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Electric Vehicle Charging Points
The Future of Cars is electric-powered cars flooding our streets, That’s why we provide installation of electric vehicle charging points in Berkshire and most areas of London.
The need to protect our environment starts with the transformation in transport for long term advantages
- Cheaper to run. Owners of an EV have the advantage of much lower running costs.
- Cheaper to maintain
- Other savings
- Better for the environment
- Health benefits
- Safety improvements
- Our energy security
We can install an electric vehicle charging point at your home or business.
Electric changing places will soon become commonplace in all the parts of the UK. We can install the following brands of electric vehicle charging points:
BM ELECTRICALS are OLEV Approved Installers for Electric Vehicle Charging Points. Do you know we can apply for a grant of up to £350 for you to install an Electric Vehicle Charging Point in your home under the Home charge Scheme or up to £14,000 for you to install EV Charging Points at your Workplace premises under the Workplace Charging Scheme.
This is limited to £350 per charging socket up to a max of 40 Sockets.
We will carry out a free survey at your premises or home to pinpoint the best locations for the charging points – call us or email us at info@bmelectricals.co.uk
Types of Electric Vehicle Charging Point
There are 3 main types of EV Charging Point. Rapid, Fast and Slow.
Rapid or SuperChargers are mainly found at Services stations (motorways) and other public locations where superfast charging is necessary during a journey. A typical example has Telsa Super Chargers which can charge the vehicle up to 80% in just 20 minutes.
Fast Chargers come standard for home charging and workplace charging, they can be installed at homes, businesses and other public locations to enable users to charge their vehicles within only a few hours, depending on the vehicle and rating of the charging point. The most common fast charger we install is rated at 7kW which will charge most vehicles from 0-100% within 6-8 hours.
Slow chargers (or trickle chargers) are just only for emergency charging and can take 12 hours or more to charge the vehicle, they tend to be designed to charge form a normal 13A plug socket and are often not designed to be used day in and day out as it can cause overloads to the sockets it’s connected too.
Different EV Charging Plugs/Connectors are Available?
There are two main types of plug that are commonly used: Type 1 & Type 2.
Type 2 plugs are the ones most commonly used and believed to be the best option, but also the type of plug you use depends on which vehicle you have.
Both types of plugs can charge up to 32 amps but the type 2 plugs also allow 3 phase charging if your installation has this option. This enables faster-charging results in some situations.
HELPFUL LINKS
Zap-Map enables drivers to locate and update EV charge points in UK & Ireland; with advice, help, and tools on charging points for electric cars.
Energy Saving Trust provides information about Electric Vehicles and the benefits of energy-saving and a lot more information on home energy efficiency.
Next Green Car has some great reviews and comparisons from the latest Electric Vehicles.
If you have any questions or would like a free quote please get in touch at 07493 721933. will be glad to help.