On Eco, your charger will adjust to the energy usage of your home. This means it won’t overload the system, or charge up when your tariff costs you the most. this infrastructure needs improving/a solution for those w.o. off-street parking - could argue is actually the bigger issue. At one point we had a charger per every 4 or 5 EVs. Now it’s 1 per 11. And going in the wrong direction. There has been a lot of coverage even within the EV favourable media outlets. It’s becoming a problem for some people already. And that’s still a tiny tiny minority of EV cars out there. Imagine when we are talking 20M on the roads….I think early adopters can only see how it is now. Rather than imagining 5 cars all competing for one charging point. It also receives software updates if you connect it to a wifi network, which means it’ll get better and better over time – and if there’s an issue with the machine, a support team can fix it remotely.

This is the challenge for infrastructure…it’s fine now for early buyers. It becomes less fine unless the infrastructure improves in line with adoption. And we know already it isn’t. will actually be lower than the number of petrol cars needing to fill up since many cars will charge overnight** and some will never/rarely need to use rapid chargers. Use the same method you started the charge with to end it. For example if you started with the RFID card, end it with the RFID card.Just to be clear I'm not anti-EV, I'd love a Tesla Model X as I said in an earlier thread but I am pro-EV-truths and I think this thread is actually helping with some of the topics being discussed like this and helping some ultra pro-EV people just be a bit more honest about things... anyways, I'd like some engagement on.... Highly reliable, the Vestel-made range is smart and networked, encompassing well-engineered entry level designs as well as powerful step-up models. The range's compatibility with the intuitive E.ON Drive App also means that E.ON customers will have seamless and effortless control of their charging, as usual. By using the E.ON Drive App, E.ON customers can charge en route at more than 30,000 charging points throughout Germany, and control their E.ON EV home chargers.

New electric cars have not dissimilar ranges to ICE vehicles. So surely electric cars will only need to charge as regularly* as cars fill up. But as you say takes longer if we use 30 minutes versus 10 minutes would mean 3x the number of rapid chargers needed as petrol pumps? (Having not been through how many petrol pumps does a service station have 10? 20?) I suspect because the introduction of automobiles was very gradual and had time for the infrastructure to catch up. You now have 30 odd million cars on the road and growing…. Be a bit more imaginative. You can charge places that aren't motorway services, so break road trips up by stopping at nice places whilst you charge. Agreed. And in my case I've gone from guaranteed filling up for 5mins per week to 1 possible charging session of 30mins per year. Completely different profile. If you have solar panels, you won’t have as many options as with the Zappi charger, but you can still use the app to make sure you’re using solar energy to charge your car.All the chargers on this list are 7 kW fast models, giving your car 25 miles of range for every hour of charge – and this is your best choice. Plug in the charging lead into the EV charging station and your vehicle. Please refer to the vehicle’s handbook if you’re having trouble with this. NatWest, RBS and Ulster Bank to close at least 172 branches in 2023/24 – here's the full list, plus alternatives Quote "I pay 5p / 7.5p etc per unit for my overnight charge" - How long do you think cheap rate will exist for overnight? It is cheap now because typically demand overnight is about 10-20GW less than daytime but as we get more EV's charging overnight, that balance will swing the other way and we will end up using more at night than daytime so the cost will be the same as the day rate - currently heading upwards above 30p a unit. That's about 4-6 times that cheap rate you enjoy now - may even end up more expensive at night because there is no solar. Remove the charging cable from your EV. Again refer to your vehicle’s handbook if you’re struggling to do this.

When thinking about public chargers, it’s important to look at what sort of subscription or pay as you go services are available for them and which nearby chargers they can be used on. For example, some of the major public charging networks include:

Ok, so we'll all charge overnight from midnight to 5am as per the EV tariffs - so lets say 75% of the 229 GWh per day is pushed into those 5 hours, that would increase demand by 35GW overnight - taking us well above the typical daytime usage (night is 20+ summer / 30+ winter) - so in winter the overnight charging would hit 65GW which exceeds the current highest daytime peak! Obviously that is true but the infrastructure wasn't there for petrol to replace horses. Why didn't that fail? Do you have a Power of Attorney? MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis explains how this crucial protection works, why it's more important than a will, and how to get one in the latest episode of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.