Monetise a home charging point?
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https://co-charger.com/
Or if it’s somewhere people would want to park (close to a station or something to visit) then JustPark have filters for EV charging now.
Or if it’s somewhere people would want to park (close to a station or something to visit) then JustPark have filters for EV charging now.
VW group also think it's a good idea. They've launched an app for it in France : https://get.shargy.fr/
ISTM there is scope for a whole industry of small-scale parking and charging businesses.
There are loads of lightly used spaces around, bits of ground used for storing tat.
There must be a big number of lock-up garages in the UK which never see a car?
On the domestic level, maybe it should be encouraged, like the 'rent a room' tax free lodger idea.
If people go OTT, there could be planning, tax and neighbour nuisance issues.
Like Uber, Airb'n'b etc, the trick is to make it work well for the providers and users.
There are loads of lightly used spaces around, bits of ground used for storing tat.
There must be a big number of lock-up garages in the UK which never see a car?
On the domestic level, maybe it should be encouraged, like the 'rent a room' tax free lodger idea.
If people go OTT, there could be planning, tax and neighbour nuisance issues.
Like Uber, Airb'n'b etc, the trick is to make it work well for the providers and users.
According to that Guardian article, you'd make 5p/kwh. Assuming that's taxed at the usual 20%, that would be 4p. Alright, this was published in 2021 by the looks of it.
Assuming a Leaf is a fairly average capacity for an average car, that's 62kwh. That's £2.48 you'd make if they had a full charge. Now, if someone turns up with a Hummer EV wanting 200kwh out of your house then that's a mind blowing £8 you'd make.
I'm sure if you lived near a train station or something and had a steady stream of people wanting to use your charger then the small amounts would soon add up but for the vast majority of people? I can't see it being much benefit.
Assuming a Leaf is a fairly average capacity for an average car, that's 62kwh. That's £2.48 you'd make if they had a full charge. Now, if someone turns up with a Hummer EV wanting 200kwh out of your house then that's a mind blowing £8 you'd make.
I'm sure if you lived near a train station or something and had a steady stream of people wanting to use your charger then the small amounts would soon add up but for the vast majority of people? I can't see it being much benefit.
Sharing chargers would be a lovely way to enable home charging for terraced houses. If a handful of houses had chargers and pavement trenches installed for wires, it would start to solve the "I can never park outside my house" problem with EV charging in terraces. You could even make each road a co-op - allowing your neighbours access would allow you access to their charger if you happened to end up outside their house.
Of course, local politics will likely get in the way. Councils aren't very forward thinking at the best of times.
Of course, local politics will likely get in the way. Councils aren't very forward thinking at the best of times.
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