Random EV thoughts.....

In theory yes if it works. The usual granny charging guidance is to slow charging rate moreif you can, check house end plug does not get warm, avoid extension leads or fully unreel them, ideally fit a brand new 3 pin socket on the house side and avoid old heavily used sockets that may be well worn. When stopping a charge unplug car end first. Try not to unplug house end instead leave it plugged in.

A type 2 (or type 1) cable locks at both ends, there is no way you can disconnect it while charging. But you can simply not lock the 3 pin plug of a granny cable, so you can pull it out while charging, which is not a great idea, but not likely to cause damage either. Better to unlock / unplug at the car end first as @zg3409 said

You can do that as long as you own the car parking space. And you need planning permission for it. Several regulars on this forum, including our very own moderator, have done so over the years.

Saw this recently. Apparently a Dutch product

The arm folds back into the post when not in use. I imagine it costs a bit though.

Yeah I remember that one, it's a nice idea although I'm sure someone will manage to strangle themselves on it and try to claim compensation

We definitely never miss an opportunity for a lawsuit in this country 🙄

Well this particular car was a PHEV, so definitely a charge a day

At least they're trying, plenty of PHEVs near me that probably have the charging port rusted shut from lack of use

I agree about most people living in urban areas not needing a daily charge. I last charged to 80% on Saturday night and I'm still at 48%. Not allowing any more grid charging except for the weekends

I did manage a measly 3kWh of solar into the car this week. The rule of the weather is apparently that the sun shines whenever I'm away from the charger, and then immediately clouds up when I'm at home 😭

F**k it, at least the house is mostly fed from sunshine now, I'll call that a victory

What became of Mad Lad ? Do he go back to diesel after his i3?

No he bought a 77kWh ID.3, think he still has it.

I know that NMD installed a few of them. A great idea IMO

another case of lies lies and damn statistics

On the continent, and I think the UK to a large extent, a massive portion of new cars (i.e. first registration) are company cars. I saw a stat that for the Audi A4 something like 90% of buyers in Germany are non private buyers, insane compared to Ireland where private people prefer to take the hit on the massive depreciation when a car leaves the forecourt.

Anyhow, thats the system. Lads on a short lease of mostly company cars and a large chunk of them either getting a fuel card or able to bill expenses, are the ones driving the car for the first year or 18 months. They have no incentive to charge at home or even on the road. Its simpler for convienence and billing purposes to just fill with petrol and ignore the plug in hybid feature.

Thing is, when they sell it, people picking up a car in mint condition (but much much cheaper as the first owner took the big hit for you on depreciation) for private use are much more likely to care that the car runs efficiently, and for the 10+ years of the cars life it should be far nearer the manufacturers claimed CO2 emmisssions.

Ironically, if you did proper stats on EVs and hammered them on what their emmisions are for the first year, they'd be abysmal as their manufacturing CO2 emmissions take a few years to be compensated for through lower day by day emmissions - they also have to be seen over a 10+ year timeframe, not the first year it hits the road.

They are facts, and yes facts can be presented in a way to suit an agenda, but at least there are quantified facts.

Here are some more facts that refute your "abysmal" and "a few years".

My old EV was a London import EV. The public charging cable was never taken out of the bag so it's likely the owner or company only ever charged at work and home based on age and low mileage. The London congestion charges of around uk£20 per day was a great incentive to go full EV. Definitely the UK company cars were big into phev that were never plugged in due to incentives. Even in ROI at one stage it was cheaper to buy a PHEV than the same car non phev due to grants. These have changed since and minimum battery sizes for phev have increased a lot.

I think back to those times and realise how Mad it actually was !!! I wouldn't do it again !

I have id3, 77 Kwh though never had 77 all the so called 77 Kwh had around 73 Kwh and I still have around 73 Kwh 2 years 5 months and 75,000 Kms later. I can still get from Carlow to Belfast from 100% charge and have 30% battery in less than ideal conditions and travelling the limit or a bit more and the heat up at 23c as usual !