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Why should you be smart charging at home?
More company car drivers are enjoying the savings that EVs offer – and enjoying the convenience of home charging
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If you are reading this, you have perhaps thought about opting for an electric vehicle as your next company car.
Why would you not? With the 0% BiK company car tax, combined with the cost savings in running the vehicle, choosing an EV is becoming a ‘no brainer’ for company car drivers.
Your workplace may already have the facilities available for you to recharge your vehicle during working hours, but have you considered smart charging your vehicle at home?
Firstly, smart charging at home is cheaper than you think, especially when charging during off-peak times; depending on the size of your EV’s battery and chargepoint speed, you could be spending an average of £3 per charging session. Not to mention, there is also £350 OLEV (Office for Low Emission Vehicles) grant funding available towards the purchase and installation cost of your chargepoint, therefore generating you further cost savings.
The charging at home costs alone is a contributing factor towards why drivers are switching to electric vehicles because, quite frankly, they are significantly cheaper to run compared to their petrol and diesel counterparts.
Although your workplace may offer EV charging to employees, smart charging at home not only places you in control of your own charging behaviour, but it also offers convenient charging, allowing you to fully charge your vehicle in the evening, ready for the next day. As ownership of electric vehicles increases, you may not be guaranteed a parking space at your workplace to recharge; that’s why installing a chargepoint at home is always a logical option to ensure you are able to drive without the worry of running on minimal power.
The mobile phone controlled WallPod:EV HomeSmart is the UK’s best-selling home chargepoint for many reasons. Not only does it offer ease of charging for both novice and experienced EV drivers, its smart features provide EV drivers with complete transparency of energy consumption, costs and charging behavior.
With the ability to automatically ‘green charge’ during off-peak hours, the driver will always pay as little as possible for their charging, in turn creating significant cost savings.
Features such as ‘stop/start’ charging and the ability to schedule your charging also allows drivers to control when charging takes place.
