E-car chargers will turn off to prevent blackouts

[TallJohn]

Nicholas Hellen, Transport Editor
Sunday September 12 2021, 12.01am BST,

The Sunday Times

Electric car charging points in people’s homes will be preset to switch off for nine hours each weekday at times of peak demand because ministers fear blackouts on the National Grid.

Under regulations that will come into force in May, new chargers in the home and workplace will be automatically set not to function from 8am to 11am and 4pm to 10pm. Public chargers and rapid chargers, on motorways and A-roads, will be exempt.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e-car-chargers-will-turn-off-to-prevent-blackouts-jnm2m86pz

[RainCaster]

1. so charging while at work is disabled

Not well thought out, IMO.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. At home.

Electric car charging points in people’s homes will be preset to switch off ...

[RainCaster]

3. ...and workplace

Under regulations that will come into force in May, new chargers in the home and workplace will be automatically set not to function from 8am to 11am and 4pm to 10pm.

I still think this idea is broken. Without being able to charge at work, the UK government will hamstring the adoption of EVs.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. My bad. My reading skills could use an upgrade. Never mind the iOS. Anyway,

you've got five hours from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. where the chargers won't be shut off. Is that enough (I don't know)?

[IbogaProject]

5. It isn't a permanent change

It isn't a permanent change, it is most likely just until the utility capacity best matches the anticipated demand. and 4 or 5 hours miday should be plenty to top off after a morning commute.

[TallJohn]

6. Oh, I didn't see that.

When do they say it should be rectified?