Here goes many thanks my car is 8 feet from my meter shed at front of bungalow would charging cable be this long ? You pull the cable out take it to car do I have to set it on screen in car or on my phone or can I just charge it say 9 hours over night ? I cannot move my fingers do I have to wind cable in and wrap round holder on wall like a hosepipe or does it have button ie self winding? I do 8000 miles a year longest 80 miles to my girlfriend and 80 miles back motorway 70 mph I put in £100 month petrol will an Ev over 3 years save me over £3000 ? Motability say I can order anytime before lease ends March so I can see January new prices ! I’m sorry for all these questions my neighbour across road has a Tesla 3 so he is all for Ev !!
Ohme come with 5m or 8m cable on their tehered charger. With Ohmes untethered charger its possible to get a shorter length of 10ft (3m) you could ask for a shorter length. Essentially you could leave the cable plugged into a untehered charger and leave the cable layed out across the side of your drive with a waterprof cap fitted or have you neice’s husband to hammer a small post in the soild and attatch the socket that comes with the charger to the post and your cable plugged into that at waist height. That way would avoid having the need to coil the cable up. Can you post a pic of your meter cupbard and front of your property where your car will be charged in relation to your meter cupboard/shed.
Compared to putting £3600 in petrol over 3yrs. Lets make it easy for now when comparing to a EV. For example if your EV had an 100kWh and travelled 300 miles on a full charge and Octopus Intelligent at 7.5p per kWh –
100 x o.075 = £7.50 to travel 300miles over 3600 miles (3yrs) the cost would be £7.50 x 12 = £90 on average based on current rates, charging at home which you will do.
Add an extra £50-£80 to cover colder month driving your looking at most £200 compared to what you pay in petrol is cheap running and if I’m honest your a prime candidate for an EV and something you should really be considering mate 🙂
Name me a EV you have considered and work the costs out for you 🙂