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Electric Car Charging Points

July 30, 2019 by Tessa Shepperson

Electric Car Charging at Home in GarageIf we are to fight climate change we will need to move from petrol drive cars to electric cars.  However, there is a problem – charging the car.  A battery will only last so long before it needs to be charged up again.

Although there are a growing number of charging points at service stations and some other locations, it is often still hard to find a place to charge your car when you need it.  Which is a disincentive to buy one.

As it generally takes quite a long time, the best place to charge a car is at home.  There are now companies which can instal chargepoints for you – although they are only suitable for properties with their own garage, or at least off-road parking where you can instal the charging point on the property wall.

The companies that I have found which will do this are:

  • Chargemaster
  • Pod Point
  • Mr Electric

No doubt there are others.

Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme

This is a scheme, which you can read about here, which pays a 75% contribution towards the cost of installing a chargepoint at a domestic property.

The applicant has to prove that they have a suitable vehicle but it does not appear that the scheme is limited to homeowners.  In which case, if your tenant has a suitable vehicle he (or she) could make the application and arrange for the chargepoint to be installed and you could pay the balance of the cost – provided the tenant agreed not to remove the chargepoint subsequently.

Note that I have not read the regulations in detail.

Chargepoints at car parks

If you are a landlord of a larger property, perhaps a large building divided into flats, with a car parking area for the residents, you could consider installing a chargepoint in your car parking area.

This is a service that Chargemaster provide which you can read about here.

If you are unable to provide a chargepoint

You can at least notify tenants where the nearest car chargpoints are to the property, maybe in a tenant information pack provided to tenants when they move in.

You can find your nearest car charging points using the Zap Map.

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