The all things EV chat thread

[Imurg]

The work is coming tho..it's the very early stages right now

The cars are best under 50mph so motorways drain it faster

Round town there much better so can go further so ironically the small journey people will be fine and those are the highest polluters anyways with trips where the engine isn't warm etc etc

For example though if I decide I'm going Tesco and take the car.. I can plug in get free 90 mins whilst I shop there and it tops it up a bit


I will say though if I didn't have off street parking I 100% wouldn't consider one.

Yeah, I ca see its getting there but they have a long way to go.
All depends on your circumstances what works and what doesn't.
Getting around the issue of changing on the street is going to be the biggest challenge.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I'm not ready for an electric car yet but I do have shares in 2 EV manufacturers as I believe they are the future.

 

[PJ87]

Yeah, I ca see its getting there but they have a long way to go.
All depends on your circumstances what works and what doesn't.
Getting around the issue of changing on the street is going to be the biggest challenge.

Charging at work would be great and in lamposts

All car parks should have to provide them. To all bays

Thing is there is so much more time they people realise

We have 9 years left until new car ban

14 until the hyrbid ban

But only new .. still can buy your 10 year old cars in 2039 and so on which will last ages

And in 2029 how will electric cars look? 9 years ago what was the range compared to now? So much time

 

[Ethan]

Well it’s like this
Picked it up from Coventry and it said 177 miles range
Drove to Aylesbury which is 65 miles and it said 60 miles range.
I have to deliver it to Chertsey for 9 Am Monday with 80% charge

First option was to charge at Morrison’s Aylesbury, being used
Second option was to use the rapid charger at the shops round the corner, not working.

Gave up and charged it this morning at the holiday inn the other side of town.

Monday I’ll have to leave about 6 am , identified 2 rapid chargers in Bagshot that should be free at that time, 6 miles to the delivery location

Faf faf faf

Obviously thrashing it, then.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Just read a news bite about a couple that took 9 hours to drive from Kent to Bournemouth in an electric porsche due to issues finding charging points ?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Obviously thrashing it, then.

Ha , no far from it
Steady 65 down the M40
The range massively improves if you drive under 50

 

[bobmac]

Just read a news bite about a couple that took 9 hours to drive from Kent to Bournemouth in an electric porsche due to issues finding charging points ?

More than 800,000 British motorists break down every year - because their vehicle runs out of fuel - Mirror Online

 

[Blue in Munich]

Just read a news bite about a couple that took 9 hours to drive from Kent to Bournemouth in an electric porsche due to issues finding charging points ?

Link in murph's post #203

 

[Blue in Munich]

More than 800,000 British motorists break down every year - because their vehicle runs out of fuel - Mirror Online

And your point is?

 

[Bunkermagnet]

And your point is?

I think he was pointing out that 800'000 motorists broke down because the garages they were going to were fused/vandalised/run dry/ had their leads cut.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I do love how those so evangelical about their EV fail to see that the "free" leccy they are getting to charge their car is paid by someone/everyone, and the more people that do buy into the EV way will bring about normal taxes for their EV that everyone else pays..

 

[Imurg]

More than 800,000 British motorists break down every year - because their vehicle runs out of fuel - Mirror Online

About 2%
According to the AA and RAC they have to rescue approximately 1000 EVs a year due to running out of charge..about 5%.
So you're more than twice as likely to run out of juice in your EV than you are petrol./Diesel

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

More than 800,000 British motorists break down every year - because their vehicle runs out of fuel - Mirror Online

But your not comparing apples with apples, your comparing stupidity with lack of infrastructure.

 

[CliveW]

Are you limited to how long you can keep your car plugged in to a public supply? For example, if it takes an hour to charge, can you park for over that time whilst you go about your business thus depriving someone else of the ability to use that charging point?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

View attachment 33754..just proving myself slightly wrong

So here no type 2 at all but both are fast chargers and I think all full electrics support CCS . But I'm sure one won't

However I know leaf ... Corsa e .. e208 . Etc use CCS and type 2

The hyrbids won't just not bother charging and use their petrol engine

2 questions.....

Is that saying that 1 charger has been broken for 6 days?

And how far does a kW typically get you?

 

[PJ87]

I do love how those so evangelical about their EV fail to see that the "free" leccy they are getting to charge their car is paid by someone/everyone, and the more people that do buy into the EV way will bring about normal taxes for their EV that everyone else pays..

Don't think anyone thinks this free charge will last forever

I will be charging from home and paying

If I can get free top ups great

Long term the taxes will level up in maybe 10-15 years but until then make hay when the sun shines

 

[PJ87]

Are you limited to how long you can keep your car plugged in to a public supply? For example, if it takes an hour to charge, can you park for over that time whilst you go about your business thus depriving someone else of the ability to use that charging point?

You get charged for overstaying .. some are £10 fees for overstaying

 

[PJ87]

2 questions.....

Is that saying that 1 charger has been broken for 6 days?

And how far does a kW typically get you?

That's saying 6 days ago it was out of service when that person left a comment

However not everyone leaves feedback

Some systems report when the last charge was for example another one on this app said it was used 3 hours ago

Onto your second question I'm not entirely sure how to answer fully. So my 50kw battery of which I've read 46 is available to use is 201 range

More like 150 in winter I'm planning for

By that theory of 150 .. I estimate 1kw is 3 miles .

Using a 7kw charger 1 hour gets you 27 miles online sites say but my workings is 21 for winter

A 150kw fast charger in 30 mins will add 194 miles apparently so call that 150 as I think that's to do a full tank

I'll send you the page

https://pod-point.com/guides/vehicles/vauxhall/2020/corsa-e

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

That's saying 6 days ago it was out of service when that person left a comment

However not everyone leaves feedback

Some systems report when the last charge was for example another one on this app said it was used 3 hours ago

Onto your second question I'm not entirely sure how to answer fully. So my 50kw battery of which I've read 46 is available to use is 201 range

More like 150 in winter I'm planning for

By that theory of 150 .. I estimate 1kw is 3 miles .

Using a 7kw charger 1 hour gets you 27 miles online sites say but my workings is 21 for winter

A 150kw fast charger in 30 mins will add 194 miles apparently so call that 150 as I think that's to do a full tank

I'll send you the page

https://pod-point.com/guides/vehicles/vauxhall/2020/corsa-e

Blimey does that mean it costs 39p for 3 miles of charge when using that charger?
Definitely need to plan your journeys to use your home charger!

 

[PJ87]

Blimey does that mean it costs 39p for 3 miles of charge when using that charger?
Definitely need to plan your journeys to use your home charger!

Yes that's correct but your paying for the convenience of fast charge

Much like motorway services fuel charges

So my 50kw battery if flat would cost £19.50 to charge up at that charger

At home during day would cost £7

At night would be roughly £4.50 from flat to full

However if I charge every night and do my 50 miles a day only use cheap charge would cost me less than £1 a day

Very much a forward planning device