Jul 10, 2024 | Energy, Savings
Back in 2022, as the world was recovering from Covid, little did we know we were about to face soaring inflation and energy prices. Our decision to purchase these Digital TRVs from Hive wasn’t based on these factors, but ironically, they played a significant role in...
Jan 16, 2023 | Electric Car, Kona, Mii, Savings, Solar
2022, well, what a year it was…. We’ve had some whacky things happen to the country and the world this year, let alone the energy price chaos that we have still. The guidance from OfGem is that the first quarter of 2023 will see a Price Cap increase to a level of...
Mar 1, 2021 | Electric Car, Savings, VW eGolf
So, it’s been a whole year owning and driving an electric vehicle and here are some stats for you. In the year (pre-COVID-19) I travelled circa 12,000 miles in the year with my previous BMW X3 with a consumption of 37MPG my fuel usage was 1,474 Litres and at a cost of...
Jan 22, 2021 | Electric Car, Savings, Solar
So… some number crunching of costs for the last 12 months in relation to our EV cars and Solar setup. It’s a bit difficult to fully comprehend by just a few notes here, and to give exact savings figures, but here are the stats from the year of 2 x EV motoring, and our...
May 1, 2020 | Electric Car, Savings, VW eGolf
Back in early 2020 when the world was upside down with the Pandemic, we were in a unique situation where there was more energy on the grid than was needed. Due to being on a variable tariff known as ‘Agile’ at the time from Octopus Energy, there were times...
