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Yes, installer will install henley blocks after your meter and then a fuse box after that for your charge point. Garage generally have a lower rated cable, 16 or 20 amps. Even if it is 32 amps rated cable, it still wouldn't be enough to account for other loads you may have in the garage. Charge point also need more than power, they typically run "EV ultra" cable, which includes an ethernet cable inside the armoured cable. Is there option to run a dedicated cable to the garage? I guess Octopus are installing the charge point. I wouldn't go with Ohme, OVO recently dropped support for this charge point, citing unwillingness to work with OVO on their new API. Zappi look questionable, especially the white one compared to something in the toilet 🙃. Hypervolt comes in different colours including white. I personally think it's the best looking and even the best charge point out there, I'd get this one if I'm installing now. Hypervolt - Meet Home 3 Pro - Oc...Hypervolt - Meet Home 3 Pro - Octopus Intelligent Go & OV...Experience Hypervolt: The Highest Rated EV Charger on TrustPilot, now Octopus Intelligent Go compatible. Enhance Your Electric Journey with Powerful Charging, Solar Panel Integration, Real-time Cos...

The crossover shape is deceptive. How big is the car? Looks massive but the boot looks tiny.

If you are going down 3-pin domestic socket route, there is a new BS socket that is higher rated for EV charging. BS 1363/EV https://toughleads.co.uk/products/ev-socket?variant=45605457428802 Could also install larger blue 32 amp commando socket and charge EV at full 7 kW with the right granny EVSE. Eg I can buy an adapter for the Tesla mobile connector to work with 32 amp commando and charge full power. https://shop.tesla.com/en_gb/product/blue-adapter---16a_32a- But unless specifically installed by the electrician, none of those solutions provide open-protected earth neutral (O-PEN) fault protection. Only UK spec wall mounted EVSE do. Or get your house converted from TN to TT earthing. Cheaper EVSE install and don't need to worry about O-PEN fault regardless of charging method. All houses with backup battery solution would need to be converted to TT because the grid PEN cannot be relied upon during power cut.

0.5 mm cable: 1.7418 ohm over 20 meters. Same calculation as before: 20 meter cable using a 0.5 mm cable = less than 2 ohm resistance. 10 amp squared * 2 ohm = 200 w of heat to dissipate. A lot more heating power but still shouldn't be disastrous as long as cable has adequate airflow (eg. not covered). Me thinks this is another Graham's social media "engineering" and "ask before jumping in". 😉

The cable itself isn't the problem. 20 meter cable using a thin 1.0 mm cable = less than 0.5 ohm resistance. 10 amp squared * 0.5 ohm = 50 w of heat to dissipate. Easily done, no problem at all. Have a play here: https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wire-resistance It's the plug at the end of extension cable that need careful manual monitoring, make sure no overheating. The 3-pin domestic plug of the car cable is monitored by the EVSE.

There can be miniscule voltage drop over long cable distance. The amount of energy loss wouldn't be noticeable. But using extension cable is playing with fire, literally. Unlike "granny cable", the extension lead plug and socket at the other end does not have thermal sensors, so the pins may overheat without anyone knowing. I'm 2 years away from 10 years EV ownership. The infrastructure has changed leaps and bound from 2017, doubling over last few years. Whereas the EV tech itself hasn't changed massively in the last couple of years, tech seems to be stable but with a LOT more choices last few years. Therefore I think we are now firmly out of early adopter phase into early majority phase. While we are at it, here's a bit how charging works: Video is predominately north America, but the message applies everywhere. In short: people who can't easily home charge should not be pushed to use expensive DC fast charging. "Electric cars can be used differently from gas cars and we should be leaning into that difference and not trying to replicate the liquid fuelling paradigm."

Personally, if I'm shopping for a new car and was denied a test drive for that reason, I'd be writing up a complaint to VW UK regarding that dealership. I know timing and location won't suit. But test drives at Fully Charged Show or Everything Electric had always been easy to get and no questions asked.

Still want one of Stellantis sister cars after your Corsa? The Dolphin might be worth a look? I also quite like Firefly fro Nio.

The Kia Niro is about similar size to Nissan Leaf. Packaged better with bigger usable boot, but styled to look more SUV so looks bigger. https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/nissan-leaf-2010-5-door-hatchback-vs-kia-niro-2021-suv-ev/ When we were car shopping in 2022, Kia EV6 had long back order, so Kia dealership asked us to consider Niro. Wife immediately says it's Leaf sized, not big enough for long trips.

Adaptive cruise is very nice indeed. There are many that are now below lux tax threshold. I think only 3 models of sister cars from VAG? The ID 3, Born and Elroq. ID2 is coming soon™. I currently quite like the idea of BYD Dolphin Surf (an even smaller model to Dolphin). My wife quite like the look of red Nissan Micra. (for our "small" car, Leaf replacement). Also got to remember there's fiscal drag at play here. £40k today was £26k back in 2010.

