Living With An EV WITHOUT A Home Charger?

Thinking about going electric but don't have the means to install your own charger at home? Fear not! This is the case for a huge proportion of EV owners, including our very own Jack Scarlett. In this video, we walk you through the many options available to those looking to run an EV without the luxury of their own personal driveway charger.

00:00 Can it even be done??
2:04 A lifetime sat at rapid chargers?
2:32 On-street charging explained
5:11 Case study: How Jack charges
7:35 No on-street charging near you?
11:45 What happens next?
12:16 How will we charge in the future?

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Gotta be honest, if you live in a reasonably dense city, it's not that unusual to have to walk ten minutes to where you parked your car just because parking was hard to find the previous day.

[GeoffBee]

Jack, this video along with Robert's renewable energy videos should be mandatory watching for all local councils and government politicians.
Keep spreading the good word!

[marvbloke]

Don't forget workplace charging Jack. For some people without at-home charging options, they can just charge conveniently in their employer's car park while at work. There are lots of incentives to encourage their employer to install chargers too.

[recumbentrocks]

That is such a practical video and clears up one of the most often quoted negatives about EV's "What if you don't have a drive?" Thanks Jack for making this so logical.

[tijgerhaai]

In the Dutch provinces of Noord-Holland, Flevoland, and Utrecht. You can request an on-street charger via MRA-e if there is none within 300 meters of your home or work. (And I'm pretty sure that's possible in other provinces too) With current energy prices, it's even cheaper than charging at home.

[cocharger]

We'd like to thank Jack and the Fully Charged crew for this wonderfully balanced, positive and informative video. We are very proud of whgat we've achieved with Co Charger but isn't a silver bullet - there aren't any and this vid hits the real message right on the head: don't let a lack of a home charge point put you off EVs. There are great solutions out there!

[danielc]

Good advice for Londoners! Most of the rest of us are stuck without realistic solutions still.

[mikemellor]

Great overview with added credibility from Jack’s personal experience. Loved the animation & Jack’s delivery. 👏👏

[RPRosen-kifk]

Jack, I found this to be one of your best vids as a presenter. Sometimes LESS is MORE, you're extremely likable here, and the knowledge you're sharing feels accurate/trustworthy. I hope to see much more of this side of you.

[jonathanhall]

I live in Australia where the charging infrastructure is rubbish, but even so, not having a home charger (at least in a city) is not a problem. We just shop where we can charge, often for free, so pretty much whenever we’re shopping, we’re charging. That keeps the car topped up pretty well and for very little cost.

[williamarmstrong]

I know several diabled people with EV's (short range MG ZSEV's) they need to recharge every 2 or 3 weeks. they do it by going to pubs with chargers installed. plug in and go and have a nice Sunday lunch while the car charges. Very civilised in my opinion. More Pubs need to install them.

[richardnedbalek]

Jack, thanks for sharing your positive experience of owning an all-electric car and charging it regularly without the ability to do so at home.

[IDann]

I don’t have a driveway, but I just had two 22kw chargers installed right out side my office… all I need now is an electric car 🙂

[EVinstructor]

I’ve been an EV owner for 3.5 years. We have street lamp based chargers in Portsmouth and Southsea where I live and I have 4 near my home. One of them opposite my home. My EV is my personal car as well as my driving school car. My business relies on it getting charged.

Charging on street has been reliable. In a city where off street parking is rare it can be easier getting a charge than parking an ICE car.

[charliebeharrell]

One thing you didn’t cover is cost. Charging at home overnight is 7.5p an hour. The public chargers in Hackney are 8x the cost. It’s an insane disparity that makes or breaks ev ownership.

[KlausKokholmPetersen]

In Denmark we have public charge points everywhere: at gas stations, supermarkets, schools, public parking spaces and even in many workplaces. 5 years ago having an EV was difficult if you couldn't charge at home, now it's not a problem.

[fuzzylon]

Thanks for a very helpful video.

This is also helpful for those who are holding back from installing a charge point at home until they have actually bought an electric car and need something to tide them over while they wait for theirs to be installed.

One thing you could add when do an update video on this is spend a couple of minutes talking about what people who live in blocks of flats with off-street parking can do and what they can suggest to their management company to install. In some cases parking on-street to charge a car could be expensive just for the parking alone - particularly if you have your own off-street parking space which is free (or already paid for).

[stopscammingman]

Nice to see things like this getting addressed

[TheEVside]

Great video, now 4 years no home charging and been fine so far with up to 300 miles a week it’s all possible as long as you want to do it

[stijnbode]

I do exactly the same, I have a point A, B & C within 10 minute strolls from my home. And since I do drive a ton of kilometers I use fast chargers quite often. Luckily on my way to work (which can be wherever in the Netherlands) I always cross a lot of fast chargers and if I have a few minutes left before I need to go to work I just pop by a fast charger and give it some extra juice.

Btw. In the Netherlands, if you don’t have your own driveway and no public charger within 300 meters of your home the municipality will arrange a public charger for you. So in a couple of months I will have a new (closer) option to charge.

Driving an EV does make you plan all your trips a bit more but I really don’t mind doing so. If I can do it (I drive on average 1000 km a week) than everybody can do it.

Thanks for the great video once again!