Charging electric vehicles on club pitches

The other thing to consider is that if more and more people are charging their car, then what about all those posters that remind you to watch the amount of electricity that you consume when the sites are busy! does this means power failures?

At M in M around Christmas and New Year earlier this year, the whole site, which at the time was fully booked, was regularly tripping out in the mornings as everyone’s heating was on, and morning brews were being made.

As and when plug in vehicles become the majority mode of transport, without doubt, site electrical capacity will need to be increased.

Could the club install metered EHU sockets in the LNA  area ,then during the day said leccy cars could be charged .The owner's would know how long it will take,so they could book a time slot....Just a thought.

The short term answer is to charge those with electric vehicles an extra pitch fee. In the longer term metering is the solution to reducing consumption. Those site that have already fitted pitch metering alege they have cut site usage by as much as 50 percent.

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Either introduce higher pitch fees for those who charge an electric or hybrid car or allow them to pay for a more expensive membership upon renewal.  Surely thats fair?

An full charge is roughly the cost a litre of diesel for those of us on internal combustion.

I was at M &M for the Christmas and New Year and I was sick of it tripping out, and yes I saw Mitsubishi's on charge.  No doubt we'll soon see Renault Zoes being trailered by motorhomes too.

Electric and Hybrid cars aren't going away and nor are electricity charges.  The club does need to address the situation in a fair and workable way. 

Is that fact PD or another of your best guess/wind up statements?

EVs, Electric Bikes, Air-Conditioning, Awning Heaters etc etc

The only equitable solution to these increasing challenges is metered electricity.

Surely that would cost serious money and then add to check out complications?  Far better to just charge a small upfront fee for those who wish to charge-up?

I don't think we/ the club should be discouraging those who wish to recharge their batteries.

Those site that have already fitted pitch metering alege they have cut site usage by as much as 50 percent.

Wot ....... no links?  

So they are charging an electric vehicle so what? what about awning heaters extra beer fridges and what about mobility scooters, e bikes?

I plug in an electric guitar and amp just think about the amount of leccy I am using

Just some thing else to whinge about.