Struth I already have a 5.8 kWh solar battery which has reduced my energy cost dramatically, problem is on a good day we generate more than we can use and store, it is very painful watching all that power going back to the grid, then having to pay 3 times the price to import it back , at least I am balancing the grid. The alternative is to replace the existing Pod Point EV charger with one of these smart EV charger at a £1,000 a pop ?
Oscarmax I got myself a Zappi solar charger when I got my house battery, it’s early days yet but I do think it’s going to work well when we get into the high solar months. I realised I was doing the same as you and putting a lot of electricity back into the grid and buying it back expensive. Battery and Zappi charger have fixed that! Does this mean if I generate my electricity myself and charge the car with it that I win the efficiency test this thread is driving at?
I don’t think this thread is a efficiency test but it is nice to have some real world comparisons before we make these big financial decisions , as a bench mark a petrol car 50mpg using unleaded petrol £1.50 @ litre roughly work out 13.5 pence a mile, in reality unless you have a home charger and an EV tariff both an EV or PHEV does not make financial sense for all of us.
We are due to change vehicles in June with the ever increasing energy prices we are so unsure be it a Hybrid or another PHEV.
I would be interested how you get on with your new Zappi charger
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.