Vito Ciccia R.
Applegreen Birdhill typical disaster
I charged at Applegreen Birdhill a week ago today. Because the chargers generally suck, each time it disconnected after about 90 seconds or so until the 4th time when the charging continued until I stopped and left. In that time I had to tap the debit card 4 times and got charged 30 euro each time. Most of that money was just held and it is still held / not released today, after a full week. And at the same time around me there were 3 other cars that did not manage to connect despite 30 minutes of fiddling with the chargers. One of the cars, an ID4 with a family of 4 with two small babies. I helped them a bit but there was no connection to be had. Can it be that difficult in 2026 to have an EV charger that actually works? And I'm very good around technology, what about other people that are not? And why do we need all these stupid apps for EV charging, why can it not be the same as petrol cars that you connect and fill up, and when you're finished you pay the actual amount? Why don't regular people get 100s of euro held up for a week or more when they fill up? Because they would revolt. So why are you testing EV owners like crap? This is nearly theft. My 5 cents, avoid applegreen chargers.