EV general discussion

Journey said:
I don't fully understand this, on one hand you are doing long journeys which means you are more likely to stop regardless of the type of car, and if you aren't likely to stop then its not really a long journey.

From what you've said I don't think you have fully investigated EV's in general, the charging network(s) or the costs involved.
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he needs to test an app like this for charging, he may be surprised what is on route, personally I should never need it - https://play.google.com/store/search?q=a+better+route+planner&c=apps
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
You can download detailed smartmeter readings from Octopus so if you think there is something up might be worth doing that and having a trawl through.
One thing to check is missing readings.

I checked for another reason but when my bill failed to generate I sent them a message and said I think there are missing readings which has caused my bill to fail.
They replied with your your right we have now requested them and bingo next day correct bill was generated.

Part of the issue I think is that with Bulb they had to take on more staff and some are just not as good as others as they have less experience.
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Do you know where to look for this please?

Ive found various pages on the main Octopus website, and it appears to be all correct. But the phone app is still wrong and my account not updating for electricity.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
It was a 6 cylinder BMW down to a 4 cylinder in the other thread - do you just love posting chunder?
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currently reluctantly selling my bmw - an audi A4/4 will probably be it's replacement ... but I'm also pursuing ev & charger install,
the install if it was going to cost £4k was the main obstacle, so spoke with developer about cable routing
 
Just realised the garbage Arval portal hides that some cars are much cheaper increment to the higher range variant; so sorting by price is quite misleading. A Model Y with 372miles for e.g. is 726/mo, a Gensis GV60 is 733, an EQB is 745, a Polestar LR is 770. So alli in shooting distance.

Hard to overlook the MG4 at 486/mo tho!
 
Just bought this thing as our first EV.
Some nice person smashed into our last car and it's a right off.
Please do judge my choice. Thought sod it life's to short.
11 months old, 900 miles on clock 50% off new price.
A few negatives about it but what the hell.
If we don't get on with will take the loss and replace.
We drive about 60 miles a week.

Ora Funky Cat
 
garsands said:
Just bought this thing as our first EV.
Some nice person smashed into our last car and it's a right off.
Please do judge my choice. Thought sod it life's to short.
11 months old, 900 miles on clock 50% off new price.
A few negatives about it but what the hell.
If we don't get on with will take the loss and replace.
We drive about 60 miles a week.

Ora Funky Cat
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They must have realised funky cat was a silly name. The car on the official site is now called the Ora 03. Not that it's any better :cry:
 
garsands said:
Just bought this thing as our first EV.
Some nice person smashed into our last car and it's a right off.
Please do judge my choice. Thought sod it life's to short.
11 months old, 900 miles on clock 50% off new price.
A few negatives about it but what the hell.
If we don't get on with will take the loss and replace.
We drive about 60 miles a week.

Ora Funky Cat
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Insurance cost on this car was quite bad. Is it still the case?

It is an absolute bargain compare with what the Europeans automakers can offer. Lowest lease on a new one of these was 199/month. It was just insurance that put me off.
 
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steve5424 said:
They must have realised funky cat was a silly name. The car on the official site is now called the Ora 03. Not that it's any better :cry:
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Stupid thing was that it was released as the Ora Cat then some marketing genius expanded that to "Funky Cat" for our market. I mean, let's face it, all the best selling cars have adjectives tagged onto the model name... don't they?

Now as you say it's a "GWM Ora 03" because that same genius probably thought that it was the lack of reference to that well established brand on this side of the world (Great Wall) and an unnecessary zero that was stopping the things selling.

50% after 11 months is some crazy depreciation!
 
The insurance for my wife and I fully comp with 20 years no claims is £290 a year.
The car is a 50:50 joint venture with GWM & BMW.

Autotraider has one for £12,449 just over 1,000 miles. But not as jazzy looking!

Ours make you think your sat in 60's diner. With the optional extra twin coloured interior and metallic paint finish.
 
danlightbulb said:
Do you know where to look for this please?

Ive found various pages on the main Octopus website, and it appears to be all correct. But the phone app is still wrong and my account not updating for electricity.
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Detailed data?

Go to my energy, scroll most of the way down and you will see a section called "get your energy geek on"
thats what you want.
 
Av8 said:
My first winter approaching now with my first EV, any advice/tips on best approach to charging or with using pre conditioning the cars inside temp screen/mirrors de-icing etc? Do’s and don’ts
Thanks.
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ABC - Always be charging. If you can plug in every night then remote heating will pull power from the house and keep the battery as full as you set it to be.

Winter time is the best time to own an EV! No de-icing needed ;)
 
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dlockers said:
Just realised the garbage Arval portal hides that some cars are much cheaper increment to the higher range variant; so sorting by price is quite misleading. A Model Y with 372miles for e.g. is 726/mo, a Gensis GV60 is 733, an EQB is 745, a Polestar LR is 770. So alli in shooting distance.

Hard to overlook the MG4 at 486/mo tho!
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I found Arval pretty poor all round when chosing and ordering my car (not my choice so stuck with them). Portal is really clunky, their pricing can be either "fine" or miles off what the rest of the market seems to be doing and then can be polar opposite costs for the same vehicle between company car and salary sacrifice (ok maybe less of an issue as it's probably rare to have the choice). Ordering is hit and miss as the portal isn't kept live so cars can show as available that pricing has changed on or that have been removed.

Once you actually have the car they're pretty good in fairness for maintenance
 
In search for id3's I'd seen arval has some competively priced 2nd hand ones... I assumed because of the anonymity of delivery & support, without a local garage.

VAG's not on your list dlockers then ? - with their eu factory adjustments should be good deals.
 
JamesM said:
ABC - Always be charging. If you can plug in every night then remote heating will pull power from the house and keep the battery as full as you set it to be.

Winter time is the best time to own an EV! No de-icing needed ;)
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Plugging in every night even in winter is overkill. Our two car winter EV use does not change from how we do it in Summer. We charge to 90% and drive to about 30% and charge again. The only difference is both cars need to charge one day sooner between charges.
 
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ICDP said:
Plugging in every night even in winter is overkill. Our two car winter EV use does not change from how we do it in Summer. We charge to 90% and drive to about 30% and charge again. The only difference is both cars need to charge one day sooner between charges.
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Depends, everyone's circumstances are different. Just saves wasting battery power on warming up the car in the morning.
 
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