ACarneiro
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Member of Parliament. It’s a UK thingFirst off, what is an MP? ...besides Military Police.
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Member of Parliament. It’s a UK thingFirst off, what is an MP? ...besides Military Police.
The same MPs suggested that we charge "little and often" to protect the grid which I believe proves they havn't a clue what they are talking about. I only charge to replenish what I need. They make it sound like we are stockpiling electrons.
I'm one of them. No off road parking so public charging only.To be fair that's a real point. Some people run the car for a week before charging whilst others plug in for a potential top up every night... even when both cases are driving a similar number of miles. Like you I am in the regular charging camp but there are plenty of people, even on this forum, who do it differently.
Once everyone in the country is on electric they need to find a solution where you can charge away from home in 5 mins, or provide charging no matter where you park, day or night. People aren't going to change habits.
People aren't going to change habits.
But in the bigger picture even those charges must even out demand during day.To be fair that's a real point. Some people run the car for a week before charging whilst others plug in for a potential top up every night... even when both cases are driving a similar number of miles. Like you I am in the regular charging camp but there are plenty of people, even on this forum, who do it differently.
I’d argue that charging at home really isn’t as cheap as claimed. It’s not simply the kWh. Someone has to pay for the wall connector, the wiring, and any maintenance.
Yeah habits are easy to change when you can sit on your sofa at home doing nothing. If you have to charge while out and about running errands with the kids then that's a different matter.People's habits are not hard to change if there's an incentive ... look at all the people who changed to charging within a 4 hour slot to take advantage of the cheap rate Octopus and other supplier tariffs. Harder for public charging of course.
Yeah habits are easy to change when you can sit on your sofa at home doing nothing. If you have to charge while out and about running errands with the kids then that's a different matter.
Garages have always been a luxury nice to have item in the UK, but soon it'll be seen as like having a functioning bathroom in the house, rather than an out door toilet like alot of Victorian terraces had in the 1960s.
It's a laudable pitch from MPs to protect those with no access to home charging from high pricing, but at the same time laughable that HMRC apply 20% VAT to public charging but we only pay 5% VAT on home electricity bills, so 15% disparity is being driven by the government itself! Surely a key point the committee should be making is to align the tax rates so at least those forced to use public charging aren't unfairly paying more tax.People must be protected from excessive pricing for public electric car charging
However you can be sure the government will excessively increase your other taxes to replace the loss of fuel duty!
Be careful what you wish for. Another way to align tax rates is to increase domestic VAT to 20%…It's a laudable pitch from MPs to protect those with no access to home charging from high pricing, but at the same time laughable that HMRC apply 20% VAT to public charging but we only pay 5% VAT on home electricity bills, so 15% disparity is being driven by the government itself! Surely a key point the committee should be making is to align the tax rates so at least those forced to use public charging aren't unfairly paying more tax.
Loss of fuel duty over time will certainly be a big hit, will be interesting to see how that plays out.
indeed, + ground source heat pump, solar, and battery storage.I've no idea why they don't mandate a charger on each newbuild.
I've been looking at new builds recently, if they could even design them with a decent roof facing south would be a step up. Bloody dormer windows everywhere. My current house is no better, nicer views out the front but no, all the dormer windows interrupt the south facing roof.indeed, + ground source heat pump, solar, and battery storage.
Mandate these things from the start, it will then have many benefits from economies of scale to both new home buyers and retrofits on older homes.
Yes please! A lot of new builds I've seen in Scotland do have a tiny bit of Solar PV, but it looks like minimal cost token efforts to scrape in under current rules.I've been looking at new builds recently, if they could even design them with a decent roof facing south would be a step up. Bloody dormer windows everywhere. My current house is no better, nicer views out the front but no, all the dormer windows interrupt the south facing roof.