EV charging woes!

[bigmike20vt]

well balls! whilst I love my ipace still after a week of owning it, it seems my type 2 charging cable is knackered. I think it's the cable. I borrowed a mates for 10 mins and that seemed to work and my cable didn't work in his car.
add insult to misery we are going on holiday in it on Friday and we won't be sorted with replacement by then (I don't want to buy one they are £200 notes for a 3 phase one).
I did a CCS charge at shell on way home just to test. it worked but Jesus Christ. at 85p a kWh I could buy vpower diesel for less than that. not sure what I will do but I guess it will involve being ripped off at fast chargers.
I phoned marshalls main dealer and they offered to book me in ....... in July! I said that is no good so they promised to contact me in 24 hrs.

I spoke to the place I bought the car from they said it's under warranty with jaguar... but they would see what they could do and get back tomorrow.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

OK

 

[FerretBoy]

Yeah Shell aren't known for their value, at least they won't be able to market Premium Leccy (well maybe they will)

 

[Penfold101]

Yeah Shell aren't known for their value, at least they won't be able to market Premium Leccy (well maybe they will)

A much higher quality type of electron, with special additives.



It's an anti-positron.

 

[Rroff]

A much higher quality type of electron, with special additives.



It's an anti-positron.

Just need a fancy cable to go with it.

 

[Penfold101]

Just need a fancy cable to go with it.

Like those £10,000 audio cables that give you much better quality sound? Somehow...?

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Like those £10,000 audio cables that give you much better quality sound? Somehow...?

Better electrons

 

[theone8181]

Better electrons

Tbh I'm surprised nobody has tried to do some sort of fibre/speaker cable hybrid to make it have less interference.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Through the worry, angst, excuses, blame shifting and expense, one thought will see you through.

Greta is proud of you!

 

[Sinbad2000]

well balls! whilst I love my ipace still after a week of owning it, it seems my type 2 charging cable is knackered. I think it's the cable. I borrowed a mates for 10 mins and that seemed to work and my cable didn't work in his car.
add insult to misery we are going on holiday in it on Friday and we won't be sorted with replacement by then (I don't want to buy one they are £200 notes for a 3 phase one).
I did a CCS charge at shell on way home just to test. it worked but Jesus Christ. at 85p a kWh I could buy vpower diesel for less than that. not sure what I will do but I guess it will involve being ripped off at fast chargers.
I phoned marshalls main dealer and they offered to book me in ....... in July! I said that is no good so they promised to contact me in 24 hrs.

I spoke to the place I bought the car from they said it's under warranty with jaguar... but they would see what they could do and get back tomorrow.

Whereabouts are you?
I think i have a spare type 2 cable you can borrow for a bit if you're nearby

 

[bigmike20vt]

Through the worry, angst, excuses, blame shifting and expense, one thought will see you through.

Greta is proud of you!

bugger Greta...... i have 2-3p per mile driving (once my cable is fixed/replaced and am not using fast charging) a luxury car with lots of toys and 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. These issues are just teething ones. some people are pratts but that is an unfortunate fact of life and faults happen.

any green credentials is the cherry on the cake, but let me be honest if i bought an EV purely for the environment i would have gotten a nissan leaf or maybe an i3 (still fancy an i3 or maybe a renault 5 when we replace the other car).
(that said i would never have bought an ice equivalent of this car, being an EV does allow a little more excess i guess)

 

[bigmike20vt]

Whereabouts are you?
I think i have a spare type 2 cable you can borrow for a bit if you're nearby

really kind of you mate. i have borrowed one of a friend for half a day today and i will get by till my replacement arrives.
Many thanks
Mike.

 

[theone8181]

bugger Greta...... i have 2-3p per mile driving (once my cable is fixed/replaced and am not using fast charging) a luxury car with lots of toys and 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. These issues are just teething ones. some people are pratts but that is an unfortunate fact of life and faults happen.

any green credentials is the cherry on the cake, but let me be honest if i bought an EV purely for the environment i would have gotten a nissan leaf or maybe an i3 (still fancy an i3 or maybe a renault 5 when we replace the other car).
(that said i would never have bought an ice equivalent of this car, being an EV does allow a little more excess i guess)

Yea I know what you mean. I still the the biggest issue is that massive outlay. A guy I work with has a base model polo, and drives 5k a year. His payback time will be next century . I am envious though, as he's getting a Polo gti which comes with adaptive suspension on a car that costs half the model 3, but we're stuck with bog standard stuff.

Edit sorry thought this was model 3 thread, but the point still stands.

 

[SDK^]

Sign up to Ocorpus Electroverse : https://electroverse.octopus.energy...MvQ7RdVQFEXMYEGBs_J0auTQg7EULRdRoCEU8QAvD_BwE

You get one card to access most of the networks, it’s free to join, you get cheaper charger rates - Shell is about 55p kWh, and they give you £10 charging credit on joining.
Also, If you’re an Octopus energy customer you can link all charging cost to your electric bill.

 

[bigmike20vt]

pants I didn't know she'll was part of electroverse. I have one of those cards but didn't use it and paid 85pkwh

not bothered tho it was a trial to make sure it works . I have a new charge cable and just drove to the coast. car was great to drive