Charging of Electric Vehicles on Site

I do take your point birderbilly, but I'm not sure that you can say that it is free of charge.

We all use the services of the site's to a lesser or greater extent, to suit our wants and needs. The cost of all of these services is included in the price we pay. 

The clubs EHU system assumes a particular consumption during a 24 hr period. I would imagine it is an average amount of electricity that the average caravanner or motorhomer will use in a 24 period. If you ADD to that average, the cost of charging the batteries on an electric car/s, then the average consumption will increase and the clubs charges per pitch will have to go up to incorporate that increase in use. If the number of electric cars being charged becomes significant, the club should, in my view, forbid charging cars at the normal bollards, and provide a pay as you go system dedicated to car charging as can be found in public carparks.

Youre probably right justus2, similar to how the WiFi works.

There's probably a big difference in cost between me not using most of the facilities on-site and charging the car overnight.

I have a fully electric car that has an 85kw battery but, sadly, it's not capable of towing. A fully electric 4x4 than can tow a caravan will be delivered in the UK later this year. So I would fully agree that the club needs a policy on this subject.

I have a 7kW charger at home which I use to charge the car over night on economy 7, 7 hours of charging gives me 50kWhr, enough for 150 miles of driving for £2.50. I would imagine towing a caravan would probably reduce the range 40-50% so site charging would be needed.

This issue doesn't need huge investment to start with, a couple of 7kW posts per site with reasonable fee per kWhr would do the job as long as they are dedicated to fully electric vehicles. There are government grants to do this sort of installation

As the vehicles in question will be used almost exclusively  ’Off Site’,  if the facility is provided to charge these vehicles and the power is provided at no extra charge to the user, then other members will be subsidising the users ‘Off Site’ activities. 

I simply do not think that the CC (its member) can afford to entertain such Nonsense.    

Refueling an electric vehicle with the Club's electricity does seem to be in the same class of activity as helping oneself to  toilet rolls and soap from the toilets.

I disagree that the CC should provide charging stations for Electric vehicles. 

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K 

Perhaps they could install a diesel pump adjacent to it for fueling my car 

I assume that if CC allow electric vehicles to be recharged at no cost then the rest of us will be given vouchers for the nearest service station to allow us to obtain the equivalent amount of petrol/diesel free of charge. 

Edit: Cross posted, Dave. 

Hmm.....there's a chap up the road from us somewhere with a Renault Twizy, I see him gliding past in it every now & again.

I've looked at it and thought it would be ideal to take on a small trailer behind my motorhome.....

I could soon lash up a 13A plug onto the end of the charging lead and plug it into a socket in the van....

Obviously I could then charge it up with the free electricity at a club site. Why not, I don't have an awning heater...??

I would also make sure it was fully charged before i took it home.

If there isnt someone doing this somewhere soon, or already, I will be very surprised, take a look at the price of secondhand twizies on Ebay !

I think the Club will need a policy and of course a fresh set of rules around it pretty soon.....