Cheaper holidays EV charging
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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 12/07/2023 08:31
replied on 12/07/2023 08:44
Posted on 12/07/2023 08:31 by Rocky 2 bucketsSeen it-€7 billion was Euros👍🏻
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 12/07/2023 09:36
DavidKlyne replied on 12/07/2023 09:44
Posted on 12/07/2023 00:18 by ChocolateTreesMy reason for getting an EV was green first, nerdy second and cost savings third, though for me the savings are significant and real.
As folks here will know, my Polestar is a company car, and the tax breaks that the government offer mean it is a cheap way of paying for the pleasure of having a new car on the drive for the length of the lease.
Charging from home overnight accounts for most of my electricity usage in the car (as opposed to public charging). In the last month I have used about 450kWh of overnight electricity at 9.5p per kWh. I.e. less than £45. Thats enough for over 1500 miles of driving.
Last week we were away in the caravan and spent a total of about £190 on public charging for almost exactly 700 miles of holiday, including 320 miles of towing (180 miles each way). Thats an average of about 27p per mile, or an equivalent of about 24mpg at £1.45 a litre of petrol or diesel. I would have been very happy with that number in the XC90.
But if you include the previous months driving, you end up with an average of 66mpg at £1.45 a litre. And that’s averaging just that one month…
Road pricing is indeed a much more sensible solution, and I hope it is adopted one day.
Posted on 12/07/2023 09:44
My eldest son charges his EV overnight at home and I suspect rarely uses public charging points and as you say at pretty good rates. He has just been on a camping trip (tent) to Hunstanton which is about a 200 mile round trip from MK and he reckoned he would not need to charge whilst away. I would accept that there is probably more planning involved for long journeys but as Andrew Ditton points out in his video its just a question of planning.
David
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brue replied on 12/07/2023 10:03
Posted on 12/07/2023 10:03
We've just had a good holiday in Pembrokeshire with our EV, plenty of fast chargers around in public car parks. We went with trepidation but found things greatly improved regarding charge points. It's a pity the club are charging such a lot for a very slow charge that depletes the paid for van electrics as it charges. We did fast top up charges for under £6.
It's feasible to tow a van with an EV but the lack of drive through charge points makes it harder for those who've taken the plunge. A lot more planning needed, maybe with positive input from CAMC?! 
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brue replied on 12/07/2023 10:26
EmilysDad replied on 12/07/2023 10:56
Posted on 12/07/2023 09:36 by Rocky 2 bucketsI wish we too used the €Euro it would make my life much easier & less expensive. I have no historical nor emotional attachment to the £pound. I’ve always & still do identify as European👍🏻
wedgy replied on 12/07/2023 11:13
Posted on 12/07/2023 09:36 by Rocky 2 bucketsI wish we too used the €Euro it would make my life much easier & less expensive. I have no historical nor emotional attachment to the £pound. I’ve always & still do identify as European👍🏻
JohnM20 replied on 12/07/2023 11:16
Posted on 12/07/2023 11:16
Do local councils get a government hand-out for installing public chargers? I ask the question because whilst out and about a couple of days ago I saw a bay with six chargers in it. Not one was being used. In a way this didn't surprise me because the bay was not on a main through route, so no or very little 'passing' traffic and the town in which they are situated is, regretfully, both economically and socially deprived to some extent so I doubt that many locals have an EV.
KSKAT
Caravanner from Cleveland