To charge an electric car you will need to plug it in to a charge point, these can be found at home, at work or in most public locations. You may need to take your own charging cable with you sometimes.
There are two factors that impact on this; what car you have and the KW of the charger you are using. If you know the answers to these questions, we can estimate the time it will take.
We display pod costs online to give you an idea of how much you will pay, when we carry out the survey, we will give you a full quote including install and any additional materials needed. Each quote and installation are tailored to you which is why we don’t show any set price on online.
Whether you need a Type 1 or Type 2 charger depends on the car you have, typically the units are wall mounted and available in tethered or socketed versions. Most residential properties only have a 3kW or 7kW power availability, the higher the kW the faster the car charges. Commercial and business environments may have the capability to install at 22kW charger which requires phase-3 connection but charges at a much faster rate.
The installation process roughly takes half a day depending on the accessibility to the area and the POD that is being installed, we will be able to give you a better idea of the timescale once we carry out your survey.
We will look after the grant process for you, making it no hassle or extra work. You qualify for the grant if you have purchased an eligible electric or plug-in vehicle from 1st October 2016. You will also need to have off-street parking.
Type 1 and 2 chargers are commonly used at for home charging, the charging type you require is determined by the vehicle you have. Type 1 chargers are more favoured by Asian car manufacturers e.g., Mitsubishi and Nissan. Whereas Type 2 chargers are common among American and European manufactures e.g., Mercedes, Audi and BMW.
This is a relatively straight forward answer, which is whether or not your charger comes with bult-in cable. Socketed chargers require you to connect a cable each time unlike tethered which has the cable built in.
