The all things EV chat thread

[jim8flog]

Kia is very expensive second hand ATM aswell because of that Warrenty

With the last Peugeot
4th year warranty was £179 and 5th year £229 including MOT failure repair guarantee so add in another couple of years at say £ 250 and £300 that totals less than £1k . There was a lot more difference than 1k in the prices between the Peugeot and either of the 2 Rios I could find locally.

 

[PJ87]

It was a loan car for a day. Not going to bother to learn a lot about it for the sake of one day. Additional two big problems I had with it was no way of knowing how to turn lane assist off (my first experience of lane assist and it scared me a lot) and it would not lock, luckily I was parking in a private area.

Oh lol I'd 100% be testing everything on that!! That's how you learn

 

[jim8flog]

Oh lol I'd 100% be testing everything on that!! That's how you learn

I was not actually testing the car, it was given to me on loan whilst my car was being serviced.

 

[PJ87]

I was not actually testing the car, it was given to me on loan whilst my car was being serviced.

Appreciate that but if I'm given a car I treat it as a test drive lol might aswell

 

[jim8flog]

Appreciate that but if I'm given a car I treat it as a test drive lol might aswell

My back told me enough and that has happened with several cars taken on test drives.

 

[PJ87]

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@bobmac

One for you

They have finally approved vechile to grid charging

Chademo only ATM but future will be CCS

The leaf you have would work fantastically for it

Could save you some real cash

 

[bobmac]

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@bobmac

One for you

They have finally approved vechile to grid charging

Chademo only ATM but future will be CCS

The leaf you have would work fantastically for it

Could save you some real cash

Is that when the grid takes some of my cars charge and uses it to balance the grid during high demand periods and then replaces it when the demand drops?

 

[PJ87]

Is that when the grid takes some of my cars charge and uses it to balance the grid during high demand periods and then replaces it when the demand drops?

Yes that's correct, you get paid for it aswell I believe if I've read correctly

 

[bobmac]

One slight problem, I don't have a home charger, I just plug it into a household socket in the workshop with an Alexa plug that I can control from inside the house.
''Alexa, turn on the charger at midnight''.
''Alexa, turn off the charger at 6am''.

 

[clubchamp98]

Yes that's correct, you get paid for it aswell I believe if I've read correctly

What if there’s an emergency and the grid has reduced your cars charge.?
Getting somewhere in a hurry might be awkward

 

[Deleted member 35577]

Doing a long journey with a mate next week and he has offered to take his Tesla. Interested to see how much planning we have to do.

 

[PJ87]

Doing a long journey with a mate next week and he has offered to take his Tesla. Interested to see how much planning we have to do.

Tesla nothing. The are the king of long drive

Put the destination on the sat nav and it will map the charges on their super chargers . Their network is outstanding

 

[PJ87]

What if there’s an emergency and the grid has reduced your cars charge.?
Getting somewhere in a hurry might be awkward

Indeed but you will set a reserve charge . So bobs is 40kw he could say leave me 20kw

 

[Deleted member 35577]

Tesla nothing. The are the king of long drive

Put the destination on the sat nav and it will map the charges on their super chargers . Their network is outstanding

I know that. My point is how long we have to stop, how many times etc.
My diesel will do the entire round trip on less than a tankful.

 

[PJ87]

I know that. My point is how long we have to stop, how many times etc.
My diesel will do the entire round trip on less than a tankful.

How far is it?

 

[bobmac]

Indeed but you will set a reserve charge . So bobs is 40kw he could say leave me 20kw

It's all down to the settings

I know that. My point is how long we have to stop, how many times etc.
My diesel will do the entire round trip on less than a tankful.

It will depend on which Telsa he has

• Model S: 396-405 miles on a single charge
• Model S Long Range: up to 353 miles per charge
• Model 3 Long Range: 358 miles on a single charge
• Model 3 Performance: 315 miles on a single charge
• Model 3 base rear-wheel-drive: 272 miles on a single charge

 

[cliveb]

It will depend on which Telsa he has

• Model S: 396-405 miles on a single charge
• Model S Long Range: up to 353 miles per charge
• Model 3 Long Range: 358 miles on a single charge
• Model 3 Performance: 315 miles on a single charge
• Model 3 base rear-wheel-drive: 272 miles on a single charge

Intrigued to see that the Model S Long Range seems to have less range than the standard Model S

 

[bobmac]

Intrigued to see that the Model S Long Range seems to have less range than the standard Model S

Depends on the size of the battery I guess.

 

[PJ87]

Depends on the size of the battery I guess.

Have to admit If I did long trips on a weekly basis I would be buying a Tesla

I mean their supercharger network is what the charge network should be

Card linked to car .

Sat nav maps out charges on route, very fast charging speeds so only stop for a short time

Plug and play so when your there it's not an app it just knows this is your car and then bills the card

Seemless

 

[bobmac]

Have to admit If I did long trips on a weekly basis I would be buying a Tesla

I mean their supercharger network is what the charge network should be

Card linked to car .

Sat nav maps out charges on route, very fast charging speeds so only stop for a short time

Plug and play so when your there it's not an app it just knows this is your car and then bills the card

Seemless

Especially if it's a Model S between 2014-2017 which have free charging