Will it become a requirement to have EV charging points on new houses?

Mr.Generous · 9 April 2023 at 9:13PM

Sarahspangles said:

Surely most people will get accustomed to building a charging session into their routine somehow? It wouldn't even be the most significant change to my lifestyle if we switched over now, considering everything else that's changed since the pandemic. My colleague who has an EV says the only time she and her husband have to even think about when and where to charge is when they go on holiday somewhere that's just beyond their range. So they pre-plan lunch somewhere they can charge en route.

Yeah sounds great, until you get there and there are half a dozen waiting iin front of you.

A couple of hours traffic snarl up on a motorway in freezing weather will be interesting too. Loads of EV's with range anxiety facing the dilema of use the heater or not?? Once a few run flat the motorway will never get moving again, once flat you cant shift em!!

silvercar · 9 April 2023 at 9:19PM

GDB2222 said:

We’re thinking about buying a house locally, and one major concern is the lack of off street parking. There’s space in the garden to park, but I don’t think that we would get permission. We would not be allowed to just trail a lead across the pavement, so how would we charge an electric car is precisely the question we are racking our brains over.

Chances are that we won’t buy, mainly because of this.

There is an app called zap map. Possibly also a website, that will show you nearest chargers. Given you are in London, there will be many nearby - including a big shopping centre near you, side of the road chargers near a food shop, Tesco car park….