20+ Years Experience
Specialist Electric Vehicle Chargers
Electric vehicle charging points are an important part of using any electric vehicle on a regular basis. Without a charge point, it becomes almost impossible to keep your electric car topped up and ready to use, especially if you tend to drain it through daily usage.
Of course, not all electric car charging points are made equal, and some are designed for specific kinds of electric vehicles. Whether you are looking for versatile workplace EV chargers or a home charging point that suits a specific electric vehicle model, it is important to find a charging point that works for you.
We at The Electric Car Chargers know how to find the right electric vehicle charging points to suit your needs and requirements. Zero-emission vehicles can be an incredibly practical option, but only if you have the right tools and charging options to keep them running.
We are a UK specialist electric vehicle charging point seller and installer with a long list of different EV chargers to choose from. We are capable of installing electric car charging points in a variety of locations, finding the perfect spots to serve your charging needs.
The variety of electric car charging points we can offer means that we are able to give you some of the best electric vehicle chargers on the market. Many of our UK EV charging options are suitable for multiple kinds of electric vehicle, although we can also install highly specific charging points as needed.
We aim to make the installation process quick and easy, ensuring that you can get the right electric vehicle charging point exactly when you need it. UK EV drivers already rely heavily on charging points, and our quick work can allow you to charge up your electric vehicle from your UK home with ease.
We can offer all of the best UK electric car charging points on the market from July 2022 onwards, providing quick and easy installations to a high standard of quality and safety. Whatever kind of charging point you need, we can find one that works for you and your vehicle.
Our past work has involved electric vehicle charging station installations with a range of different UK clients, from the smallest UK homes to the largest UK office complexes. We can give you as many chargers as you need, installing them all in the safest and most effective locations for quick electric vehicle charging.
With over twenty years of experience in the UK electric vehicle industry, we have been able to handle everything from workplace EV chargers to simple home power supply charge points. If you need on-demand charging, then we can provide it with minimal delays or issues.
We have earned a range of accreditations for our work, providing chargers for electric cars while also ensuring that we hit the right standards of safety, quality and customer satisfaction.
As professional installers of electric vehicle charging systems, we can service any client across the entire UK. We can work with each client to provide chargers for both new builds and existing buildings.
We can offer multiple kinds of electric vehicle charging points, all providing different levels of electric car charging speed and power. Each charge point can fall into a different niche, and we can help you find the right electric vehicle charging points for your needs.
Type 1 electric car charging points are the dominant option in American and Asian markets, using a 5-pin design and a latch. These are not as safe as type 2 chargers but are still just as usable.
Type 2 electric vehicle charging points are the European market standard, using a 7-pin design and locking pin instead of a latch. These can be more secure due to the locking mechanism and are more suited to UK electric cars in many cases.
CHAdeMO is a fast-charging battery system that uses DC charging for electric vehicles. While this has been phased out in some cases, it is still a valid charge point.
The Combined Charging System is usually the default for modern electric cars, using two extra power contacts. As before, type 1 is mostly for American vehicles and uses a single-phase plug for a speed of 7.4 KW.
Type 2 CSS systems have a triple-phase plug and can charge at up to 43 KW in total.
The commando CEE is mostly used for connecting a vehicle like a caravan to a mains power supply.
Fast chargers provide quicker charging in exchange for more power usage. These are good for electric car charging in a hurry or as workplace EV chargers that might be the charge point for multiple vehicles in a day.
A rapid charge point provides a much more rapid charge speed and is often the fastest available.
Slow chargers are a last-resort charger often used as an emergency way to fill up electric cars. These are very slow, as the name suggests.
Tethered cables are connected to the electric car charging unit permanently. You can plug in cars as normal, but the cable can only plug in cars to that specific unit.
Untethered cables require you to plug in cars and plug the cable into the unit. These can be removed from the unit and stored in the car if needed.
Home charging systems are meant for electric car charging around the home. These let you keep electric vehicles running by charging them at your own pace.
We can install home charging systems as part of new builds or install them in an existing building. They are generally hooked up to the mains supply, with the charger placed somewhere that can reach the street or garage.
We install these chargers to the highest safety standard possible. Direct connection to the mains supply means maximum safety is important, as is placing the unit on a wall that can support it.
These charger units need to be installed near to where you park the car. Both single-phase and non-single-phase models can only reach so far, although extensions are possible for some EV chargers.
These charge point options can be some of the cheapest since they are EV chargers meant for a single vehicle at a casual level. However, some of the EV chargers have higher costs due to extra plug options or additional features.
Some of these EV chargers boast app-controlled features. For example, the Pod Point system has the Pod Point app, letting you control your Pod Point remotely to help reduce costs or use the charge point more effectively.
Commercial EV chargers are usually offered to customers as a paid system, adding on to whatever a business already provides. These need to serve more electric cars but can also pay for themselves through the revenue they earn.
We can install commercial EV chargers on your business premises with ease. A commercial charge point needs to have room for a vehicle to park near it and also needs to be safe to operate without risk of tampering or poor maintenance.
Safety is just as important with commercial charge point units. Businesses may be liable if their EV charge point breaks and harms a customer, especially if an employee accidentally caused a fault in the system.
As a commercial tool, these commercial electric car charging points should be treated as such. This means that they need to be installed in accessible locations that are convenient for customers to use but also need to be protected from any form of damage or vandalism.
