EV·Echo Price Watch: rapid charging prices in Ireland and Great Britain, every one dated

Charging prices change often, and a price you read last month may not be today's. EV·Echo Price Watch puts a date on every figure, so you can see how fresh it is.

What it is

EV·Echo Price Watch is an independent comparison of what public rapid charging costs when you pay as you go, with no membership or subscription. It covers 6 networks in Ireland and 7 in Great Britain. Each price carries the date it was verified. The comparison is rebuilt every morning from the latest verified prices.

Today's result

EV·Echo Price Watch, verified 26 October 2026: Lidl EZO has the lowest pay-as-you-go rapid charging price of the 6 Irish networks compared, 55.6c/kWh effective at EZO-run chargers at some Lidl stores, 17.4c below the next, ESB ecars at 73c/kWh. Ireland's charging prices →

EV·Echo Price Watch, verified 26 October 2026: Arnold Clark Charge has the lowest walk-up rapid charging price of the 7 GB networks compared, 55p/kWh, 4p below the next, MFG EV Power at 59p/kWh. UK charging prices →

What "lowest" means

Lowest means lower than every other network compared. If two networks share the lowest price, neither is named the lowest: they are joint lowest. A price change counts only once it has been verified.

The badge

The network with the lowest price can show the EV·Echo Price Watch badge on its own website. The badge is earned by the data and can't be bought. It carries its date and links back to the comparison.

Independent

No network pays to appear, to be ranked or to be named the lowest. Subscription, membership and app-only prices are outside the comparison. Each network's own page sets them out.

Home electricity too

Price Watch also compares home electricity tariffs in Ireland, including the night rates EV drivers charge on. Every rate is dated in the same way.

Ireland's charging prices → · UK charging prices → · Which rapid network is cheapest in the UK? → · Home electricity prices →