Has anybody purchased an EV but not had the luxury of a home charger? If so how do you manage. Getting a company car soon and been considering a PHEV as I don’t have the luxury of a wall charger where I live. The BIK tax breaks look more appealing with a full EV but is it possible to use public chargers when doing 300+ miles per week?
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I get 2 years free at an EA station. The cost to install in my current home isn’t worth it.
Considering most of our trips are short, going once a week or so to get charged up isn’t a big issue. We’ve had very few issues other than chargers being full, having to wait, and a certain group of people always causing problems when chargers free up because “they was waiting first”.
I cannot speak for UK, but: In germany it is not a problem as the infrastructure is pretty good. I can charge at work, at the supermarket, we have 2 HPC chargers at our gas station.
Charging at home is convenient but not necessary. Could be different in UK though.
One of my friends lives in an apartment complex with no charging facilities. He drives the car 2 blocks away and charges for free at the local grocery store which has 2 level 2 chargers. Walks home and comes back 4-5 hours later to a fully charged car. He has a Tesla MY so only needs to charge every week or so.
I’m buying a Model 3 LR and will be doing exactly this.
I would say it depends on where you live as well. I live in the states. My city has plenty of fast chargers. I live in an apartment with no charging at my apartment. I also have a couple of fast chargers at grocery stores within a mile to a mile and a half from my apartment. So I combine shopping maybe grabbing some dinner out. Yesterday I grocery shopped and took a little walk, so it was nice day out