Thread: Car Charging
View Single Post
  #7   Report Post  
Posted to uk.d-i-y
Tim+[_5_] Tim+[_5_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3,366
Default Car Charging

JohnP wrote:
Realisticallty - if it was a new norm - what additional cost would it be
for new builds to have a 3 phase supply brought to the meter enclosure for
possible use for a car charger?


No idea of the actual costs other than €śquite a lot€ť but for 99% of EV
owners, pointless.

Most car owners sleep for part of the day. Usually quite long enough to
adequately charge most EVs for their daily mileage on a single phase 7kW
supply.

On the odd days when they might want a more rapid top up charge during the
day, a high speed DC charger will make more sense than a 22kW AC charger.

Lastly, many EVs wont actually charge faster than 7kWhrs as adding three
phase chargers to the cars cost money. Cheaper/easier to fit DC chargers
that will suit owners needs better for a fast charge.

Tim

--
Please don't feed the trolls