Majority of the EVCP’s Ive fitted have been in in a commerial setting, of those fitted to domestic properties, I always try to connect to wifi where possible.
I guess if a company goes bust and say there’s not enough wifi signal a booster would have to be fitted. If a customer didn’t have broadband, I guess they are up the creek without a paddle!
You would still beable to charge your vehicle as a “non smart charger”, just like the 100s out here that have a non smart charger fitted prior to June 30th 21 and still on dedicated EV tariffs.
Smart charge points are for the benifit of the goverment not you. They were bought in to limit demand on the grid, should everbody with an EV plug in at the same time, albeit this will be more of a concern when more EV’s are on our roads. A smart charger normally has a delay of up to 10 minute delay before it charges your car. This delay is to prevent sudden increase in demand, that could overwhelm the grid and lead to possible powercuts.
Now to what I think – If companies go bust in any great numbers and such companies have installed lots of chargers, the goverment is either going to bring in a national data centre or other take over the cost of eSIMs in someway. What they won’t do for long is leave you without smart capabilities in fear of putting massive pressure on the grid. Equally those who had non smart chargers fitted prior to the regulaton becoming enforceable, the government wll either offer a grant so that these charger can be updated or the requirement of a standalone device to make them smart however I expect there will need to be far more EV’s on our roads before any action is taken!