Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

Will suit some granted, particularly if one is tied to the house with young kids, but it is very restrictive for those who don’t want to be washing/drying clothes all day on a weekend day, and when you can only EV charge, on one specific day of the week. There is zero flexibility with this setup, and there are other methods of achieving similar savings, but without the limitations. Apart from that, for me and others, the tariff is a no go, as we have a Heatpump, but then i’ve no gas bill for heating.

I suppose everyone has unique circumstances, which are all different.

Would anyone be willing to share their HDF file who has an EV and who has changed their usage to the 2-5/2-6 window? Might help some of us. Edit it first in notepad to replace the MPRN with 1234567890 etc?

Or I guess someone could create a dummy file?

Thanks

Same here. Works great for us (Saturday).

Works for us too. Not that restrictive really... car charges in about 3 to 4 hours .... start at 8 you're done by noon. Or be out all day an charge from 6 or 7 pm. Or any combination that works for you. As for the other stuff, well put on wash and dishwasher first thing, and do one or two more later in the day, or whenever suits during the day. A second car helps of course if you have a run-around.

The 37 c is high, but remember that everything on the free is at zero, so you can discount about 14% off that rate to give a 'real' 7 day rate, before you transfer anything from the other days to Saturday.

As always, depends on your own circumstances, but don't rule this one out, it's well worth considering.

Thoughts on the Energia smart drive plan?

Thanks for that. Hadn't spotted the 2 month limit.

It's a tiny jump if you exceed the rate, would you use 1000Kw in two months? Don't dismiss the plan over a few cent.

Anyone ever work out the value per km one gets from EVs vs petrol cars?

So my 142 Seat Toledo gets me 900km for roughly €90 these days. 10c a km lets say

Chargin a 62kv leaf at night on 25c per kv around 15 quid which gets about 300km. 5c a km

Assuming no public charging and not tearing arse out of the car with the pedal, we're looking at about half price per km in my case.

So you're at half. I'm moving out of a 520d m sport which currently does approx 400-450 kms per week for approx 50-55€ into a BYD Seal in a couple of weeks.

I would be hoping to do that same mileage for less than a tenner on the Energia cheap-charge night rate.

Just do your homework, select what you feel is the best plan for your household, contact the supplier offering that deal and sign up.

Im on a decent Flogas rate 14c night 33c day. but im also thinking of moving to the energy EV rate.

All I would be losing really is 5hrs of my night rate, day rate stays the same. And I should easily be still able to get my half EV charge and any washing machine etc in that 2-6 window. Also I have mostly free Solar energy during day anyway. plus Energia FIT is 5c more than flogas..

Only thing holding me back is I run a HP by night so very cold winter weather I may struggle with just 4 hours. but I would hope to have a solar battery to help situation by then

I averaged 1.9c/km in my ID.4 last year, charging from a mix of Flogas night rate and solar

Highest was 3.2c/km in December which was almost entirely from the grid

Lowest was 0.03c/km in June which was almost entirely from solar

Those measurements are based on the readings at the charger which includes any charging losses and would represent the actual cost

EDIT: For some context my last petrol car was a 2007 Toyota Auris which got around 6l/100km. At €1.70/l of petrol that gives 10.2c/km. So that's an 80% saving roughly

However a 17 year old petrol hatchback isn't really comparable to a 3 year old SUV in terms of consumption anyway so it's probably even more of a saving compared to a Tiguan or similar

The solution to that going forward is buy a used one thats lost the worst of its depreciation. Avoid buying a new one thats over priced.

Don't forget maintenance and other running costs too if you are chucking stuff in!

I take great pleasure when anyone asks me "how much does it cost to fill up the EV" and I tell them - "about €10 when I charge at home".

You can almost see the gears turning inside their heads trying to work it out :)