Commercial chargers can cost more than home EV chargers since they often need to be more versatile. Since they are not meant for a specific electric car, they might need more EV plug or connection options so that they can supply more kinds of vehicles with power.
Electric car charging points can be a great addition to any workplace, especially workplaces that are already very heavily invested in modern technology. If your workforce uses a lot of EV vehicles (either personal EV cars or company-owned ones), then it can be a very worthwhile addition to your office.
The addition of workplace charging points benefits a lot of your employees, but you need to decide how easy they are to access. Charging technology can be expensive to run, so leaving a charging point out in the open could result in spending more money charging vehicles that do not actually belong to the company.
Safety is paramount here too. Observing maximum safety standards is important in the workplace, and a charge point should be installed in a way that keeps it safe to use in the long term. These charging stations may see frequent use, so they need to be maintained well and checked regularly for faults.
These chargers need to be accessible, but generally only to employees. This could mean having them installed with more locking features, or even having them placed inside enclosed parts of the company car park.
The costs of running workplace EV chargers can be quite high, even if you limit them to specific kinds of connectors. Somebody has to pay for the power being used, and if employees are not, then the business usually needs to eat the cost of the EV charging system.
We can offer electric car charging points from a range of major manufacturers, including such famous names as:
If you are not sure which charger will work with your electric car, then talk with our specialists. We can help you find the right kind of car connectors to make sure that you get a charger that is compatible with your chosen vehicle or a range of vehicles.
See below for a list of the vehicles we charge:
A full charge using a decent electric car charging point will cost around £15, although this depends on everything from the maximum battery charge capacity and models of the vehicles to the connectors you use. It is hard to judge just how much money a single charge will cost.
If you want to save money on your charges, then maximum efficiency is a necessity. Just like a petrol or diesel car, the less you use, the less you have to replace/fill and the more money you can save.
Using a charger at home is one of the cheapest options since you only have to pay when you are actively using it to charge your car. You also get full control over when and how you use it, meaning that you can decide to only charge your EV car during off-peak power hours for a lower cost.
Commercial chargers are often paid, meaning that you can sell the use of them to your customers. As long as the revenue outweighs the costs, you can make money back, allowing your EV car charger to pay for itself. However, this obviously depends on how much power each customer uses and how much electrical power costs at that moment.
Workplace EV chargers can be used in a range of ways, but they often cost a lot more due to the number of people that may use them to charge their cars. If the staff are not paying for the EV car charger power usage, then the business would need to pay for the power instead.
All EV car charger models offer one core benefit – the fact that they can fill a range of EV car models with ease. A proper charge system is safer than trying to rig up a charging system yourself, especially if you use one designed to be compatible with a specific car.
However, those are not the only benefits. The right charger can offer multiple extra major upsides worth chasing.
A dedicated charger can be a lot safer than any other option, and an EV car should ideally always be charged using a proper charging tool. Not using one would be like filling up a diesel car by pouring it into the diesel car engine from a great height – doable but risky.
Most EV charging units are compatible with a range of cars. This means that you can get a recharger and potentially use it for multiple cars over its lifetime, especially if they are company cars or short-term lease vehicles.
Being able to control your own charging options can be incredibly useful. Chargers in rental accommodation or apartment blocks can be incredibly useful, and even a home charging point will be cheaper than using a commercial one.
There are a lot of details involved in installing an EV charger, and those details are not always clear. Not every location and situation will be ideal for one, and that is why it is important to rely on experts like us to assist with the installation.
If you have an EV car (or a family/customer base/workforce with a range of EV cars), then installing one can be worth it. However, they obviously will not do anything for petrol or diesel car models, since they can’t provide any petrol fuel.
There might be legal concerns to work over with local authorities, too. For example, you might not be able to install a charging point in rental accommodation until you get permission from the rental accommodation owner.
Charging your car is usually a single-phase process – you plug it in and switch the charging unit on. Some will be more complex, though, so be sure to read any manual or instructions that come with the unit.
A typical car recharger will take less than 8 hours to fully charge your vehicle. However, this can be much lower if you are using a rapid recharger or another fast-charging system.
In the UK, the average cost of a charger install project is somewhere between £800 and £1,500. This is only an estimate that represents the midpoint average of most project costs, though – some will be lower, others will be higher.
Only an experienced (and, often, specially licensed) electrician can install these rechargers correctly. Do not attempt to install it yourself, or you might put yourself in serious danger – contact a team like ours instead.
UK cars have varying rechargers, although the UK is not that broad in charge unit designs – there are usually only a few major ones. The two main things to consider are the connectors: UK vehicles usually either use a car-connector or a power-source-connector.
UK customers should expect four core types of charge systems: two AC and two DC. These can be broken down into faster or slower options, as well as other categories, but a UK EV is going to use one of these four types.
We can offer a huge range of different charging options that can suit your needs, whether you are a homeowner that has swapped out their petrol vehicle for an electric alternative or a business owner who wants to keep customers and employees topped up with power.
If you want to know more about what we offer, then contact us to get in touch with our experts. We can service anybody in the UK, staying in close contact through phone or email messages as well as in-person visits before the installation.
UK customers can expect us to get to work straight away. Our trading style is all about giving our UK clients the best results we can, and it is a trading style that we have never stepped away from.
Make sure you contact us today for a number of great EV chargers.
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