Charging electric cars on Club sites.

cariadon replied on 19/12/2017 12:02

Posted on 19/12/2017 12:02

With the government wanting all cars to be electric in years to come and some MHers have them as runarounds how do you think the club should address the issue, This is NOT a thread against electric cars.

Do you think the club should change the bollard to accommodate the second connection, have a designated charging area and should the charging bollard be metered so you pay as you use, or the cost added to pitch fee, or any other suggestion.

replied on 01/01/2018 11:26

Posted on 01/01/2018 11:10 by Metheven

I prefer a driving job because the experience of coping with varying traffic conditions is useful to me, especially as I rely on having the necessary driving skills because of using my caravan all the year round and having to tow it between sites fairly frequently.

I'm sure I read somewhere your driving skills kerbed the car in fog causing premature wear of the tyres due to wheel misalignment undecided Maybe driving inappropriately in poor conditions, or reading the delivery address maybe.

Whatever, I believe all you tell me even if it does change from page to page laughing

Posted on 01/01/2018 11:26

I touched the kerb on a winding narrow country lane early hours this morning. Obviously I am not suited to pizza deliveries.

Rocky 2 buckets replied on 01/01/2018 11:27

Posted on 01/01/2018 10:46 by JVB66

Your posts get more bizarre by the daycool

Posted on 01/01/2018 11:27

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. More irony, love it JV👍🏻

replied on 01/01/2018 11:32

Posted on 01/01/2018 10:25 by cariadon

Don't think it's a problem, if you read back over several posts,, Tesco would not increase my limit on part time work wages.

Posted on 01/01/2018 11:32

My Pizza Hut pay is a part-time wage but not a part-time overall income. I get a State pension on top which is more than what Pizza Hut pay me and I have two other pensions, a works pension from the Civil Service and a private pension from Scottish Widows in addition to other pensions that I have cashed in as lump sums. Furthermore, I pay income tax which indicates an income higher than my personal allowances!

Tinwheeler replied on 01/01/2018 11:59

Posted on 01/01/2018 11:59

Whoops, I thought I was in the thread about charging EVs on site but I seem to have wandered into the Malc thread in GC. surprised

Cornersteady replied on 01/01/2018 12:00

Posted on 01/01/2018 10:29 by cariadon

Another question we need to ask the club is regarding charging business vehicles on site. I can understand them not charging for now EV used for leisure purposes, but what about people who stay on site and use their vehicles for business purposes, should they pay.

Posted on 01/01/2018 12:00

An interesting point, well according to the rules you (or one) is not allowed to use club sites for business purposes, of course (as discussed before quite a bit) who knows what you do with you car when you drive out of the site?

Cornersteady replied on 01/01/2018 12:08

Posted on 01/01/2018 12:08

Now that I'm slowly coming out of 'under the influence' of last night, here's a thought. At the moment there is no plug in towcar? is that correct? there is a hybrid towcar but is it plug in or regenerative braking?

So (mostly) if you are a caravaner the car needing charging on your pitch will be the extra second car there at that means you'll have to pay £2 per night to keep on your pitch which could be thought of as 'paying' for the extra electricity?

So is it more likely that the extra car will be from a motor home?

However if you are a motor homer then the car requiring charging incurs no extra charge, is that fair?

Please as I have posted many times I am not bothered what you have and what is pitched next to me, that's your choice to suit your needs, so I am not trying to start a caravan v MH, just posting some questions. 

replied on 01/01/2018 12:17

Posted on 01/01/2018 12:00 by Cornersteady

An interesting point, well according to the rules you (or one) is not allowed to use club sites for business purposes, of course (as discussed before quite a bit) who knows what you do with you car when you drive out of the site?

Posted on 01/01/2018 12:17

I used to go to work from home. That did not mean that my home was being used for business purposes

replied on 01/01/2018 16:05

Posted on 01/01/2018 16:05

Exactly, EasyT.

Corners, the site is not being used for business purposes by me because the business premises belongs to Pizza Hut which operate from their own business shop address in Lancing. I have to clock in there at the start of my shift and cannot return to the club site until I have clocked out on completion of my shift. Once I have clocked out, the time becomes my leisure time because I am no longer on duty at work.

The Club understands that many members have a job to go to and need the income from work to pay their site fees and have no objection to such a way of life.  If they were to forbid working people from using club sites, their revenue from pitch sales would drop substantially. 

As Inhave said before, I only park one of my cars on the site because I use the towcar sto tow the caravan to the site and then return the towcar to the home address to swap it over for the Smart car that I use when no towing is needed.

Alex Cassells replied on 01/01/2018 19:44

Posted on 01/01/2018 19:44

Hi Cornersteady, we tow with an Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV a hybrid. It is both plug in and regen braking. However when towing it mostly runs on the 2.2 petrol engine. The battery range when towing is around 20 miles, when solo just over 30 miles. Hope that helps, Cheers, Alex.

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