The all things EV chat thread

[PJ87]

Add to that all the smart charging which gets me 7p for the whole house ,I average 10p per kWh on my bills.

Considering my 13.5kwh saves me £2k ISH a year charging up at 7p then using to power the house all day again £20 is small fry

Do you get free charging at the golf club? We've not put chargers in yet ?

Yes, they got installed when the club was opened however the issue is they are the original chargers that no cars (bar the MK1 leaf) have. So I bought a £50 adapter and bingo 3.5kwh speed charger. Gets me 15% per round

The GM says they will upgrade to new chargers one day but then they will be paid for

 

[hambugerpete]

One of our swindle groups brother has a Merc EV. Its been playing up for a little while. Merc dealer has decided the battery pack needs replacing, but it's failure is due to his charging of it and the warranty doesn't cover it. They only want 10k.
The car is on a PCP and after 18months is now costing him £650 a month to sit and do nothing.
He is handing it back to the lease company as soon as he can.

Also while Merc way well want 10k, batteries are modular and can be repaired at a much lower cost. Main dealers will just give a price for a while new pack.

 

[Neilds]

Bad news sells, good news is boring.

It was very useful I just started the charge in the electroverse app and walked in. It was so simple to start by the time I started the charge the wife had got the kids into the services.. and hadn't even got to the toilet yet..

50 min stop total , if we charge tomorrow I'll get a lot more in the battery as it will be less full so the speed will ramp up

Stop posting then

 

[PJ87]

We had a vote just before we got to south mimms to see if the kids needed a wee or food so we stopped.

Left Warwick with 71% (after a pre condition of the cabin)

South mimms was 100 miles away arrived with 25% stopped for 33 mins added 35%.. got home little while ago with 52% left car plugged in to be ready for work

Now I did have 2 charge issues at South mimms. 1 was My fault I clicked bay 12 not bay 14. Doh user error but when I went to select bay 14 it said occupied.. but it let me select it anyways and sure enough the car charged.

All via octopus so the entire charges for the trip cost just over £30 all coming off my balance which is £131 in the positive ATM so plenty

Plenty of Xmas sing songs with my girls on the way

 

[Lord Tyrion]

@PJ87 does that suggest that 100 miles used around 50% of your charge? That doesn't sound great. Have I read that correctly, is there a reason for it?

 

[PJ87]

@PJ87 does that suggest that 100 miles used around 50% of your charge? That doesn't sound great. Have I read that correctly, is there a reason for it?

46% , by those sums is 217 miles to a full charge .. which is 3.3 miles per kWh

Tbh it was colder today than yesterday (dropped below 5) and went faster on motorway as yesterday we got stuck in some traffic where as today was a steady 72 mph

That said 217 miles on motorway at this time of year is good for a 64.8 kWh battery . That's a pretty small battery in the scheme of things (it's estimated range is 255 according to Google so it's just driving style and conditions)

Also add that we drove 33 miles home from South mimms only using 8% of the battery as the M25 was 50 for a while and it got warmer