Charging at home
The most convenient and cost-effective way to charge your electric car is at home. You can get one if you have off-street parking, like a driveway or garage.
You’ll need to have off-street parking next to your home, like a driveway or garage. You’ll also need permission if you do not own your home. Or it’s a freehold flat or a leasehold.
You can make sure your chargepoint is installed somewhere that gives you enough space to move around and plug in. Your chargepoint installer will guide you and answer your questions.
If this is your first fully electric car on the Motability Scheme, we’ll arrange and cover the cost of a home chargepoint and a standard installation.
You’ll need to pay if you’ve had a fully electric car on the Scheme before, or you need a non-standard installation.
After we’ve approved your car application, we’ll allocate you to one of our chargepoint providers. They’ll contact you and arrange to send someone out to install a chargepoint.
Generally, the installation can take up to two hours. If it’s more complicated, it could take up to five hours.
It’s a home chargepoint installation where more work is needed. You might need a non-standard installation if:
Your parking space is not directly next to your home
Your charging unit needs to be mounted on something other than your home, like a post. Your home chargepoint can only be installed on a permanent structure
The cable route from your meter or unit is longer than 15 metres
The chargepoint provider needs to drill through more than one wall for the cable route
Your electrical equipment needs to be upgraded
You'll have to pay extra if you need one of these.
Your tariff will affect how much you pay. We’ve given you a rough idea of what you can expect, depending on your tariff, and how it compares to petrol and diesel.
Car | Cost to charge | Cost per mile | Cost per mile (Petrol and diesel equivalents) |
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Small electric car (42 kWh battery) | £14.28 | £0.08 | £0.13 |
Medium electric car (50 kWh battery) | £17.00 | £0.08 | £0.15 |
Large electric car (65 kWh battery) | £22.10 | £0.10 | £0.17 |
Car | Cost to charge | Cost per mile | Cost per mile (Petrol and diesel equivalents) |
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Small electric car (42 kWh battery) | £4.20 | £0.02 | £0.13 |
Medium electric car (50 kWh battery) | £5.00 | £0.02 | £0.15 |
Large electric car (65 kWh battery) | £6.50 | £0.03 | £0.17 |
Speak to your current provider: ask them about the tariff in your local area before you get a home chargepoint
We understand there will be times when you’ll need to charge away from home, like when you’re on a long distance trip.
That’s not a problem, as you can still use the public charging network.
As part of your worry-free package, we’ll also give you our Motability Go Charge card. This lets you charge simply, at over 45,000 chargepoints. You’ll never pay more than the chargepoint operator’s ‘pay as you go’ tariff.
See if an electric car is right for you: check if there are chargepoints near you and on your usual routes.
You’ll need off-street parking, and permission to fit a chargepoint if you do not own your home
You’ll need to pay extra if you need a non-standard installation
Charging costs will vary, depending on the tariff you choose