as the people needing an EV charge are more likely to have cash to spend. Probably makes sense as long as the energy cost doesn't outweigh the increase in revenue from charger customers.
Local Coles installed 3 x 250kw Tesla superchargers. Not compatible with 50% of towns EV's. Odd choice I thought…
Somewhat off topic but the main idea behind EVs is to charge them while they're parked, i.e. at home, the destination or on route while you grab a meal on longer trips.
Being roughly 1/5th of the price of petrol, not to mention negligible maintenance costs compared to a petrol car, I personally will never go back to ICE.
Actually I'm fortunate enough to live near a free public charger. Around 20,000 km completed free of charge, all I need to do is go for a short walk 3 times a week.
Just keep in mind that the charging doesn't automatically stop at the end of the free charging quota. You need to monitor it and stop it, otherwise you will start being billed. (That was my Jolt experience anyway here in SA).
~18.5 mins for a free 7 kwh charge. Set alarm, then stop charging at 6.92 on the app, you should end on ~6.99
No extra bonus today.
Hopefully in the future jolt and a supermarket chain may draw up a deal like woolies/ampol and Coles/shell
Is it just for today ?