Your Complete Guide to Electric Car Charging
We’ll all be driving electric in less than 10 years.?FACT.
If you’ve already got an electric car and you’re wondering how you go about getting charging points installed (whether that’s at home or for your workplace) OR you’re thinking about getting an electric or hybrid car, read on…
It’s part of the Government’s “green industrial revolution” to tackle climate change, with the race now in full swing globally to reduce carbon emissions, pioneer renewables and completely transform our way of living.
Of course, the car manufacturing industry still has work to do in encouraging electric vehicles within the mainstream market, largely because of the price points of electric and hybrid cars.
However, there are predictions that we’ll see a?price parity with Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs)/petrol and diesel vehicles sooner than we think.
Below, we’ve covered a range of different topics and answered a number of popular questions to give you a comprehensive guide to electric vehicle charging so you can transition safely and confidently.
What’s the big fuss about 2030?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to phase out the sales of new petrol and diesel cars/vans by 2030 as part of the UK’s 2050 target for net-zero carbon emissions.
Some hybrid cars will still be allowed until 2035, but depending on how fast we approach this target, and how fast car companies adapt to these changes, we could see this goalpost changed.
What are The Electric Vehicle (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021?
There were found to be?twice as many plug-in vehicles on our roads?in June 2021 compared to the end of 2019.
And with fuel prices continuing to rise, more people are fast-tracking their transition to electric.
So, with demand increasing, the Government’s had to step in to ensure that our national grid can cater to it.
This ruling was signed into law on 15th?December 2021, and came into force on 30th?June 2022.
It sets out the minimum standards for all home and workplace chargepoints installed in the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland). Before this, those rules had only applied to chargepoints funded by OZEV grants.
The regulations?include the fact that chargepoints must be smart, i.e. have a data connection, so that the charger’s usage can be measured and even controlled (delayed or slowed – to deal with periods of high grid demands).
Chargepoints will also be pre-configured to avoid charging during peak hours to help lighten the load on the grid, however this can be overridden by choosing not to accept factory settings with regards to charging times.
These regulations, however, don’t presently apply to public chargepoints.
Further changes will include security and privacy requirements at the end of 2022, which will mean all data sent by chargepoints will need to be encrypted to help protect information in the event/prevent the occurrence of cyber attacks.
The Department of Transport is said to do another phase of investigation on the relevance and application of regulations by the end of 2025; something tells us that at the rate things are changing in this industry, it’ll definitely be before then!
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Powering down for now,
Verity & The WFP Team