We got a Pod-Point.
The Tesla option was not part of a grant as it’s not “smart”. Ruled out on cost.
Of the rest we chose Pod-Point. Enough of them to be tested and reliable. Easy to order. Under 500 fitted as a fixed price quote online. We don’t have solar so didn’t need a charger that can offset your own supply.
The cost of the charger seems a lot but it should be paid back in well under 20 charges using cheap rate leccy.
If you can take long charge times. We managed to charge the 50kw Tesla ok by a socket for three months.
Some concern it may damage the wiring on a household socket, due to heat and current, but a properly wired commando plug should be fine?
Won’t cost much either, but the closer to £450 you get the more you should just go for the faster option.
Just waiting for the quote for that. Won’t be as convenient as a tethered charge point, but hopefully it will be a lot less than the £500 companies seem to want for them.
I know nothing about EVs / chargers. But, my concern with these chargers is whether they will become outdated as new batteries / chargers / fittings come out. A bit like phone chargers if you like. Your old Nokia charger is now useless, if you follow me.
The charger I have now at work is the exact same one I had when I had a Nissan Leaf in 2013. The only difference is the plug which is easily changed. The design for the charger does date back to 2009.
I wouldn’t really worry, I can’t see home charging going over 32amp for a really long time.
If charging was to improve you would need to upgrade your house to three phase at lots of ££. You can do that now and use a charger rated for more power for a quicker charge (e.g. the Tesla charger can be switched to 21 from 7 if you have 3 phase. It is supplied to be capable of both inputs).
If batteries got bigger you just charge longer. It’s the house supply that’s capping everything.
They are not really chargers. The charger is in the car. It’s basically a complicated switch to make sure it’s safe to supply 32A down a long cable without
I have to say, this looks brilliant. Very interesting to see Youtube comments from non-Brits lauding this. Looks like something we’ve actually done well.
Matching Tesla’s Supercharger rates too. That’s going to kick Ionity & co. right in the balls.
Yes, it’s through the eyes of a petrolhead, but I didn’t think it was particularly unfair.
It will definitely be interesting how things shape out. I’d like an electric car, but as things stand it would need to be a second car in addition to the toy and that’s not really practical for me at the moment in terms of parking/charging. I’m hoping the future will soon bring EVs which are ore interesting to drive - current ones are a bit of a one trick pony, I think. Sure they (can) have monstrous acceleration but that’s kind of it.