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Average 28mpg and do 15,000 miles per year.
I am struggling to understand what all the electic stuff means?
I heard octopus energy offer cheap electricity over night or something but what would that be?
I currently spend around 400 a month on fuel and was wondering what it would cost me with a electric octopus energy tarriff.
I understand I can google it a bit but I am not sure of the best price per kwh?? is and also it wont let me provide accurate MPG
any help would be great.. Also the electric car i am looking at is : 157kW GT 73kWh 5dr Auto
Thank you guys
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Are you able to have a charger at a relatives house at all? Would they allow that or would I have to pay for one myself?
If they are near and not a million miles away, although you may need to add them as a driver.
Are you able to have a charger at a relatives house at all? Would they allow that or would I have to pay for one myself?
If they are near and not a million miles away, although you may need to add them as a driver.
3.2miles away (9min drive)
Currently on motability live chat to see what they say
They also only have provisional license so hope that would suffice.
As you are doing more than twice the national average miles (15,000) imo Octopus could save you a ton of cash.
If you mostly home charge
Do your own sums
Octopus rates vary by region and off peak rates will need a close look at.
As you are doing more than twice the national average miles (15,000) imo Octopus could save you a ton of cash. If you mostly home charge Do your own sums Octopus rates vary by region and off peak rates will need a close look at.
Thank you, I wish people would stop claiming that octopus is the best thing since sliced bread, their tariff was more expensive than my current British Gas my miles.
@MM5 It sounds as though you are agonising over your choice! I would urge caution in listening to comments like “there are zero downsides to an EV” as that’s simply not true. There are pros and cons with ALL car types, whether that’s EV’s or ICE cars. We have a PHEV and there are downsides to them as well (our mpg when the battery is depleted is poor).
As you can charge at home, your biggest barrier to EV ownership has been overcome. It’s a brave person who gets one relying 100% on public chargers, but that wouldn’t be your situation. Out of interest, why are you asking about having the charger fitted at a relatives house if you can charge at home? The second big issue to answer before getting an EV is how often do you do longer journeys, where you’d need to charge away from home? To assist in your thinking, I’d assume the absolute worst when it comes to range and assume that the car might only do two thirds of its claimed range (as, unfortunately, that is the case with the worst EVs in the winter). Work out what worst case range that gives you and then ask yourself how often do you make journeys that exceed that? If it’s once in a blue moon, then I think your fears of getting an EV are unfounded. You would be suited to one and would save a fortune based on your current highly uneconomical car. If you make infrequent longer journeys and don’t mind stopping for several times longer than you would if you were just putting petrol or diesel in, then an EV would still make a great deal of sense to you.
Ultimately though, only you can determine what is right for you. There’s always a risk. I went for a PHEV and 3 months in the jury is still out on whether I’ve done the right thing or whether I’d have been better off sticking with petrol (running costs aren’t my number one consideration)!
Average 28mpg and do 15,000 miles per year. I am struggling to understand what all the electic stuff means? I heard octopus energy offer cheap electricity over night or something but what would that be? I currently spend around 400 a month on fuel and was wondering what it would cost me with a electric octopus energy tarriff. I understand I can google it a bit but I am not sure of the best price per kwh?? is and also it wont let me provide accurate MPG any help would be great.. Also the electric car i am looking at is : 157kW GT 73kWh 5dr Auto Thank you guys
I’d be tempted to wait and see if the GT 97kwh comes on scheme supposed to get up to 415 miles, its also £52k so dont hold your breath. I imagine with 6 people you will definitely need something with extra range as all that weight will likely drain those miles quicker.
Pretty sure you need provisional and theory test needs to be passed to be put on as driver.
Worth checking you can move to an EV electric tariff with cheap overnight electric. Our proximity (8 miles) to the early warning radar station at RAF Fylingdales means our smart meter can’t communicate with the electric company so we are stuck on the single day rate. Even then at 22p/Kwh it’s still cheaper than petrol, and will probably be even better when petrol prices go up in the budget at the end of the month. I’ve heard this is also an issue for people that live up to 30 miles away from the radar base, and others elsewhere in the uk that are close to military bases have the same problem.
RAF Fylingdales – E.ON Next Community
You should absolutely be able to get one that communicates.
Thanks for finding that. I did ask Octopus if we switched to them, would their smart meters work as I had read elsewhere, but they couldn’t guarantee that. However, as I’m on the standard tariff with Scottish Power, I might just take a chance and switch anyway as I guess the Octopus/EON standard tariffs can’t be much different. If I get a working smart meter as well, then that’s a bonus.
Scottish Power have had three attempts at getting it working including an engineer who replaced everything. He didn’t seem to be aware of the Fylingdales issue when I told him though.
Thanks for finding that. I did ask Octopus if we switched to them, would their smart meters work as I had read elsewhere, but they couldn’t guarantee that. However, as I’m on the standard tariff with Scottish Power, I might just take a chance and switch anyway as I guess the Octopus/EON standard tariffs can’t be much different. If I get a working smart meter as well, then that’s a bonus. Scottish Power have had three attempts at getting it working including an engineer who replaced everything. He didn’t seem to be aware of the Fylingdales issue when I told him though.
All Smets1 meters will eventually get upgraded so they will continue to work in smart mode when you switch suppliers.
You can run a check here for England and Wales https://smartmetercheck.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Or here for Scotland https://smartmetercheck.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland
You will need meters MPAN number, which you can find on a bill and your postcode.
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