It seems "odd" that the Government Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) only provides funding after you have purchased an EV - what are you supposed to do between going out and buying an EV and getting a charging point fitted
Mine was fitted in about 4-5 days although was probably fairly lucky and should have booked it in sooner, before collecting the car. Picked up my car on the Monday, contacted Ohme either Monday evening or Tuesday and was fitted on the Sat.
I suppose you could use the grant to have one fitted and charge others, without having owning a vehicle yourself, which wouldn't be acceptable.
Tbh, just an opinion, but I think the government should stop the grant. I suspect a high % of the time it's just extra cash being pocketed anyway, or a portion of it just an over-charge
. Some have bought an Ohme from somewhere (Amz maybe?) and got a local electrician to fit it for less than what I paid with a grant from one of Ohme's partners. Without a grant it would have been close to £1k which seems absurd. Without government funding maybe the pricing would be more competitive. I've seen Ohme units for £515-579 retail which I assume is without the grant as that applies to the fitting I believe. Took the electrician about an hour to fit mine. So lets say £100 labour + PEN protection unit. I paid £670 inc grant which should be doable without the grant tbh.