[Robert88]

I do not have off road parking but my street does not sit on a main road there is no traffic going past, there are 14 homes in street and it has own car park with 30 spaces my car sits at my front gate in one of the disabled spaces.

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[Phaedra]

As most councils don’t allow leads going over footpaths (I assume you have a footpath between your gate and the road where the car is parked?) see if they know about Kerbocharge and can either offer it or would be willing to allow you to have one of their cable gullies fitted?

https://www.kerbocharge.com/?gad_source=1

I’ve had one fitted for just over 2 years, my housing association were a bit reluctant at first as they’d never had one before so I was their guinea pig!.  It works as shown on the website, I got my charger through Motability with an 8m lead.

Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!

[Robert88]

Thanks  just checked my council website and it’s a definite no. Would have to use public chargers. Is it still possible to get an EV on motability without a home charger and would it still work out cheaper than a petrol vehicle.

[MFillingham]

Robert88 wrote:

Thanks just checked my council website and it’s a definite no. Would have to use public chargers. Is it still possible to get an EV on motability without a home charger and would it still work out cheaper than a petrol vehicle.

 

That depends on where you will be able to charge and who operates those chargers.  Typically, the cheapest option are open to all Tesla chargers with the Tesla app and subscription.  It costs a fixed amount monthly and discounts your charging by a set amount.  Whether that’s good value for you, only you will know.

 

You need to work out how far you drive and how often, when and how frequently you’ll need to charge and where’s available for you to do so.  Remember if your sat in your car for an hour, are you sat outside a coffee/fast food place that you’ll end up visiting, would it be better for your bank/waist line to charge elsewhere?  If there’s somewhere you normally go that has a suitable charger, why not look at who provides them and whether there’s an app for them with a subscription.  That could save you more in the end.

 

I think for most EVs you’re looking at a price below 65p per kWh to be better value than a petrol car, if you can charge for 50p or less you’ll be much better off over your 3 years.

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[Woodpecker]

If none of the other properties do not have a charger fitted, its a good indicator of availability. That could change in thr future.  But have a look at the car park and see if there are any EV,S there,  and have a chat with the owner.

I,ve had 3 people over the past couple of years waiting on me coming out of  Aldi s car park to ask about EV,s.

[Menorca Mike]

I’ve just put £55 in my Toyota chr hybrid it had got down to 70 miles the range says 549.miles  if I had an urban cruiser at nil advance payment on the cheapest supplier ie octopus how much would it cost me to charge it fully 8 and half hours in the night ? The urban cruiser I’m told even with the higher battery on a full charge does around 230 miles many thanks in advance I’m sorry if I’ve asked a similar question before cheers

[Phaedra]

The Toyota has a smaller battery than my Enyaq so not an accurate comparison but a 100% charge of the Enyaq at home would cost me about £6.  I did a 50 to 100% charge Weds night for £2.88, that gave me a range of around 275 miles, others get better economy.  My most expensive month was Feb last year, £19.88 for 284kWh.  My previous petrol Ateca was costing £100-£120 a month.

The Toyota has a WLTP range of 265 miles so probably around 230 in summer and 175 – 190 in winter, but it does have a heatpump as standard which will help in the winter.

It looks like Octopus are cutting their IntelligentGo rates so that £6 should be £3 shortly.

I certainly wouldn’t go back to petrol/diesel, I have a neighbour who won’t have electric due to “all the faffing about charging at home” It takes me under 10mins to connect up using the Kerbocharge gully, if I had a driveway that would reduce it to about 2 minutes!.

Please excuse spelling/typos. Apart from being a clot it turns out I had one on my cerebellum that's now causing various problems!

[Menorca Mike]

Many thanks for your reply I can’t order till December but want to do test drives in the summer I really appreciate your information there is a silver urban cruiser in the showroom in silver I’ve sat in it etc and being as reviews not too good I don’t think they are selling well so I think it may stay at nil advance payment on notability ? Pity it hasn’t got a power boot

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