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Hi everyone, I'm planning on purchasing a 2018 Renault Zoe R110 with a 40 kWh battery sometime this week. I plan on buying a "granny cable" right away since the Zoe doesn't come with one, and using that while I research home charging station options. The more I read online, however, the more I wonder how necessary a home charger is for my use case. The Zoe will be my commuter car - roughly 25 miles roundtrip each day. The 40 kWh battery should easily last all week, and I was planning on charging it over the weekend, hoping for sunny skies since I have a decent array of solar panels on the roof. It'll be parked in a garage with easy access to a dedicated plug. If I want to take a longer trip I will keep it charged overnight. My thinking is that since I'm only driving ~25 miles per day, even a 13a standard UK plug won't take that long to top it off during the week if I want to keep it at 100%, and for longer family trips we'll likely take our petrol Qashqai anyway. Plus, we are renting at the moment, and though we have a great relationship with our landlords I'm wary of paying to install anything I'd have to pay to uninstall when we leave...
So is there something I am missing? Do I really need a home charging station?
So is there something I am missing? Do I really need a home charging station?