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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Wed 29 Apr 10:45
Thinking of an electric such as a Mokka
Any recommendations for a house charger?
Any feedback on electric cars, only going to Aberdeen now and again and driving locally.
Got a diesel at moment
I see the rising fuel prices post below
Thanks
Post Edited (Wed 29 Apr 10:47)
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Wed 29 Apr 12:48
On the electric car - love it
On the home charger, We got ours fitted through octopus energy, it’s an ohme one (or something like that)
We also went into their cheap overnight tariff so it will only charge up overnight on a much cheaper rate
Ours has a really small range (about 120 miles) and never had any issue with going to Glasgow and stopping off in Stirling and Livingston en route)
We have done a few long distance journeys (above our range) but 15 mins in any Starbucks charger and we’re back to full capacity
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Topic Originator: brian
Date: Wed 29 Apr 15:38
Sounds good, am with Octopus so will check that
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Topic Originator: Westies squint kicks
Date: Wed 29 Apr 17:18
Have had a Pod Point charger for 3 years and had no issues.
On a car Brian unfortunately the range advertised won`t be anything close to it in the Scottish climate, I accept this though and it shouldn`t put you off.
Compared to the diesel I had before, I cover the same miles and it costs me about one third of the price and I don`t use any special rates (i.e overnight charging at 7p with some providers) otherwise I`d be less than half that again. I wouldn`t go back to a combustion engine.
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Wed 29 Apr 18:00
You can schedule the car to prepare itself, eg warm up the battery ahead of a planned journey in the cold weather which will increase the range.
Ours claims 120 miles and will still deliver 100 in Scottish winter
Post Edited (Wed 29 Apr 18:00)
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Wed 29 Apr 20:05
The decision is tethered or not tethered, and where to put it.
I’ve got an untethered Ohme epod through Octopus (about £900). They added a separate fuse box next to the meter and ran a cable to the front of my terraced house driveway.
Untethered looks neater if it’s on the front of your house, and you could get a longer or shorter cable if you want. The cable that comes with the car will be about 5m long.
The disadvantage of untethered is if it’s raining, I have to store a wet cable in my boot or dry it off with a towel.
The Ohme app is easy enough to use - set it to charge to x% by a certain time and Octopus will schedule it at the cheap rate. It doesn’t know my battery state of charge, so I’ve got to tell it. I’ve got a Peugeot e2008. Some EVs might be able to tell the charger their state of charge.
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