Electric car charging prices

[fatJock]

I love all the comments on EVs from those who don't have them but still discredit the experienced reality of those who own them.

Tesla Y LR here, 30K miles, length and breadth of the country including regular forays into rural Scotland and Wales to hike, waited once for a Tesla supercharger in all that time (for ten mins). Charge 300 miles at home for less than a fiver. Lease, fuel and maintenance all cost less than my previous Diesel XC40. Lease through Ltd, minimal BIK.

But sure, some bloke on YouTube or on the Daily Mail website knows better. Gotcha.

[milanbenes]

lol

horses for courses

one of my (many) worries is, if everybody changes to EV's tomorrow, will the grid have enough capacity to charge all the cars ?

second hand value

I am ready to change to battery powered cars, but I will be one of the last to do so

any way, as long as you are happy that's the main thing

Milan.

[hobnob]

one of my (many) worries is, if everybody changes to EV's tomorrow, will the grid have enough capacity to charge all the cars ?

That's the motivation for the cheap charging plans (e.g. from Octopus). Basically, I leave my EV plugged in overnight, and it will be charged at some point between 23:00 and 07:00, but I don't know exactly when. That way, the grid can spread out the charging, rather than everyone getting home at 18:00 and starting to charge simultaneously.

There is an override option for me to say "Charge it now, don't wait", but then I pay the standard rate rather than the cheap rate.