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I have a Polestar 2 dual motor which arrived in March 2021 (pre-heatpump) and I doubt it would do 250 miles in one go as you would need to be at 100% SOC and be happy arriving at your destination near 0%

And in winter it gets nowhere near 250 miles.
 
Glad I popped into this thread, good to get some 'real world' experience, when did the heatpump hit the Polestar2?
 
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HEADRAT said:
I already have a charger and the cars above don't have matrix lights, HUD etc but I'll keep looking :)

I do at least 2 x trips of 250 miles per month down to see my Dad hence my range anxiety, both the Tesla and Polestar would do those on 1 charge.
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Matrix lights and HUD were standard on MY21 HSE
 
HEADRAT said:
I really like the look of the ipace but the recharging rate is putting me right off! Its range isn’t the greatest meaning that an in trip recharge would be more likely but pretty much impossible with such a low charging rate.

This looks pretty nice spec

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-de...CE&sort=relevance&year-from=2021&year-to=2022

Gravitating towards a Polestar2 with all the packs but tricky to find one that’s still in manufacturers warranty (2021) is tricky!
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On my Italy trip in mine my IPACE was charging faster than the Polestar next to it around 70% from memory, 71kW compared to my 79kW.

It has front double wishbones not McPherson struts... that should matter more on a car.
 
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A lot of people still optioned 20" wheels even without the 'PP'
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That’s what mine has - I could’ve sworn in the advert it had 19 but when I checked after collecting the car it was definitely 20’s. The trouble is that there’s so few of them around there’s no sets on eBay etc and trying to get them individually is almost impossible…
 
Does EQC figure in the list, or fails on range/charging/weight, surprisingly they seem sub £30K https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311164017566
(+ reliability , on par for warranty cost?)

e: active cruise/hud/airsus
Recently returned into a 2020 EQC which has its manufacture warranty expiring end of this month.
Phoned Mercedes to explore extended warranty and got provided the below costs;
If taken out before existing warranty expires:
£419 - 1 Year
£713 - 2 year
 
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Yeah EQC has passed me by a little, I guess I don't know much about them so my fear is there is super complicated 'extras' list which I no nothing about ;)
 
Drive them all and stop comparing peak charging speeds is my advice. An Ev still has to be a car rather than an appliance that gets from a to b.


If you do stop to top up there’s not a huge diference by the time you committed to stopping and gone for a walk/food/wee. Plus you lose the time getting off the motorway anyway. Often sitting at 6ph will get you there faster by avoiding the need for a stop

As said though. You are never going to drive somewhere and park up at 5-10% until you use it again unless you have a guaranteed destination charge.
 
Charge speed makes a big difference IMO.

In a fast charging car with 800v architecture, If you turn up and there is a rapid charger available (i'm talking 350kw) then you can be away in 15-20 minutes with 80% SOC

In something slow it will take double the time. 20 mins extra might not sound so bad

However, if you turn up and no chargers are available, then you have to wait for one for say, 30 mins, and then you still have to charge for 40 mins, that is a big delay.
 
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VincentHanna said:
Charge speed makes a big difference IMO.

In a fast charging car with 800v architecture, If you turn up and there is a rapid charger available (i'm talking 350kw) then you can be away in 15-20 minutes with 80% SOC

In something slow it will take double the time. 20 mins extra might not sound so bad

However, if you turn up and no chargers are available, then you have to wait for one for say, 30 mins, and then you still have to charge for 40 mins, that is a big delay.
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The other way of looking at it is that it's a smaller increase relative to the total delay. An extra 20 mins on a 20 min stop is 100% extra time. An extra 20 mins on a 50 min stop is less than 50% extra time ;)

What you really want is for everyone to have faster charging, so that your 30 min wait becomes 15 mins and your 20 min charge doesn't become 40 mins :)
 
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VincentHanna said:
Charge speed makes a big difference IMO.

In a fast charging car with 800v architecture, If you turn up and there is a rapid charger available (i'm talking 350kw) then you can be away in 15-20 minutes with 80% SOC

In something slow it will take double the time. 20 mins extra might not sound so bad

However, if you turn up and no chargers are available, then you have to wait for one for say, 30 mins, and then you still have to charge for 40 mins, that is a big delay.
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You don't even need 350kw to be honest, 150kw is enough to 20-80% in 20 mins ish. Faster than that means your just blocking a charger with a full car in the typical pee/food stop.
 
Simon said:
Drive them all and stop comparing peak charging speeds is my advice. An Ev still has to be a car rather than an appliance that gets from a to b.


If you do stop to top up there’s not a huge diference by the time you committed to stopping and gone for a walk/food/wee. Plus you lose the time getting off the motorway anyway. Often sitting at 6ph will get you there faster by avoiding the need for a stop

As said though. You are never going to drive somewhere and park up at 5-10% until you use it again unless you have a guaranteed destination charge.
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Having had the iPace and now have the Q8 with a much better charge curve the benefits are significant on a long journey. Not much else is better about the Q8 but the iPace's charge speed is frustratingly slow.
 
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