Outdoor meter box

Sparkingchip:

If someone is spending £25K+ on an EV they should not be penny pinching on having an EV charger installed at home and be prepared to pay enough to have a future proof supply and a charger that will charge their own vehicles and their guests now and in ten years time when they may have replaced the car, but not the charger.


No one should have an issue with paying at least £1k for installing an EV charger at home if required.

But of course if we want EVs not just as an elite show off thing but also to reach mere mortals, for whom 25K is a large chunk of a years wages, if not all of it,  it is not a reasonable price level at all.

I do not know if you are in the habit of buying brand new vehicles, but I certainly am not, and I do not consider myself badly paid.

At the ten year old car end of the market, an extra £k  is a large fraction of the vehicle cost and may be the decider not to go electric at all.

longer term, if this is to displace petrol, it needs to be a lot simpler and a lot cheaper. And we need to know what to do with ten year old battery packs as well.

M.

 

Sparkingchip:

If someone is spending £25K+ on an EV they should not be penny pinching on having an EV charger installed at home and be prepared to pay enough to have a future proof supply and a charger that will charge their own vehicles and their guests now and in ten years time when they may have replaced the car, but not the charger.


No one should have an issue with paying at least £1k for installing an EV charger at home if required.

But of course if we want EVs not just as an elite show off thing but also to reach mere mortals, for whom 25K is a large chunk of a years wages, if not all of it,  it is not a reasonable price level at all.

I do not know if you are in the habit of buying brand new vehicles, but I certainly am not, and I do not consider myself badly paid.

At the ten year old car end of the market, an extra £k  is a large fraction of the vehicle cost and may be the decider not to go electric at all.

longer term, if this is to displace petrol, it needs to be a lot simpler and a lot cheaper. And we need to know what to do with ten year old battery packs as well.

M.