Electric car anyone?
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Aug 2022
2:43pm, 22 Aug 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
Getting a quote would/should be free of course too. Also, check with your elec supplier - some of them do a deal on it. Oh and ask Volvo too. Some car vendors too.  G
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Aug 2022
2:45pm, 22 Aug 2022
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jda
I’m thinking along similar lines. In extremis there’s some sort of charge point in town that would probably be quicker if we ever needed it. It would be easy to park up there for a few hours or even overnight if necessary. But for our use, I expect we’ll be fine even with 8h of overnight cheap rate. While we’ll do some longer trips, they won’t be day after day after day. We may upgrade the electrics in time, but aren’t worried about not having it in place prior to purchase. |
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Aug 2022
2:50pm, 22 Aug 2022
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HappyG(rrr)
It's just convenience. Like I say I haven't ever had to charge at a public charge point! 12K miles, 14 months, 200 mile trips maximum. Back to back 100 mile days would be an example of where you would benefit from a home charge. But not essential. I guess none of it is essential! G
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Aug 2022
2:57pm, 22 Aug 2022
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ThorntonRunner
We have an Ohme charger and are on Octopus Go. The charger (including installation and getting the home supply checked) was £899. It charges at 7kw - so at 4 miles per kwh I can add 28 miles of range per hour. I've told my charger which tariff I'm on, so i now say to it I want so many kwh added by 7am and it charges at the cheapest time that gives me the required charge. My old electricity tariff was 27p per kwh. Now it is 38p per kwh, but 7.5p between 12:30 and 4:30am. So in that 4 hour window I can add just over 100 miles of range. Given that I use about 2500kwh annually in the house, and 2500kwh for the car I reckon that's £200 per year cheaper than being on the standard tariff. I wouldn't be able to make proper use of the Octopus Go tariff on the 3 pin plug option, so that's a 4.5 year payback on the charger. Obviously a lot of assumptions based around our circumstances, but hope that makes sense!! |
Aug 2022
3:03pm, 22 Aug 2022
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Fizz :-)
My car charges permanently on a three pin plug, although this probably wouldn’t be practical on my pre-covid mileage. It charges at roughly 9 miles per hour, so 25 ish hours if we ran it to empty, but as we rarely do more than 100 miles in a single day it works for us. We did vaguely consider installing the charger, but as it’s a company car and will go back at some point (currently 2 more years), we’d never recoup the cost of the charger in the potential cheaper off peak rates. But we’ve only driven 16k in two years. Pre-covid was 23k per year. |
Aug 2022
3:07pm, 22 Aug 2022
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larkim
I'd not given it much thought as our EVSE was installed FOC as part of a sales deal (and part of the motability thing too). And if we hadn't had a charge point fitted it would have been £150 or so to buy a granny cable. I definitely value the convenience, but as I say as we got ours free it was a pretty different scenario than having to shell out a decent chunk for the privilege. |
Aug 2022
3:10pm, 22 Aug 2022
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DocM
we currently have a Nissan leaf on lease, we are thinking of buying a Peugeot 208, smaller car with slightly better range. would really like a bigger range but not a bigger car.
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Aug 2022
3:15pm, 22 Aug 2022
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larkim
Any Qs about the e208, happy to answer. Though I suppose the car has moved on a bit since I got mine 2 years ago. Been very pleased with it though. Range is about 180 miles in normal use. |
Aug 2022
3:16pm, 22 Aug 2022
11,425 posts
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lammo
How's the Leaf, Doc?
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Aug 2022
3:28pm, 22 Aug 2022
43,416 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Think my Kona is the smallest / cheapest longer(ish) range DocM? MG4 when it comes out next year might be smaller and similar range. That would also be my requirement, as my wife has the bigger (ICE) car. G
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