And all along the Gov said the grid can cope with the transition to EV’s without any changes – until they now say it can’t.
I don’t have a smart charger, or a smart meter, less complicated, less hassle and, it seems, I will be able to charge at my leisure.
As for users over-riding the deferred charge, good luck with that while you are asleep or off doing something else only to come back and find the car is not charged to what you needed it to be.
Even the excuse of needing smart chargers to allow charge scheduling to meet a lower off-peak tariff is not necessary as all newer EV’s allow you to set charging times and limits. My car even allows geofencing to only apply the set timed charging if I am at home (and a single button to push to override the timer and charge right away).
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