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Tim_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Forum Legend
April 8, 2021

EV owners: how do you choose an electric vehicle? Where do you look, what do you seek?

  • April 8, 2021
  • 34 replies
  • 709 views

Updated on 13/04/22 by Jess_OVO

 

Hi EV members, 

 

I wanted to gather some feedback from you, as you’ve made the plunge into the world of EVs when many haven’t. 

 

It’s a big decision, it’s complicated. It can be costly. Where do you find information about EV models, where do you shop for or browse particular models, and what guides your decision? 

 

@NinjaGeek and @PeterR1947 - you made an EV model change in the last 6 months. Can you offer some insight into what guided you, and where you found the information? Would you ever review forum content to help inform your purchase decision? 

 

I’d love to hear from you, @Jequinlan  @sylm_2000 @ArundaleP @MrPuds @IbrahimEV @NeilG @jp1 @Andras @D10hul @DarrenG @Mikeyoung @Peetee @aaronr @Stephen Bell @Delboy 

34 replies

Newcomer
July 3, 2023

Think you need to consider all the things that need arranging before you even order an Ev,  In my case need to get unlooped from neighbour and have own power supply to upgrade to 100 amp main fuse , 60 at the moment  also and the biggest problem getting OVO to send out an engineer to upgrade meter tails from 16mm to 25mm , engineer so far has not showed up for 2 appointments and looking like Sept before its done if they show up. Good luck you will need it in my experience. 

k1ms
Newcomer
Newcomer
July 4, 2023

You can use a granny charger at 2.2kwh at about 10 amps. When using wall charger you can set car to charge at 3.4 kwh about 16 amps. Both would get you around supply problem until Ovo change tails. If meter man from Ovo missed appointment you may be due £30. See Ofgen,s rules. look around other companies have EV deals like Octopus GO.

Kim
Newcomer
July 8, 2023

Wouldn't even consider using granny charger, SSEN have pencilled in unlooping for Aug,  but SMS can't send out an engineer till Sept so hopefully SSEN will be happy to go ahead with unlooping and leave 60 amp fuse in situ till SMS do the tails and come back and change fuse to 100 amp. Car due for delivery Aug/Sept so could possibly work out alright in the end. Just thought I would highlight some of the things that crop up when considering an Ev, not always straightforward process. 

Abby_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 10, 2023

Hey @Colzee 

 

Thanks for sharing your experience with this so far! Please do continue to share how you get on with your EV journey, it’ll also be helpful for others on their own hunt for an EV set up to hear from experience. 

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