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I cannot get a home charger as I don’t have off road parking so I’ve been reading on here that you shouldn’t get an ev without home charger. I only do around 4k miles per year and I live around 600 yards from multiple charge points so would it be feasible to go for an ev when time to order next vehicle. The reason I’m thinking ev is because currently have a petrol sportage and I’m sick and tired of the multiple ppf issues because I do short trips.
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If you’re only going to use public charging the cost savings of an EV rapidly disappear, even at only 4k a year.
Also given the big AP increases announced on a lot of the EVs this quarter you may well be better off looking at a standard ICE vehicle or a hybrid.
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BEVs are perfect for those short trips where the engine wouldn’t have gotten close to warm.
Charging at home has always been the cheapest option even if you just use the granny charger over an extended period of time. If you have destination (7kW) chargers near home they’ll still be cheaper than paying for rapid or ultra rapid chargers. You can also plug the car in then go home, if you can.
Depending upon the local geography you may be able to run a charger from home to the car without crossing a path.
You may be able to get a subscription for the local chargers which will help with costs but it’s got to be worth the monthly cost.
Given your low mileage, an EV would be an idea option for you.
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I cannot get a home charger as I don’t have off road parking so I’ve been reading on here that you shouldn’t get an ev without home charger. I only do around 4k miles per year and I live around 600 ya…
You should look at if your council does a local grant for off road charging the government just increased the On-Street Grant to £500. Some councils will now pay to install a “charging gully” as well.
Hyundai/Kia have had major ongoing problems with the PPF on both the Sportage & Tucson ICE. However, it not common across manufacturers and even Hyundai/Kia’s other models don’t suffer the issue and IMO a full Hybrid might be a wise choice.
Fuel prices have been shocked, due to war in Iran, but it won’t last forever and oil has remained well under $200 a barrel. That said, public charge point providers equally started getting twitchy towards the end of last year due to increased energy costs and low to no profit margins running the stations and reported by trade magazine / Autoexpress and ChargeUK to name two. This has boiled over to this year, which may result public chargepoint suppliers offloading and/or putting prices up. So nothings particulary rosey out there in this respect.
There might be options for charging at home, such as Kerbocharge, DLine cable cover, but you need to get permission from you local highways first.
My advise if you can’t charge at home, is get an hybrid.
Also if you are lucky enough to live near a Tesla open to all charging hub the price of charging will be considerably less.
I cannot get a home charger as I don’t have off road parking so I’ve been reading on here that you shouldn’t get an ev without home charger. I only do around 4k miles per year and I live around 600 yards from multiple charge points so would it be feasible to go for an ev when time to order next vehicle. The reason I’m thinking ev is because currently have a petrol sportage and I’m sick and tired of the multiple ppf issues because I do short trips.
No reason why you couldn’t run with a granny charger plugging in to a 3 pin socket if you’ve got a driveway as you’re doing such little mileage. Plug in every night and keep it topped up.
The only real benefit from a home charger is the faster charging but doesn’t sound like you do enough miles to warrant one.
The only real benefit from a home charger is the faster charging but doesn’t sound like you do enough miles to warrant one.
That’s not quite true, a big benefit of charging at home with a bona fide charge station is the off peak 5p/kWh rate overnight (or similar). Well worth asking the council for a solution to the predicament. Shake the tree as they say.
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What if I went for a phev would using the granny charger for that work out OK for overnight charging.
What if I went for a phev would using the granny charger for that work out OK for overnight charging.
I charge my PHEV with a granny charger and use Octopus Go.
However, you can’t run a lead over a public footpath due to risk of someone tripping & falling. Ideally you should also get permission from your local highways dept, but something like this could possibly help-
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