Ikr 
The finance company seems rather picky saying that it has to be a postal version rather than an online banking version 
All good though because the Monzo team have sent out a physical statement and HSBC too 
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Excellent.
Now the waiting will be both excruciating and delicious 
Definitely haha, can’t wait! Think I’ve watched about every YouTube video on the Leaf 
Have you signed up to a Leaf forum or joined the https://m.facebook.com/nissanleafukowners/?locale2=en_GB
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Already on that group! Also on the electric vehicle owners UK one haha
We may have a clue as to how chargers will monetise our visits to a site.
BP Polar are subsidising coffee, no doubt in the hope that they can sell us a cake 
worst part of this is the price gouging which is going to follow… motorway services are already ludicrously expensive; as soon as they realise electric car drivers will be there for longer… 
No reason for them to be there for more time than anyone else that chooses to stop for a meal etc.
If you are stopping to refuel an ICE vehicle you are stationary 5 minutes, if you are stopping to refuel an EV you will likely be stationary 30 minutes min (depending on all the factors). This makes you a captive audience, and not necesarily someone who was going to stop for a meal or other break.
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The Tesla Supercharger V3 can charge at a rate of 250kW which can roughly add 75 miles in 5 minutes. I personally think the future will see less charging at service stations as battery capacity increases together with the rate of charging.
Service stations will be used for hydrogen cars instead which takes the same amount of time to refill as an ICE car. The new petrol and diesel will be hydrogen and electric.
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At some point in the future some Service Stations, presently I think their are two, will provide hydrogen but in the meantime both BP and Shell are rolling out ultra fast chargers across their respective estates.
BP say:
" In August 2019 BP Chargemaster powered up its first 150kW ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers on a BP retail site, the first in a planned network of ultra-fast charging infrastructure”
There is a general misconception that electric car drivers have to "fill up”.
It is more a case of top up and if I were to use one of the 150kW ultra fast chargers on a BP site the subsidised coffee offer detailed above would be something I would take advantage of whilst I spent 10 minutes there. In that time my car would have increased its range by around 120 miles.
It should be kept in mind that the average car journey for around 90% of motorists is less than twenty miles.
If I were to undertake a long journey, going on holiday for example, I would spend a little time planning the journey on an App so that any recharge I make would coincide with a convenient rest break location.
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The plug in car grant has been extended as well as luxury car tax for EV’s being scrapped which is great news.
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“Another significant Budget 2020 measure sees cars that qualify for the PiCG – i.e. all purely electric cars – exempted from the usual £320 road-tax surcharge on cars with a list price of over £40,000.“
"Price of OVER £40,000”
Is that right ?
Yep - I’ve also just realised they’ve slashed the grant from £3,500 to £3,000!
Glad I got my Leaf ordered!
Vehicles with a list price of more than £40,000
You have to pay an extra £320 a year if you have a car or motorhome with a ‘list price’ (the published price before any discounts) of more than £40,000.
You only have to pay this rate for 5 years (from the second time the vehicle is taxed).
This will be exempted for EVs.
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It’s been a while coming but I finally have a collection date for my Leaf - next Saturday!
So excited
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Two days to go then 
Which colour did you go for ?
Relief is on the way for flat dwellers all over the country.
An “electric avenue” has been developed where lampposts have been converted into chargers for battery-powered cars.
In what is thought to be the first of its kind, a street in the capital has been transformed into a hub for the vehicles to promote their use in residential areas. Twenty-four lampposts over a half-mile stretch of Sutherland Avenue in Maida Vale, northwest London, have been converted to contain chargepoints, allowing residents without driveways to power up electric vehicles overnight.
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Whilst that would be a great solution for people who don’t have off street parking. It begs the question, unless locked into position, how many of these will be stolen for a laugh, to sell on etc ?
I was going to say the same. A big roll of cable left like that is asking to be vandalised / stolen - not from me of course but it absolutely would in a lot of areas especially at night.
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