Electric charging points
Discussion
Hi All, just found this area - Excellent!!! hopefully the trolls don't discover it and try to start arguments.
Anyway, i'm getting an i3, what options do i have for charging it (obviously the £300 odd pretty plastic BMW option) I've heard of something called smart charge (sp?) and also a homebrew, diy join 2 supplies together to get 32A type affair. What is everyone else out there doing? also, i'm having a building refurbed for work, what is the DC infrastructure in real terms? can it be reproduced from a 415V supply? i know you can't routinely charge from DC as you will give the battery a real beating, but as a once in a while option, it may be quite useful
Anyway, i'm getting an i3, what options do i have for charging it (obviously the £300 odd pretty plastic BMW option) I've heard of something called smart charge (sp?) and also a homebrew, diy join 2 supplies together to get 32A type affair. What is everyone else out there doing? also, i'm having a building refurbed for work, what is the DC infrastructure in real terms? can it be reproduced from a 415V supply? i know you can't routinely charge from DC as you will give the battery a real beating, but as a once in a while option, it may be quite useful
Hmmm,
[Tin foil hat time] having just read the ToB from chargemaster, it turns out that the terms of the grant dictate that they have to provide usage data to government for future policy consideration.
My standard thoughts on this are "f*** 'em, i'm not going to give them rope to subsequently hang me with, ie road charging via the back door" or should i be more pragmatic and just accept the grant, use the box and dodge the road pricing when it inevitably comes by installing another charge point.
Will i be 'marking' my house as an EV user by accepting this grant and thus in the long term opening myself up to certain assumptions from HMRC vis a vis P11D form filling or will they just look me up from DVLA records and charge me anyway [/Tin foil hat time]
We've gotta be smart people.....
[Tin foil hat time] having just read the ToB from chargemaster, it turns out that the terms of the grant dictate that they have to provide usage data to government for future policy consideration.
My standard thoughts on this are "f*** 'em, i'm not going to give them rope to subsequently hang me with, ie road charging via the back door" or should i be more pragmatic and just accept the grant, use the box and dodge the road pricing when it inevitably comes by installing another charge point.
Will i be 'marking' my house as an EV user by accepting this grant and thus in the long term opening myself up to certain assumptions from HMRC vis a vis P11D form filling or will they just look me up from DVLA records and charge me anyway [/Tin foil hat time]
We've gotta be smart people.....
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