Hi Simon,
Yes I have it’s a though call between the S&P and Anderson Quartz. But the R5 is due to be Car to Home / Grid comparable next year and the S&P can be upgraded for this but the Anderson can’t. The 5000 mile offer is good takes £105 off the price but think you need to do 30k miles a year for the anytime to work out better and also want to use the off peak for the house electric
Many thanks
Will
Hi Will,
I looked at the Quartz but ended up going with the A2. The A2s ability to hide the cable within the unit means it always looks tidy, which was important to me. My previous BMW, even with the cable looped over the holder, looked a mess because the thickness of the charge cable doesn't make for a nice clean 'wrap'.
I haven't looked into the 5,000 'free' miles but the £30 one off charge, which allows for as many charges a month as required, does sound attractive. My EV has a battery capacity of 84 kWh, so at current rates, I'm at roughly £21.00 per full charge.
My current energy supplier offers an overnight tariff of 8.5p per kWh but only for five hours, so I'm running the numbers but Octopus with their '£30 deal' looks to be the best currently for me.
@Luddite - as you've mentioned, the tech is moving very rapidly. My old i3s was fine on a 3-pin wall plug but my new EV is painfully slow (more than 28-hours) for a full charge on the supplied 3-pin. My A2 is 7kw but with the possibility to upgrade to 22kw, should I wish, by just upgrading the charge cable. A full charge takes approximately 12 hours but the car is designed to charge to 80% in 20-mins, if I find a quick charger.
My install location allowed for direct connection to the consumer unit and the smart connection for the wall box is all done via wifi. My guess is moving forward, they'll run off sims as found in any modern car but perhaps I'm wrong and wifi will remain an easier option.
New home builds won't be an issue because it would seem the government is mandating charge points but older homes, where you cannot easily connect to the consumer unit, are going to be a challenge if more people move towards EVs (and that is before we get into the pressure it would put on both local and the national grid).
