{"id":20797,"date":"2025-11-10T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/charging-an-electric-car-at-home-what-kit-do-you-need-and-what-is-the-cost\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:37:23","slug":"charging-an-electric-car-at-home-what-kit-do-you-need-and-what-is-the-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/charging-an-electric-car-at-home-what-kit-do-you-need-and-what-is-the-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Charging an electric car at home: what kit do you need and what is the cost?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Installing a dedicated charger is good option \u2013 so too is switching to an EV tariff and charging at night or smartly<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2025\/nov\/08\/electric-cars-leasing-used-ev-secondhand\"><strong>Could leasing a used electric car help you afford one?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you buy an electric vehicle you need to think about how you will charge it at home.<strong> <\/strong>The two main things you will need are a charger and a smart meter.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2025\/nov\/10\/charging-electric-vehicle-at-home-kit-cost\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/612ec0dc5cded6408f77cfc80cf462cc7b5a152b\/244_0_3820_3056\/master\/3820.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=eb6f3fce472ad4f254b13a3809b7ecc6\" title=\"Charging an electric car at home: what kit do you need and what is the cost?\" \/>Installing a dedicated charger is good option \u2013 so too is switching to an EV tariff and charging at night or smartly<br \/>\nCould leasing a used electric car help you afford one?<br \/>\nWhen you buy an electric vehicle you need to think about how you will charge it at home. The two main things you will need are a charger and a smart meter. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Installing a dedicated charger is good option \u2013 so too is switching to an EV tariff and charging at night or smartly Could leasing a used electric car help you afford one? When you buy an electric vehicle you need to think about how you will charge it at home. The two main things you &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/charging-an-electric-car-at-home-what-kit-do-you-need-and-what-is-the-cost\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Charging an electric car at home: what kit do you need and what is the cost?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20797"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}