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I will admit electric vehicles are kind of made for rich people, by people.
It helps to have a house, where you can wire up a 240v charger circuit, some times this can cost thousands of dollars if a service upgrade is needed or several hundred dollars if a sub panel needs to be instslled.
My house near Langley needed a service upgrade when I moved in, it cost nearly $3,000, luckily this was found during inspection and was negotiated into the price of the house.
Sure you can charge with 120v power but on a leaf that can take up to 20 hours to charge a very low battery. Been there, done that, so glad I installed 240v power.
Over in the UK would you need some kind of heavy duty circuit?
Because I remember something about the standard 220 circuit being fused at 13 amps?
A standard intermittent charger is going to want 16 amps. A real charger is going to want 32 amps.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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