Home electric car charger if you park on the street? (UK)

[jammycodger]

Hi all - I'm hoping to buy an electric car but I don't have off-street parking.

I live on a quiet road so I wondered whether or not a box that connects to the front of my house could be run out onto the street, if I covered the wires?

I believe you have to have off-street parking to qualify for a grant as well? Any idea how they check this?

[Witchfinder]

Check with your local council, some will be more understanding than others. You can cover the cables with cable ramps, and there are a few people who do that, but your council might insist you need a warning sign.

If you don't have off-street parking, you won't qualify for the OLEV grant to install a dedicated charger unfortunately. You might be able to get decent charge rates though if you get an electrician to fit a commando socket and use an Ohme charger. They're cost effective and can charge at up to 7kW which is the same as you would get from a PodPoint or similar.

[lost in espace]

You can only get a wall charger installed with a grant if you have off street parking. Consider a granny lead, slower but just plug in.

[Toaster Pilot]

Commando socket is the way to go. Grant aside, most installers will refuse to fit a proper charger if you’re obviously going to trail a cable over a path.

They wouldn’t fit one here and that’s not even an actual pavement.