ElectraMile Editorial

Ultra-rapid charging sites keep getting bigger

Multi-bay hubs are replacing single units at motorway sites. Bay count matters more to you than headline power.

Charging network pricing moves again

Rapid rates continue to move with wholesale energy. The spread between the cheapest and dearest network is wider than most drivers assume.

Ofgem moves the price cap — what it means for EV drivers

Standard-rate home charging shifts slightly. Dedicated off-peak EV tariffs sit outside the cap and are unaffected.

Buying an EV without a driveway: is it worth it?

Sometimes yes, sometimes genuinely not. It depends almost entirely on your mileage and what charging you can reach.

The £7 fill-up, and why most drivers never get it

An off-peak tariff turns a full charge into about £6 of electricity. The same charge on a motorway rapid costs nearly ten times that. Almost nothing about the car changes the answer.

UK public chargepoints pass a new milestone

Connector numbers keep climbing, but the useful figure is rapid connectors per site, not the national total.

The best electric cars under £30,000

The sub-£30k bracket finally has real choice. Which of these hold up once you look past the headline range figure.

Selling an EV: what actually protects the price

Battery evidence is the differentiator. Two identical cars sell for different money when only one can prove its pack is healthy.

Should you buy an EV with a heat pump?

In our winter testing it was the single strongest predictor of how much range a car kept. If you drive through cold winters, treat it as a specification, not an option.

Idle fees explained, and how to never pay one

They look like a penalty and they are, but the thing they penalise is genuinely antisocial. They are also completely avoidable.

CCS, NACS and Type 2 — what actually plugs into what

Three connectors, two continents and a standards migration in progress. What fits your car, and the adapters worth owning.

Off-peak EV tariffs: how to pick one

The cheap overnight rate is funded by a higher daytime one. Whether you win depends on your whole household, not just the car.

Do you need a granny cable?

Charging without a driveway: what actually works

Roughly a third of UK households have no off-street parking. Lamp-post charging, kerbside gullies and the workplace option most drivers overlook.

Best electric cars for families

Boot space and rear-seat width matter more than range. So does whether three child seats actually fit, which no brochure will tell you.

The hidden costs of EV ownership nobody mentions

Not deal-breakers, but they are real, and they rarely appear in the comparison that persuaded you.

EV insurance: why it costs more and what to do

Higher repair costs and a smaller approved repairer network, mostly. Some of it you can influence, some you cannot.

Is home charging cheaper than public charging?

Almost always, and usually by a factor of three to ten. Here is the arithmetic, and the situations where it does not hold.

What happens to your EV bill in winter

Cold weather does not raise the price of electricity. It raises how much of it you need per mile.

Leasing vs buying an EV: which makes sense now

Steep depreciation is the whole argument. It makes leasing safer and buying used far better value than it used to be.

EV vs petrol: what a year actually costs

Fuel is where the gap is largest and clearest. Servicing helps the EV, insurance and depreciation can go the other way.

Why your car says one range and delivers another

The number on the dash is a prediction based on how you have been driving. Change the conditions and the prediction changes with you.

EV charging cables: which one you actually need

Charging two EVs on one home supply

Two cars, one supply. Load balancing is the feature that makes it possible without an expensive upgrade.