billing for the charging of an electric car

[Boris280]

Hello everyone,

we are considering installing a wallbox so that guests can charge their electric car. The problem is that both the wallbox (1500 EUR) and the charging are relatively expensive. Assuming that electricity costs about 5 EUR / 100 km and that people drive a lot or fill up on arrival, it could easily cost 50 EUR. If I work with a flat rate, guests who don't have an electric car or don't fill up much are at a disadvantage and they might not book with me.

I thought about installing a consumption meter and billing the consumption and having them pay at the end. But I don't always do a handover at the end, because I'm often not there. And I think the nice thing about Airbnb is that you don't have to confront the guests personally with a demand for money. Does anyone have any ideas or is there already a best practice?

Thanks

[Pablo629]

Dear @Boris280  maybe having a home "gas station"/electric station is so different from hosting. It has its own problems and considerations, billing, earnings, There are rate for domestic consumers with certain limits of consumption. An instant billing could be the best, but with higher cost of implementation, maintenance and taxes than you spect.

Best regards from Bolivia. 

[Bob297]

@Boris280You could use an honorary system. Let the guest make a picture of the meter when he leaves

[Noemi59]

I found this. “As the owner of a charging box, it is possible to let others charge while you are not using your charging box. The charging box can be made visible on an app with which you control your own kW / h price. If the charging box is equipped with OCPP, there is this possibility.”

[Aaron863]

Most drivers of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—which include all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)—charge their vehicles overnight at home using AC Level 1 or AC Level 2 charging equipment.

[Aaron863]

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@Aaron863 wrote:

Most drivers of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs)—which include all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs)—charge their vehicles overnight at home using AC Level 1 or AC Level 2 charging equipment.

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Thanks For Guiding....mcdvoice

[Yu37]

Get a coin insert  box and hook it up to your wallcharger 

[Carol6704]

I'm in the same predicament and unsure whether the outlay will bring in more guests. Airbnb tell me I can claim any additional payment for charging a vehicle through the Resolution Centre. Has anyone done this? Is it off-putting?

[Larry408]

EV (electric vehicle) is here to stay, so what choices are there, costs and liability.

If you have an EV charger installed by a company that runs the charging for you they will advertise your charge point and anyone can use the charge point occupying your parking spaces. So not a good choice for Airbnb.

Privately installing an EV point with an off switch inside the property provides some control.

You have the cost of installation to an external point close to a parking.

Advantage of an installed EV plug is no cable running from a three pin plug point inside the property by extension lead out a window/door that all electric car drivers carry.

The external EV plug can be switched off so you don't end up having a 'free' charging point for the neighbourhood. This type of installed EV plug draws electricity faster than that from a three pin plug. Faster charging is the same cost of a slow charge for the same amount of battery charge. 

Remember that a guest arriving at 4pm, charging from a 3 pin plug in the house until 10am the next day is 18 hours. A UK home plug will provide about 9 miles charge per hour. UK costs 2.3 kWh x 18 hours at £0.24 per kWh = £9.94. 

Given that a guest will not EV charge everyday and by adding £2.50 to each nights accommodation the cost of the EV charging is covered by a 4 night stay. Not every guest will EV charge nor use £10.00 of electricity for an EV.

The three pin plug extension lead used by a driver of an EV has a 'limiter' for how much electricity it can draw in an hour, so as not to overload a house wiring system. 1st safety.

The EV extention lead if it gets too hot the car will stop charging. 2nd safety.

Airbnb hosts are not EV experts and in most cases we will never see the state or specifications of the extension cable being used.

If a guest does not tell you they have an electric vehicle and want to charge, how would we know?

Maybe in the house rules highlight EV charging is at guests own risk and that the Host and property accepts no liability for their EV charging.

Not sure what liability a host takes on when they provide an EV plug point nor how this affects the property and guest insurance cover?