Be.EV unveils new EV charging prices

It’s nothing to sniff at: £0.39p/kWh is undoubtedly a very competitive price for public ultra-fast charging. According to Zapmap’s price index for September 2025, the average price for rapid / ultra-rapid charging in the UK is £0.76p/kWh.

Be.EV claims it is this pricing it wants to challenge. The charging network operator states its “mission is to tackle inequality facing EV drivers without home chargers” with the offering, and claims the new pricing models makes Be.EV “one of the few CPOs offering public charging cheaper than refuelling with petrol or diesel.” The CEO Asif Ghasfoor has gone even further, calling the current status quo “an unequal, unfair public charging system that punishes millions of drivers without driveways.” Ghafoor said: “For too long, EV charging in the UK has been built for the privileged few with a driveway. Those who rely on public charging – often people in flats, terraced housing, or busy urban centres – are forced to pay much more than those who can plug-in at home. That’s not just unfair, it’s a barrier to mass adoption”.

So what has Be.EV come up? Well, firstly, the £0.39p/kWh rate for ultra-rapid (150kW+) DC chargers. The company states this works out at around 12p per mile, which it says is “almost half the average cost of rapid and ultra-rapid public charging, which currently sits at 23p per mile (based on 76p/kWh PAYG prices and an average EV efficiency of 3.3 miles per kWh).”

Now, unless you’re part of the company’s Mega subscription, there’s a catch: this rate is only available during an off-peak window of 7PM to 7AM to users of the Be.EV app or RFID card. Charge outside of that window, and the tariff reverts to Be.EV’s standard rate of £0.69p/kWh. PAYG customers, i.e. those who aren’t members of Be.EV, are stuck with a 79p/kWh rate unless they decide to sign up to the app or the RFID card.

The biggest winners, then, are those who pay for the Mega plan, which provides 24/7 access to the 39p/kWh rate for a monthly fee of £9.99. Customers who put in a lot of mileage every week, particularly away from home, are the most likely to benefit from this as the fee pays for itself after enough charging sessions. It’s unlikely to lead to many gains for those who don’t need ultra-rapid chargers very often though – something be.EV appears to have considered in creating its ‘Mini’ subscription which offers 24/7 access to 49p/kWh charging for £4.99 per month.

The other consideration is availability. be.EV currently operates 850 charge points across the UK and, while it has an additional 1000 in development, there’s only so many charge points to go around with such low rates.

Irrespective of these concerns, the new tariff is undoubtedly competitive and this kind of price cutting can only encourage other charge point operators in the UK to follow suit. That is one thing that consumers will surely welcome.

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