EV general discussion

ChocAndGray said:
I wish we could do that. Big PLC though so everything by the book.

Some places I worked for used to just do it on an average so they'd put everyone down for a generic car and you could get to drive some tasty cars on low tax.
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I honestly don't get why car dealerships allow their stock to be used as general run-arounds by staff? Surely it just makes sense to give them one car which can be used for a period of time then sold as nearly new? Employee gets a new car every year or less and the dealership don't end up with extra use on a range of cars?

I went to look at a "nearly new, approved used" Leon only to be told that the salesman was moving house in it. This instantly put me off but my employer (it was destined to be a company car) was more determined and went back a second day. Again he was "moving stuff from his house in it" but the guy eventually turned up and it was apparently a complete mess.

I mean seriously?! You can rent a van for £50 a day :rolleyes: Worked out for me though as I ended up with a pre-reg with 10 miles on the clock in a much better spec :p
 
Meatball said:
Isle of Wight: Council’s electric vehicle chargers hacked to show porn site: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61006816

A way to pass the time while you wait for the car to charge? :cry:
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:p

That said, i know they got the money to put these in but I don’t really understand why the council would want to run the chargers themselves. It just seems like a lot of grief that could be handed to someone pod point/shell/BP/instavolt/mfg/osprey for a small cut of the takings.

The only way to make money off these things is like fuel, it’s all about the volume of transactions to cover the overheads and a council isn’t going to get that.
 
Reflecting on some of the previous comments in this thread regarding fleet/business BEV being a massive push due to the attractive tax breaks, it would appear that if there wasn't a shortage then BEV registrations would be significantly higher.

"New car registrations in the fleet and business sector in March reached 106,243 units – a 32% decline on the same month last year, according to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)."

So there was a 32% decline in fleet registrations, but BEV registrations overall were up 101.9% YoY, so that means if the skew is as big as some think then that would mean a big increase above the 39k BEV's registered, as there was only a decline of 14.9% on overall registrations this March vs. last.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Pure conjecture and i don't understand the point you are trying to make (as usual) anyway.
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I'm seeing constant month by month, year on year negative sales % for Jag and Land Rover. Aside from the new RR is there anything else in the pipeline to turn this around?
 
It’s a fair assumption to make though, the lead times for some BEVs is incredible. That said I think people are just taking anything they can get hold of at the moment.
 
Similar parts shortage although I think the 23MY builds have HSE back to full spec, not advertised well though and fails to appear in many group tests which is disappointing. I love mine, remains one of the few EV driver orientated cars even now.
 
I'm about to buy an economical 1ltr petrol hatchback around 5-10 years old for about 5k. I can't justify in anyway an electric alternative.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Similar parts shortage although I think the 23MY builds have HSE back to full spec, not advertised well though and fails to appear in many group tests which is disappointing. I love mine, remains one of the few EV driver orientated cars even now.
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I agree, the iPace is a very underrated car.

Sure it chunders electrons but it has a huge battery, an excellent AWD system and looks great. Have they made much improvement to the rapid charging over the few years it’s been out? That seemed to be its main negative on release.

A neighbour has one, the only thing I don’t like is the wheels they have, they just look far too small for the car. I assume they are the base spec ones.

It’s a shame they seem to have fallen out of fashion after their initial launch hype and no one really talks about them anymore.
 
Good to see the public charging infrastructure growing

"There were more than 400 new rapid and ultra-rapid chargers from over 22 different networks added to UK network in first quarter of the year, according to new figures from Zap-Map."
"Total EV charge points have grown 7% so far in 2022 to 30,409 across 19,150 locations."

Looks like Instavolt are really pushing hard this year as well as Gridserve, will be intresting to see what the likes of BP and Shell can do in comparison.
 
Shaden video - didn't seem to mention our/Boris's tax-payer stake, why aren't jaguar & tata more involved together in electric R&D to give economy of scale.

Following Boris discussion on increasing windpower the excess energy will make hydrogen storage and infrastructure more important -
saw bmw video on ix5 hydrogen similar weight as a x45e, so fuel cell and tanks lighter than full bev batteries - but no deployment plans for smaller cars.
 
SDK^ said:
This AutoT video answered my question.
Good luck !
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Wow 2025 with no new cars, and hoping to compete in the £100k+ low volume market, can't see them lasting much longer tbh. Someone will probably end up buying the name like they did with MG. It'll be sad to see them go, but nothing lasts for ever.
 
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