£950million for new EV chargers

[another_clean_sheet]

Originally Posted by guru

There are charging losses but you're never going to be able to stuff 60kw into a 40kw Nissan leaf, probably around 46kw would be more like it.

The problem is that we keep thinking about EV's in the same way as ICE cars which they're not. If I take my regular 260 miles journey to see my Dad in the west country when I set off I have a full battery charged from home at 5p per unit so around about £2.50. En-route I will need to take another 90 miles worth of power and typically pay around 35p per unit which is going to cost me around a tenner, so a total of £12.50

Compare that to a diesel car averaging 40mpg and paying £1.50 a litre which will cost around £44 for the same trip!

I do accept that if you take into account a fictitious 33% loss during charging, set off with a flat battery and only charge at the most expensive chargers you would get close to diesel costs however in the real world EV's are much cheaper to run. We've so far done 17,000 miles in our EV, mostly charged from home @ 5p/unit which means a really significant saving. My wife commutes 60 miles a day and we've gone from spending over £10 a day on fuel to less then £1 in electric which is a saving of £2340 a year

I assume 5p a unit is charging overnight on Economy 7. I have just been moved onto Shell Energy as my old supplier went bust and I am now paying almost 21p a unit. 5p will soon be a distant memory with the way energy prices are going.

[torque2me]

Originally Posted by guru

We've so far done 17,000 miles in our EV, mostly charged from home @ 5p/unit which means a really significant saving. My wife commutes 60 miles a day and we've gone from spending over £10 a day on fuel to less then £1 in electric which is a saving of £2340 a year

Who's your energy supplier. Must get signed up to them ;-)

Kev

[guru]

I'm currently on 'Octopus Go Faster', 14p/unit normally and then 5p between 20:30 - 01:30hrs. They are still offering that tariff but the peak rate has gone up to 24p. If you're interested then this link gets you (and me!) £50 http://share.octopus.energy/lemon-may-375