that's some of the stupidest logic i've ever read. if you'd said "poor value for money" you might have had a point.
Tesla S rated UK's most unreliable car
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The guy at work with a Model S is trialling the self drive stuff at the moment (free trial made available by Tesla apparently) and he says it is caught out or confused multiple times every trip on his relatively short commute. This is to the point where he admits that he is more on edge waiting to have to save the car from making a mistake than he would be if he was driving without any assistance.
It's easy for manufacturers to chuck large figures around but the charging network at those speeds need to exist to be of any use...and they just don't at the moment. Europe might get some investment but I can't see much happening in the UK right now.
Depends on what roads he's using it on. It's not really built for "A" roads and it says this in the manual. I find it absolutely fine on the bypass and motorways. On those longer journeys it does most of the driving for me.
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350kW charging is based on 800V car architecture rather than 300-360. Charge cables even water cooled.
On aerodynamics, despite the constraint of a ICE platform mercedes have managed competive cd and drag factors versus m3 with its 0.23cd and small frontal area.
The tesla S versus merc CLA250 had 14hp vs 16p @70mph to comabt drag so merc was only 14% worse, which should be indicative of range difference on m3 vs eqc too
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The tesla S versus merc CLA250 had 14hp vs 16p @70mph to comabt drag so merc was only 14% worse, which should be indicative of range difference on m3 vs eqc too
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EQC is a much bigger car. It’s just a GLC with a different hat!
While that’s true now, the landscape is going to be very different in 18 months, at least in Europe and North America - the Taycan isn’t going to be out until then anyway. It would be nice if manufacturers futureproofed their vehicles to some extent (even if just a couple of years).
That said I’m not sure about the rollout of faster chargers in the UK specifically so it may not be as relevant for UK drivers, but then not quite as needed either. A dozen 350kW locations would probably solve most issues for the UK (a few down each of the A1 and M1, one or two on the M4 and few spread around the other motorways would probably solve most needs, at least for the next 2-3 years. They’re most important for longer distance trips).
From what I can tell there isn’t any ionity chargers planned for the A1, it looks like they are on the M1 and M40/M6.
In fact it looks like they are geared up for north south travel but east west looks less catered for (especially from the east of England), the supercharger network has similar issues but to a lesser extent.
In fact it looks like they are geared up for north south travel but east west looks less catered for (especially from the east of England), the supercharger network has similar issues but to a lesser extent.
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EQC range looks a bit poor to me.
Sorry, should have clarified. I didn’t mean they were being put there, just that a few in those locations would do the trick for most long distance travellers (people going north to south to drive across the continent for example).