'I saved £5,000 by charging my electric car for free'
Elinor Chalmers knew that she would have to rely on public charging points when she bought her electric car.
The 36-year-old was living in a second floor flat in Dundee and could not plug in at home where it is usually cheaper.
She had no idea that the public charging points in her area were free to use.
"It was a pleasant surprise", says Elinor who got her Nissan Leaf because she was concerned about the impact of fossil-fuelled cars.
"The majority of the chargers across Scotland were free and I think in those first three years, I saved about £5,000 equivalent of what I would have been paying in diesel".
The devices which she relied upon are no longer free for everyone to use, but Radio 4's You & Yours has found that free charging is patchy but still widespread.
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