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Next stage in the great Electric Vehicle Scam......

We're having an OhMe Charger fitted this weekend - all in will be about £900 as a mate is doing the install.

To get the best overnight charging rate, it is recommend that we switch to the IntelligentOctopus rate. This allows us to charge overnight at a very reasonable 10p Kwh hour rate.

However, to switch to this rate, it involves an increase in our daily rate from 32.03p kwh to 41.11p Kwh (and a decrease in dailu standing charge from 45.12p to 44.22p). Based on our current usage, and factoring in we use about 1Kwh per day overnight, it's going to cost us an additional £18 a month before we even start charging.

My basic sums have worked out that, with the current mileage, petrol mpg and hoping that the electric aspect will cost approximately 6p a mile, running the hybrid properly will save £40 in fuel costs a month against petrol alone. Take off the £18, and that leaves us £22 saving a month. In 41 months we will have covered the cost of the charger and then we'll be in the money.........

Edit: This is based on 400miles per week.