About Us
Why EV Miles Ltd?
Local, professional, fully trained and insured electricians. We are members of the NAPIT competent installers scheme which guarantees all our work and allows us to self certify work under Part P of the building regulations. We are approved OZEV (Office of Zero Emission Vehicles) registered installers of EV charge points.
Who Are We?
EV Miles is an owner operated limited company with two directors, Steve Williams and William Jenkins. Will and Steve are committed to making EV Miles the first choice installer of EV charge points in the Worcester area. We offer a personalised service, unique to each customer, to find the best EV charging solution to meet your requirements.
Steve and Will share a commitment to the role of EV in de-carbonising our transport system, establishing EV Miles in 2019 through a passion for environmental values and low impact living and to promote the uptake of low-carbon technologies in the Worcester area.
Meet the Team
Steve Williams
Electrician & Finance
Steve is a qualified electrician with a background in social enterprise and sustainable development, through which he works with community groups as well as commercial businesses. His projects have included a loan fund to support rural businesses affected by Foot & Mouth and flooding, and a grant scheme to subsidise community renewable energy installations. Steves particular interest in micro-generation recently became a personal reality having installed 22KW of off-grid battery storage on his own house, with both wind and solar power generation and the possibility of adding micro-hydro to the mix. Happy days!
William Jenkins
Electrician
has been a qualified electrical contractor since 2010. Over the last few years he has been electrical contractor on a wide range of domestic and commercial projects. His projects include being electrical contractor to the Grand Designs House in Malvern, installing power to a straw bale house and renovating the lighting to Christchurch, Avenue Rd. Malvern and numerous solar panel (PV) inverter installations. Will is also a gas-safe registered heating engineer with an interest in installing low carbon technologies such as heat pumps and solar thermal. For fuller details please see Solar Homes Malvern When he’s not working, Will is a member of Severn Voices choir, so you might get a bit of Bizet with your circuit breaker.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my install qualify for the £350 government charge point grant?
Probably. For domestic, as long as you have off-street parking, most chargers and cars qualify, including leased and company cars. Phone us for a chat about your EV charging possibilities, if you live within about 10 miles of Malvern, Worcestershire.
I park in the street. Can I have a charger?
Unfortunately not – from us. But local authorities are being encouraged by government to take up grants being provided by the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles, shortened rather excitingly to OZEV. So agitate your local council to get some ORCS! (On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme). If you live in a rural area then call Steve, and he will assist you as this falls under one of his interests – bringing infrastructure to rural areas.
What are the savings of having an electric vehicle?
Well, you save on road tax and on the congestion charges into London and other cities (Birmingham is planning to start one soon.) Electric cars are cheaper to run over their lifetime than petrol or diesel. Special EV tariffs are available from your energy provider to make your night time electricity cheaper, so you can save even more! Electric cars cost less to maintain, having fewer parts, although just like all other vehicles they have to pass their MOT. The EDF energy site has a lot of info in this and is a good starting point – https://www.edfenergy.com/electric-cars
Which are the fastest & quickest car charger?
For domestic charging generally 7.2kW although there are some larger houses with a 3 phase supply where a 22kW 3 phase charger would be possible.
As to the speed of the charging, this depends on what vehicle you have, as they all have different charging capabilities. So, it pays to look at the small print about which chargers your vehicle can use and how long it will take to charge based on the various types of charger.
At full output of about 7kW, you will get about 30mph out of your charger. Quite impressive considering it doesn’t appear to move!
How long will it take to install my charger?
After an initial phone call, we will produce an estimate for you based on the information you give us, and then if you wish to proceed we will arrange with you to visit your home and take a look at the site.
We aim to get from your first phone call to a visit within a week and then once everything is agreed have your charger installed within another week, so generally your charger should be installed within two weeks of your first contact with us. The actual install generally takes between a few hours and a day, depending on the site issues.