Electric Vehicle Charging
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The most cost-effective way of charging your vehicle is to charge from home.
EV Chargers also give out more power than a standard domestic socket so you can charge your car faster.
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You want your charger to be easy to access, which means that you need to consider where the charging port is located on your car and where you have access to parking.
It is also worth while making sure that the charging cable is long enough to reach from the mounted area to the charge port.
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It depends on the size of the battery in the vehicle and also the power of the charge point. Typically cars with smaller battery sizes such as plug in hybrids charge at a lower rate in comparison to a fully electric car with a bigger battery.
For example, a plug-in hybrid might charge at a rate of 3.7kW fully charging within 3hrs. Where as a larger fully electric car can charge at 7.4kW which could take 10 hours to reach full charge.
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On average the installation of a car charger can take anything between half a day and full day all depending on where your fuse box is located, Where the charge point location is or even if the cables need to be run through internal rooms making the installation progress longer.