Charging my EV from a first floor flat

Hey @Robert.Young ,

Ummm... Hate to say this… But I’m afraid you’re extremely likely to struggle here. Both your landlord and the local council would almost certainly object to that plan as written. More from a health and safety i.e. trip/fire risk than anything else.

There’s no solution that I can think of which could realistically overcome this.

The only option I can think of, would be to see if a dedicated EV Charger can be installed close to the EV itself. That would at least allow you to potentially take advantage of stuff like OVO Charge Anytime provided you installed a compatible Charger (or had a compatible EV) and allow charging at a faster rate while still using green juice.

@Robert.Young what are your thoughts based on blastoise’s advice?

OVO fit smart chargers. You may also consider a subscription to an EV charging network. Are there public chargers nearby?

I have contacted my local councillors. One is hoping to see me the week after next; the other (ironically my Green Party elected representative) is delegating my task to someone else. Fortunately I am an owner occupier - so no landlord, only co-owners to placate.

There are public charge points about 5 minutes walk away but I can only leave the car there for 3 hours. Therefore if I want to use “the greenest electricity” I’d either have to stay up late or get up early .

I was hoping that OVO might have an idea. There is a company called Trojan that supply on street charging units but only to rent at a high monthly cost. I’ve also been recommended this company.https://bumblebeeev.com/apartments/

Does OVO have any other suggestions?

Robert Young

Just butting in here, and it’s not the point I know, but the Greenest energy isn’t necessarily at night. This pair of graphs show Today and Tomorrow (21st and 22nd June) and the greener times are during the day. The graphs are from my PodPoint charger app and relate to the South East region of England. There are other apps that show CO2 values for electricity generation but this is the clearest I’ve seen. 

Yep as Julia mentions, day time charging can work. It’s all that sun! You just need a good public charging subscription...

I believe we’re working on something for those that can’t have an EV charger… but I can’t say any more then that at this stage. 

Let us know how the discussions with the local councilors go if you can?

I’ve also heard that Ubiquiti have been working on an EV Charger as part of their UniFi Connect stuff. Not sure if it’d be suitable for the use case but may be worth a look. However, please research this option carefully as you’d need more than just their EV Charger if you went down this route.

Nice spot, @Blastoise186!

@Robert.Young these might be worth exploring...

Good morning everybody,

Thanks for all your help.

The meeting with my councillor was postponed & I’m still waiting for a new date.

I’ll certainly explore this options suggested. The variability of the “greenest” electricity timings is another headache. As I live “north of the border” I think wind rather than sunshine will be more consistent!

Robert

Not sure that green slots will be a problem @Robert.Young as your part of the country seems to be very green in power generation. The region is often the lowest registered in the UK (image for 25th June pm)
 

You might also want to check out the new gov department and their grant scheme if that might fit at all 

https://pod-point.com/guides/driver/ozev-grant