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If you have a home EV charger, do you have more than one electric car?

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lotsofpostandnowheretostamp · 28/09/2025 08:46

We have 1 EV and one petrol car, 2 cars definitely needed to travel to 2 different jobs.
Weve only had the EV and charger under a year, but I constantly think it makes sense now for both cars to be electric, yet money doesn’t stretch that far for us right now.

Might be a silly question, but so others only have 1 EV still?

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BadActingParsley · 28/09/2025 10:23

We’ve just bought an electric, sold my older petrol car and I’ve inherited dhs newer petrol. To be honest I think we’ll stick with a ev and a petrol for a while as we do quite a lot of long distance travelling including ferry trips to Lake District and Scotland and petrol just seems easier for that.

YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 28/09/2025 11:11

I charge my car probably once a week maybe twice, one charger would definitely be enough for two cars. So it totally depends how you use it? If your one ev is normally constantly plugged in you might have an issue, what's your charging pattern like?

Unless that wasn't actually the question...?! We always had one of each because the infrastructure isn't quite good enough for me to feel comfortable on really long journeys, especially if the destination is remote.

Imdunfer · 08/03/2026 08:44

Wrong thread!

Comedycook · 08/03/2026 08:46

Exactly the same situation...we have one electric and one petrol car. A charger attached to our house. When we get a new car, we will most probably get another electric

Ionacat · 08/03/2026 08:49

We’ve now got two electrics and one charger. We did have one of each, but then the petrol car got written off and we could get a much better electric second hand car for the money than petrol so went with it.
DH works from home or short commute so we have a short range one and then our main car is a longer range one, both don’t need charging every night. If both need charging then, the short range one gets put onto trickle charge.

ThatGreenFawn · 08/03/2026 08:49

We have 2 EV. We just takes it in turns to charge on the drive. They dont need charging every night so it works.

Randomchat · 08/03/2026 08:50

We have 2 electric cars and one charger. We don't ever really charge more than twice a week so it's never a problem. I can only really think of one time both cars were really low at the same time so I charged one at the rapid charger at the supermarket. It wasn't a problem.

feliciabirthgiver · 08/03/2026 08:50

Yes 2 cars, 1 charger and no probs in sharing.

Comedycook · 08/03/2026 09:02

Oh and we only charge our electric car once a week despite driving it every day.

My only concern with having two electric cars is what happens when we have a long journey...I don't want to sit around in car parks or service stations charging for ages

Nineandahalf · 08/03/2026 09:09

We have 3 EVs, one charger and one 'granny charger'. I have the longest commute so charge mine daily and the other two are trickle charged each night.

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