There is a bit of a problem with electric vehicles (EVs) at the moment, according to a report from Faircharge and the RAC, as fast and rapid public chargers currently cost more than petrol to ‘fill up’ a car. This is not as terrible as it sounds, as it is still cheaper to fill up your car at home (thanks to the five per cent VAT rather than 20 per cent on home electricity supply). But then there is a second problem â 60 per cent of London homes do not have a driveway to park their car.
And it gets worse. Running a cable from your house to your car is technically illegal without permission from the local council, and some boroughs will happily prosecute those who do not follow the rules. When the Evening Standard contacted inner London boroughs about this, we found differing policies: Islington did not condone the activity but did not enforce any penalty; Hackney “investigates any reports” (and actively encourages people to report their neighbours); while Tower Hamlets “would use our enforcement powers to remove the offending cables”.
