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Charge at home. Pay the right price.

Three Pin explains home EV charging the way a good electrician explains a job: plain numbers, named sources, no upsell. Costs, tariffs, chargers, grants and charging without a driveway, checked against gov.uk, Ofgem and the suppliers.

Start with the costs

Fig. 1 / The cheapest forecourt is your own wall

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5 topic hubs

01 / Costs and tariffs

What a full battery really costs, and how to pay less for it.

Charging at home is the cheapest way to run an EV, but the gap between the best and worst tariff is wider than most people realise.

02 / Installation

What fitting a chargepoint costs, and what happens on the day.

A standard installation takes half a day and involves more paperwork than plumbing.

03 / Home chargepoints

Choosing the box on the wall, without the marketing.

Every 7kW chargepoint charges at the same speed, so the differences are in the cable, the app and the price.

04 / No driveway?

Charging at home when you park on the street.

Roughly a third of UK households have no off-street parking, and running a cable across the pavement is not the answer.

05 / Speeds and cables

How long a charge really takes, and which cable does it.

Charging time is simple division: battery size over charger power, plus a bit for the car being fussy near full.

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