That’s all very useful but hasn’t answered my actual question.
One that I’ve seen, will deliver 1200W into a dedicated socket. Note, I don’t actually want to go this route but I am curious.
A plug in autoconsommation system of 3kWc or below does not require CONSUEL, but if you are reselling power then it does.
Any system that is hard wired &/or has battery storage does also require CONSUEL.
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Thanks. It looks like some advertisers are being a bit naughty by saying that their plugin batteries don’t need Consuel.
Advertising and naughty, who’d have thought it 
My new abode in Germany is a new build fossil-energy-free block of flats, we’ve been offered (the 10 owners) a deal on chargers in our garage, they’ll end up being between 500 and 600€ all-in which seems like a good deal to me. After driving only diesel cars all my life so far I now have a hybrid and my next vehicle will be fully electric I think.
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I went from diesel to EV in 2023 and never going back .. . Was in Rennes this summer hiding from the heat in a Library Cultural Space including Museum . Adjacent to which were plenty of modern high rise blocks of flats and obviously negligible opportunity for home charging . However we parked in a vast underground new carpark which seemed to have lots of lower speed chargers along every perimeter wall..That’s the way way to do it…
Building materials? Because I’m assuming the construction wasn’t done by hand 
? Anyway, that’s great !
Same here, but right now no model really suits me, so I’m procrastinating !
What are you not finding that you’re looking for, Juliet?
Small in size but with great battery life, and without those annoying driver-assistance features that you have to turn off every time you start the car 
Any suggestion is welcome 
Lots of the ADAS are compulsory now. Some might give more or fewer false alarms, but you won’t totally get away from them now.
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That’s not going to work as every new car has those now, not just EVs.
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Sadly it’s not possible to buy a conventional car made in the last few years without those driving aids.
They are only annoying until you get used to them then they become indispensable. They are not just a whim of marketing. A huge amount of research goes into them.
Like the white line detection system in my BMW that cannot tell the difference between wear marks on country roads and white lines, sometimes trying to pull the wheel out of my hands and steer me into the hedge. It’s dangerous, no other word for it. Damned, sodding dangerous.
Beeping is fine, this is not.
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I’ve had a couple of BMWs as courtesy cars when my mini has been in for servicing. As you say it’s bloody dangerous. I hope there’s a way to turn it off because I’ll probably be getting another car in the next 6 months or so. No doubt it will have a similar booby trap.
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@Franglais @Ancient_Mariner @JohnH
I know full well that these “assist features,” just like the screens, come standard. But I want to be able to disable some of them once and for all, not every time I start the car ! I also want real buttons, not just digital controls on a screen. I’m waiting for the new VW ID 3 Neo, which might be just what I need…
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Nope, that doesn’t work either unfortunately. The rules are the same for all cars, not just EVs
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It’s doable, but a bit tricky!
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They “come standard” by law, not by an unwritten convention. All EU vehucles must have them, and that includes how they operate.
I suspect in the future the ability to turn them off may become harder and harder.
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