A home charge point typically costs between £800 to £1,500. This price depends on which home charger installer you choose and the choice of charge model you opt for.

In April 2022 the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) which provided grants for home charger installation closed. However, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles has announced that a similar scheme is available for people that live in flats or currently rent their home. Just like the previous scheme, the Government will contribute up to £350 of the cost for one chargepoint and its installation.

In a further stipulation, OZEV states that a qualifying electric vehicle must also have dedicated off-street parking at their property.

Therefore, if you qualify for the new grant this will significantly bring the cost down.

The power used by EVs is measured in kilowatts, which is the same unit your electricity is measured in. Electric car batteries have a capacity which typically ranges from around 17 kWh (kilowatt hours), like you’ll see in the Smart ForTwo EQ, all the way up to 100kWh and beyond, as with the Tesla Model S Ludicrous Performance.

To work out how long it takes to charge an EV from zero to 100%, all you have to do is divide the battery capacity by the speed of charging. Home charge points typically offer speeds of 7kW, although it’s possible to get slower and faster ones. This gives you the amount of power a full charge consumes.

To work out the cost of a full charge, all you have to do is multiply how much you pay for electricity by the capacity of your car’s battery. Plenty of energy companies offer tariffs aimed at EV drivers which cost just 5p per kW at off-peak times, while more and more are able to deliver renewable energy to your home.

To give you an idea of how long and how much it costs to charge different electric cars, we’ve put together a handy table below, and although EV friendly tariffs can offer 5p per kW energy rates we’ve based the information below on a more average electricity cost of 14p per kW :