If you don’t have private parking, an EV may still be a practical option for you particularly if you have charge points available at your place of work or if you have a public charger near to your home.

The biggest benefit of public charging stations is their flexibility.

No matter where you, your employee, or your fleet may be, you will still be able to charge your vehicle as you need.

You can access rapid charge points, find the cheapest charging point near to you, or preemptively find a charge point to leave your car at while you wander around town.

Most EVs and EV chargers in the UK are compatible. But for non-rapid charging you will usually have to supply your own cable, which comes with and is stored inside the vehicle.

For non-rapid charging, EVs available in the UK will either have the above Type 1 inlet socket or Type 2 inlet socket.

Luckily your EV will be supplied with a cable that has the plug it requires, and at the infrastructure (charger) end, the cables are all compatible.

If you have an EV you will know – from your dealer, lease company, handbook etc – what type of charging ports it has.

E-Vision can be filtered by connector type, EV type or charging speed and it tells you if there are any reported problems with a charger.