EV Charging point - doing it properly?

the time will soon come when no more ICE cars are built.

Not everybody has a company car.

Looking down my street, there are houses with small children, a disabled person, retired people, a couple of people who walk to work and use the car at weekends, a couple where one drives the other to the station in the morning, a WFH and a part-timer....

All candidates.
 
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Only a 13,0 kWh battery in that, so maybe they do provide it just with mode 2 cable.

Still introduces risks that the sections in the regulations cover for EV charging.
 
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JohnW2 said:
It sounds as if the vehicle you're getting must have a very small battery, if it can be charged in less than a third of the time it takes to charge a "SKODA CITIGOe iV". I presume that it must be a 'hybrid' - what is it's alleged 'electric range'?

Kind Regards, John
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The BIK value is calculated on battery only range and I think the official value is something like 34 miles for the Skoda Superb. This saves me about £200 a month income tax over my present vehicle but I could see myself leaving it on charge overnight to use the electric bit - just not certain so far whether the seemingly £1000+ cost for having the charger is worthwhile. That is why the 13A possibility interests me.
 
From some research:

Rolec do a chargepoint casing with a 13A socket (EVWP0020) and also sell the guts of their type 2 chargepoint so you can get it upgraded in future.

Electrician can then either ground it appropriately or use alternative O-PEN:EV like device.

This should bring the install cost down; but some people wont touch rolec with a barge pole.
 
I’m thinking I’ll go down the route of having a mode 3 installation.
I still think it a bit strange though that Skoda actually recommend a 13A socket. I used to have an external socket; an electrician friend doing another job installed one for me about 15 years ago. It was nothing like as sophisticated as the Rolec one shown above and was eventually removed when the wall it was on was covered with a new extension. I was thinking that if it had still been there I would probably be using it to charge the car, oblivious to any of the implied hazards mentioned above.
 
flameport said:
EVs can be charged from a 13A socket, but the intent is to only add enough charge to get to a proper charging point. Not to use that as the sole means of charging every day. Melted sockets and damaged charge leads will be inevitable if that is done.

Traffic jams are irrelevant, an EV doesn't use power when it's not moving.
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unless the lights, wipers, heater/air con etc are on of course
 
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