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Related: About this forumE-car chargers will turn off to prevent blackouts
Nicholas Hellen, Transport Editor
Sunday September 12 2021, 12.01am BST,
The Sunday Times
Electric car charging points in peoples homes will be preset to switch off for nine hours each weekday at times of peak demand because ministers fear blackouts on the National Grid.
Under regulations that will come into force in May, new chargers in the home and workplace will be automatically set not to function from 8am to 11am and 4pm to 10pm. Public chargers and rapid chargers, on motorways and A-roads, will be exempt.
Under regulations that will come into force in May, new chargers in the home and workplace will be automatically set not to function from 8am to 11am and 4pm to 10pm. Public chargers and rapid chargers, on motorways and A-roads, will be exempt.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e-car-chargers-will-turn-off-to-prevent-blackouts-jnm2m86pz
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E-car chargers will turn off to prevent blackouts (Original Post)
TallJohn
Sep 2021
OP
My bad. My reading skills could use an upgrade. Never mind the iOS. Anyway,
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2021
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RainCaster
(10,815 posts)1. so charging while at work is disabled
Not well thought out, IMO.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,283 posts)2. At home.
Electric car charging points in peoples homes will be preset to switch off ...
RainCaster
(10,815 posts)3. ...and workplace
Under regulations that will come into force in May, new chargers in the home and workplace will be automatically set not to function from 8am to 11am and 4pm to 10pm.
I still think this idea is broken. Without being able to charge at work, the UK government will hamstring the adoption of EVs.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,283 posts)4. My bad. My reading skills could use an upgrade. Never mind the iOS. Anyway,
you've got five hours from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. where the chargers won't be shut off. Is that enough (I don't know)?
IbogaProject
(2,778 posts)5. It isn't a permanent change
It isn't a permanent change, it is most likely just until the utility capacity best matches the anticipated demand. and 4 or 5 hours miday should be plenty to top off after a morning commute.
TallJohn
(27 posts)6. Oh, I didn't see that.
When do they say it should be rectified?