Be careful installing solar (or any micro generation) with 250v, definitely something to mention when getting quotes for solar. As solar generates excess, the inverter will rise voltage above grid voltage in order to export. This over tolerance range may cause your home electrics to trip or behave weirdly. Tolerance for an electricity supply is 230 volts -6%, +10%, which gives an allowed voltage range of 216 volts to 253 volts. Some charge point may also be 30 amp instead of 32 amp. I was getting 7 kW with my old Podpoint unit that was installed in 2017. It was only able to deliver 30 amps. Tesla are very good at providing these detailed info.

What is wrong with having a small amount of electrification to improve fuel efficiency? It still refuels the same and drives the same. Sounds more like poorly informed and not bothering to understand the technology. I honestly don't see any reason wanting pure ICE brand new vehicles these days. Yet the starter motor is acceptable?

Awesome result. What's the Octopus 6p/kWh tariff called? I guess it is only offered to Octopus EV lease customers. A few gotchas to watch out: electricity day time tariff doesn't sky rocket, over mileage price, deposit as you pointed out. Also keep in mind BIK is increasing quite quickly next 3 years if that affects you.

Batteries need to be stored at around 50% SoC.

Me me me me....... Back on topic, I can't find EV Bjorn of Norway/Thailand testing Mini to empty. Closes I have found is BMW i4. Video runs the car to completely empty. Drove quite far on 0%. Charged a bit using portable battery and drove to a rapid charger.

Can you imagine the amount of coverage if it were electric stagecoach. The unbalanced reporting nature must mean they are hiding something (!) the main stream media must keep a narrative (!) I like to be sure before I get on a stagecoach (!) (you get your own tin foil hat)

Nice! Top up while waiting to ensure seamless experience. Is that Toyota a CCS compatible EV? Never seen one of those.

Can you install an upgraded engine from newer model year in 3 hours? Basically, this guy bought a £600 first-gen Leaf that originally had 30 kWh. The battery was removed to function as home battery by the previous owner. All details in another video on his channel. This video details the guy installing a 62 kWh battery from second-gen Leaf. The 3 hour install time also includes rear suspension upgrade to deal with increased battery weight. My take away is that Leaf battery swap is very simple to do, just lift up the battery using 2 trolley jacks and line it up, screw it in. Finally connect the orange cables and add a canbus translator to make it compatible.

Wow, £150 per month lease, 1500 miles per month, ~£150 per month fuel saving. Did the Mrs say want a free car?

Put it this way, there's roughly 10p/mile saving vs economical diesel of slightly smaller size (that number come from Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI vs Tesla Model Y AWD). So 75 miles a day, 5 days a week, ~4 weeks a month = 1500 miles. That's roughly £150 saving straight away. Not accounting for free electricity in the lease agreement. Of course there's no cost advantage compared to used cars. But would people do the same savings maths buying brand new ICE vehicle? A comparable used EV to an use ICE vehicle would be something like Leaf/Zoe. Buy for similar price, only use it to do the commute, fully use the battery daily for maximum saving. I did this for ~3 years before COVID. Comparable ICE vehicle would be an ICE car of similar size to Renault 5, but for £150 less per month on lease due to additional fuel cost. Which car would you prefer?

I suppose first and foremost question for you, can you charge at home? Have driveway? I suppose you can charge at home when you mentioned 5p/kWh overnight. (keep in mind cheapest Octopus EV tariff is 7p/kWh) There's so many choices of EV out there these days, it'll be personal taste. In general, German premium brands are inefficient and built on modified ICE platform. VW ID range/Skoda El**/Renault are pretty good, using EV platforms. Korean/Chinese cars are very good EV's but stuff feels low quality. Forget Japanese and try to avoid Stellantis. Why not list a few of the options you like and we can direct you to informative reviews to help you narrow your searches.

Whatever your opinion, there is simply no need to repeatedly say you don't take things on face value and imply other people take all things presented as factual. For me, it is actually the social media posts like the video linked that require the most scrutiny. Need to go to sources and understanding what is actually happening. Just having sources in notes are better than Geoff's none, but does not mean journalistic duties had been carried out and sources had been verified. For the bit regarding planning permission relaxation. I don't think the linked source article nor the YT video nor the linked articles in below thread truly understand what is being changed. As the saying goes "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough". But it is clear 99.9% of people would not require planning permission or be affected by this relaxation of rules. It is a non-story for everyone except a few people working at charge network operators. https://www.speakev.com/posts/3781277/ So it begs the question, why was it presented in this way by the YT video? (questioning safety aspects)

The industry's perception of high mileage EV is indeed something that needs catching up. Just today, new video from James from Cleevely EV on a MG ZS EV at 238k miles. Powertrain including battery didn't require anything done, zero service needed. Only thing need doing for the powertrain after all those miles is the gearbox mount and charge port door. That means money saved on: (start at the summary, because everyone's time is precious)

The cable certainly wouldn't survive anything like that. But I'd hope the physical presence car directly over the charge point would provide enough protection when it is plugged in. As a kerb, looks like the top plate in combination with concrete base surround should be able to provide similar level of robustness as regular concrete kerb. All coming from my untrained eye. As always, expert opinions are welcome.

Another solution built into the kerb itself, much more elegant than the lance based solution I posted earlier. https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/products/e-mobility/e-power-solutions/charging-infrastructure/curb-stone-chargers