The all things EV chat thread

[Fade and Die]

As long as they answer the questions you've asked truthfully, what's the problem?
They're salesmen, not mind readers...
???

Not doubting your integrity for a moment Mr Smith but there are others who in my experience withhold certain things. Glyn Hopkins Romford…. I’m looking at you!!

 

[spongebob59]

I drove the Honda Jazz HEV on Friday,a truly horrible experience, Honda have got this horribly wrong with the CVT being the only option.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Or just use a granny charger up there ? If your staying up there will be ample

Do you mean Granny on a bike linked to a dynamo….. or a 3 pin plug charger which will charge about 70 miles worth overnight?

Askin for a friend ?

 

[PJ87]

Do you mean Granny on a bike linked to a dynamo….. or a 3 pin plug charger which will charge about 70 miles worth overnight?

Askin for a friend ?

Well I'd combine the two to save a bit of cost ..

Charge overnight 24 kw added every 12 hours assuming 10a limit .. poss more on a 13a if supported

We have an outside socket at work in the car park we can put our granny chargers on if No1 is using it.. on a 10 hour night it tops you up nicely

 

[Fade and Die]

Or just use a granny charger up there ? If your staying up there will be ample

What’s your real life experience with them, reading the blurb they seem very slow?
E.g 1 mile for every 8 minutes on charge. Also it’s pulling 10A I can imagine it gets pretty pricey.

Edit: seen your post. Seems ok to use if someone else is paying the bill ?

 

[PJ87]

What’s your real life experience with them, reading the blurb they seem very slow?
E.g 1 mile for every 8 minutes on charge. Also it’s pulling 10A I can imagine it gets pretty pricey.

I find them decent enough when needed , like posted above if I'm on a 10 or 12 hour shift and the sockets available that's up to 50% charge whilst I'm not using the car

Even if you paid your mother in law for all the kw usage it would be cheaper than charging at road side

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I drove the Honda Jazz HEV on Friday,a truly horrible experience, Honda have got this horribly wrong with the CVT being the only option.

I havent heard of an HEV/EV being anything other than auto.

 

[PJ87]

I havent heard of an HEV/EV being anything other than auto.

There are a few that are manual but only mild hybrids not plug ins

Ford puma
Hyundai Tucson
Ford Fiesta
Kia Stonic
Suzuki Ignis

https://www.evanshalshaw.com/blog/hybrid-cars-with-manual-transmission/

 

[Bunkermagnet]

There are a few that are manual but only mild hybrids not plug ins

Ford puma
Hyundai Tucson
Ford Fiesta
Kia Stonic
Suzuki Ignis

https://www.evanshalshaw.com/blog/hybrid-cars-with-manual-transmission/

But they are "mild hybrids", which as most would agree is just a sop to the enviromental angle. Anything that can run on purely electric at any time is auto only, however I am happy to be shown anything that isn't

 

[PJ87]

But they are "mild hybrids", which as most would agree is just a sop to the enviromental angle. Anything that can run on purely electric at any time is auto only, however I am happy to be shown anything that isn't

Yes all phev and ev are automatic. Its the only way they work

Having driven CVT since 2012 (along side a manual) and then the auto plus ev I got now .. I don't miss manual. Especially in traffic

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Yes all phev and ev are automatic. Its the only way they work

Having driven CVT since 2012 (along side a manual) and then the auto plus ev I got now .. I don't miss manual. Especially in traffic

My van is DSG, my car an old school slush box which are lovely. The CVT which was on the wifes hybrid Yaris was horrible, and even she prefers the slush auto on the CX3 she has now.

 

[PJ87]

My van is DSG, my car an old school slush box which are lovely. The CVT which was on the wifes hybrid Yaris was horrible, and even she prefers the slush auto on the CX3 she has now.

My first cvt was on a 1.8 engine hybrid and it was good

Second on the 1.5 petrol wasn't as good but still once you got up to speed was fine

 

[road2ruin]

I find them decent enough when needed , like posted above if I'm on a 10 or 12 hour shift and the sockets available that's up to 50% charge whilst I'm not using the car

Even if you paid your mother in law for all the kw usage it would be cheaper than charging at road side

Out of interest, are there any potential issues/watch outs with blowing up someone's electrics? Situation is that we're going to the IoW later on in the year and (assuming I have the car) it's an awkward place to charge. I won't need a full 'tank' and the AirBnB owner has said it's fine to charge from a socket if I cover the approximate additional costs. Do I need to be careful of anything or if I just stick the car on at 10amps will that be okay?

