If your new to the world of electric vehicles it can be a bit of a minefield understanding how charging works at home or on the move using public chargers but I'll try to make things clear to understand.

Most modern EVs have whats called a CCS2 charge port which is a duel input power port for DC (direct current fast charging up to 100kw) and AC charging.

When you charge at home is uses AC power up to 7.4 kw and this is the top section of your charging port and is known as a type 2 or Mennekes type plug.

When you charge at the side of the road you can normally fast charge up to 100kw which takes less than a hour for a full charge, this is known as a CCS2 port.

You can get the type 2 chargers normally at supermarkets or retail outlets but these only slow charge and can take hours.

Home charging is normally done overnight and costs just a few pounds for a full charge giving a range of 150 plus miles on smaller battery models or 300 plus miles on bigger battery models.

Evec chargers can connect to your solar PV system and measure the usage of energy and how much solar energy is being used by your charger. if you couple this with home battery system you can charge batteries during the day from free solar energy and if you select a EV tarrif you can charge you car and storage batteries from cheap rate night tarrif.

Above we have a charger we installed recently which can be either controlled by the free EVEC app or set to manual mode to suit your needs.

With the Evec app you can see on your phone your charge rate, schedule charging times and lots more.

When you purchase your EV some car dealers will give you a charger as part of the deal. We are happy to fit your own charger.

We will need to check your consumer unit has the correct type of RCD and a spare suitable way. If this isn't the case we upgrade your consumer unit at the same time at a discounted rate if we are installing a new charger for you at the same time.