Charging At Tesco/Lidl when stores are closed?

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Mark55
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Post by Mark55 »

Hi

Does anyone know if Tesco or Lidl are OK with you charging when there stores are closed?

For example its 2.00am in the morning I am passing a closed Tesco store with both paid and free chargers. The chargers are all on and I could just drive in and start charging. Tesco signage says Maximum Stay 3 hours.

Thanks in Advance.
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Post by SDH7 »

This cropped up as an issue not so long ago at Lidl, with people getting tickets for charging after the store was closed.

I think PodPoint and Lidl have clarified that you can now charge there, irrespective of store opening hours, as long as you don't exceed maximum stay but I'd research each car park.

This is taken from https://pod-point.com/electric-car-news ... -update-22
"Outside of operating hours:

EV charging outside store operating hours is allowed. Normal time restrictions will apply, which means EV drivers have a maximum of [60-180 mins]* to charge, however, no parking validation will be required.

*Please check the signage at each store for the maximum parking limit.

Please note: Pod Point will endeavour to keep the parking limits up to date in the Pod Point App. However, there might be situations where the restrictions are incorrect and so it is always important to check signage in the carpark directly."
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