Home charger advise
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Hi all,
My mums got a Toyota Bz4x on Motability and as part of it they installed a home charger for her, she charges it overnight when needed 0001-0659 on Eon Next EV tariff. I live 2.5 hours away and mum will be making the journey down to mine quite a lot. She came down last weekend and had about 46% charge left when she got here, the day she was due to go back we went to the nearest fast charger which was 120kw and charged from 41% to 94% but it cost £30, the car park its in also has a maximum stay of 45 minutes during "normal hours". There are quite a lot of chargers around the city but that means dropping the car off somewhere and leaving it.
Apparently the car will take 32 hours to charge if I plug it into my normal 3 pin plug at home, so I'm wondering if it would be worth her getting a second charger installed at my house? looks to be circa £1000 from Eon Next (I'm with them), as a plus I could then move onto the cheaper rate at night tariff, I work from home including night shifts so that could work out well.
Anybody got any recommendations from chargers and places that supply/fit? I see Screwfix sell them now, can any qualified electrician fit them?
Mum is the only person in the family with a EV, id considered a Cupra Born myself but the £££ just didn't work.
My mums got a Toyota Bz4x on Motability and as part of it they installed a home charger for her, she charges it overnight when needed 0001-0659 on Eon Next EV tariff. I live 2.5 hours away and mum will be making the journey down to mine quite a lot. She came down last weekend and had about 46% charge left when she got here, the day she was due to go back we went to the nearest fast charger which was 120kw and charged from 41% to 94% but it cost £30, the car park its in also has a maximum stay of 45 minutes during "normal hours". There are quite a lot of chargers around the city but that means dropping the car off somewhere and leaving it.
Apparently the car will take 32 hours to charge if I plug it into my normal 3 pin plug at home, so I'm wondering if it would be worth her getting a second charger installed at my house? looks to be circa £1000 from Eon Next (I'm with them), as a plus I could then move onto the cheaper rate at night tariff, I work from home including night shifts so that could work out well.
Anybody got any recommendations from chargers and places that supply/fit? I see Screwfix sell them now, can any qualified electrician fit them?
Mum is the only person in the family with a EV, id considered a Cupra Born myself but the £££ just didn't work.
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