On Street parking - across from house. Charging?

[jinkster]

We live in a Peak District village where cars were not thought about - never mind electric cars. The company I work for offer a scheme on a Model 3 that would be ideal and turn my £50 commute (175mile each way) to work into £15.

Problems is: No charging point at home - without running a cable across the road and pavement (don't think would be allowed).

Can anyone suggest anything? I am struggling. Sadly nearest Supercharger is over on the M1 (30mins away) so not ideal either.

[sjg]

Not as cheap as sticking a charging point on your house but there are companies that will mole a cable under the road for you.

eg https://moleutilities.co.uk/car-charge-point-insta...

[JeffreyD]

sjg said:

Not as cheap as sticking a charging point on your house but there are companies that will mole a cable under the road for you.

eg https://moleutilities.co.uk/car-charge-point-insta...

That would only work if you were crossing to a private parking bay.

OP it's a problem and until public charging improves massively I'm not sure there is a solution, unless you can find a reliable public charging point on your regular routine.

[aestetix1]

Talk to your local council about it, they should be looking to help people like you install chargers.

Also talk to your work to see if they might install chargers.

[TheRainMaker]

The only real option is to see if your company could install a charger at the office, and hope everyone else doesn't use it.

[gangzoom]

jinkster said:

We live in a Peak District village where cars were not thought about - never mind electric cars.

Yet in every holiday accommodation we have stayed at in the Peak/Lake district we never had any issue with private off road parking and therefore zero issues with charging.

Sadly unless the government forces local councils to install road side charge points for residents EVs will simply increase the house price differences between properties with and without off road parking even more.

[Candida]

175 miles each way? You're going to need a charger at work and at home. My Model 3 P has never given me 175 miles of real world range from a 90% charge. Don't believe the 360+ mile range boasts on the website

[TheRainMaker]

Missed the 175 mile both ways, EV is not for you at this time.

[jinkster]

I’ve got friends with Mod 3 Long Range and they can get 250miles conservatively. I shall speak to local council re: on street charging points.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Candida said:

175 miles each way? You're going to need a charger at work and at home. My Model 3 P has never given me 175 miles of real world range from a 90% charge. Don't believe the 360+ mile range boasts on the website

are you cruising at 110?

i get 190 actual miles on 90% in winter and 265 in the summer. and i dont hypermile, booting it when ever i can

and bugger 6+ hours commute each day

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Friday 2nd July 10:21

[Greg_D]

you won't get to work and home on one charge, so you will need a 7kw at work to top up to make it feasible.

is there a neighbour/local business you are friendly with that you could strike up a deal to use their supply
maybe council infrastructure or a powered street light nearby that you can get a charger attached to.

https://www.jojusolar.co.uk/public-sector/lighting...

[ElectricSoup]

Is there a pub in your village? Do they have a car park? Maybe you could offer them £5 a time to leave your car overnight there and charge it?

[gangzoom]

jinkster said:

I’ve got friends with Mod 3 Long Range and they can get 250miles conservatively. I shall speak to local council re: on street charging points.

The issue is unless there is loads of them, what are you going to say to work if you arrive home and someone else is using the charger and/or the charger isn't working?

Telling the boss you cannot come into work because your £50k+ brand new car cannot be refuelled is not really going to go down well.

An EV simply wouldn't work for you.

[DozyGit]

jinkster said:

We live in a Peak District village where cars were not thought about - never mind electric cars. The company I work for offer a scheme on a Model 3 that would be ideal and turn my £50 commute (175mile each way) to work into £15.

Problems is: No charging point at home - without running a cable across the road and pavement (don't think would be allowed).

Can anyone suggest anything? I am struggling. Sadly nearest Supercharger is over on the M1 (30mins away) so not ideal either.

Do you really have to ask the forum for such a trivial issue?
1. Add a tow hook to your car
2. Something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Countryman-3-Phase-55KV...

Really cannot understand people are telling you not possible to charge and all this bs. You will have a good eco friendly drive up and down on electricity