 

[PJ87]

Out of interest, are there any potential issues/watch outs with blowing up someone's electrics? Situation is that we're going to the IoW later on in the year and (assuming I have the car) it's an awkward place to charge. I won't need a full 'tank' and the AirBnB owner has said it's fine to charge from a socket if I cover the approximate additional costs. Do I need to be careful of anything or if I just stick the car on at 10amps will that be okay?

The most a 13a one can pull is 3kw an hour .. well 3.1 .. most sockets are 13a rated (check with @Fade and Die ) long as you don't overload the ring main should be fine

10a is 2kw so even lower

My lead I bought myself as didnt get a granny charger with car ... I got a 10m one that has variable output so I set at 10amp so avoid drawing too much

The idea of them is you can charge off them if needed

Tbh a lot of people run just on one .. charge up every night and use in day it covers most useage

I have a 7kw charger as it allows me to make most of my charging and fit my charging in the window My energy company want

 

[Fade and Die]

Out of interest, are there any potential issues/watch outs with blowing up someone's electrics? Situation is that we're going to the IoW later on in the year and (assuming I have the car) it's an awkward place to charge. I won't need a full 'tank' and the AirBnB owner has said it's fine to charge from a socket if I cover the approximate additional costs. Do I need to be careful of anything or if I just stick the car on at 10amps will that be okay?

As PJ says you are absolutely fine plugging a granny charger in on any 13A plug. They are designed to do just that.
Not sure of the additional cost, depends on the leccy tariff. I will do a calc on my own set up when I have more time.

 

[PJ87]

As PJ says you are absolutely fine plugging a granny charger in on any 13A plug. They are designed to do just that.
Not sure of the additional cost, depends on the leccy tariff. I will do a calc on my own set up when I have more time.

There is a decent home charger on Amazon £230 (you can limit the output charge inside it)

Then just bit of armoured cable .. MCB is it? Or basically whatever breaker needed then wire into mains

As your qualified aren't you? You could save a bit and do for prob under £400 depending how far you want it away

I'd fully recommend one with a tethered lead tho .. just for ease

 

[Fade and Die]

There is a decent home charger on Amazon £230 (you can limit the output charge inside it)

Then just bit of armoured cable .. MCB is it? Or basically whatever breaker needed then wire into mains

As your qualified aren't you? You could save a bit and do for prob under £400 depending how far you want it away

I'd fully recommend one with a tethered lead tho .. just for ease

I’m lucky that the cost of installing chargers is not an issue just the consumption of electric, so I will probably be switching suppliers later in the year.
In the past I think you have said octopus have the best tariff for EVs?

 

[PJ87]

I’m lucky that the cost of installing chargers is not an issue just the consumption of electric, so I will probably be switching suppliers later in the year.
In the past I think you have said octopus have the best tariff for EVs?

They are indeed best for ev, well imo. Other ev tariffs are available

Gone up to 7.5p night 30p day ATM when joining . My deal ends this week but they fixed me at my old rate for another year .. I'm having solar and telsa battery installed to keep my bills low and reduce my grid reliance

Only issue with octupus ATM is u have to have the ev to get on the tariff ATM

Before I just went on the deal as was same day rate so just ran the dishwasher and tumble at night

The variable is suppose to rise to 30p Ish in April so their new fix is about going rate but they give u heavy discount for the 4 hour night window where you can get in 28kw worth of charge into the car cheap

As a side if you had a 62 kw battery (Kia niro) it has 58 usable I think so that's £17.40 at the expensive rate but if that gets you 250 miles or whatever what's petrol to go that far these days?

Idea is tho charge little and often in the cheap hours .. reduce it down (and it's when they want you to as the grid can cope better)

 

[Deleted member 23270]

I can get 700 miles of range in under 5 minutes ?

 

[bobmac]

I can get 700 miles of range in under 5 minutes ?

On your driveway? How much is that?