EV general discussion

[Jonnycoupe]

I used Lymm services last night on the M6, more of a truck stop but recently 24 V4 superchargers and then also loads of Gridserve going in and has a normal McDonald’s. Can’t fault how quick the V4 start charging after selecting your charger on the app.
Impressive. I even added a photo

Lymm Services M6 / M56 | 9F5V+G7 Lymm, UK | EV Station

Lymm, UK - Cliff Lane (24) Superchargers, up to 250kW max This Supercharger is open to Tesla and other EVs with CCS compatibility

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[Junglist]

Anyone owns EV without a drive or charging point outside their home, I am contemplating on leasing one from work.
I can charge car at work for free tho.

Knowing what I know now. I would not entertain an EV without being able to home charge. I had to wait about 6 weeks to get our home charger installed and I have 3 Supercharger locations within 15 minutes of my house so I didn't expect it to be a pain but going to the SCs got boring very quickly.

 

[Rroff]

Yeah, absolutely. Would change the way it feels in spirited driving for sure. I totally forgot about this sport mode in the car, think because it just turned off ESC I discounted ever using it. I’m not sure I want 700-800nm and nearly 500bhp without any ESC….

In other news, I appreciated the 2.2 tonnes of it in the journey home in this storm.

From a conversation elsewhere apparently the tweaks with the performance upgrade are most noticeable towards the upper end of road speed limits / driving conditions - apparently transformative on track but harder to appreciate with a bit of spirited but safe and legal driving on the road.

 

[Mr Jack]

Anyone owns EV without a drive or charging point outside their home, I am contemplating on leasing one from work.
I can charge car at work for free tho.

Assuming you are at work everyday, and the chargers at work are available enough for you to actually use them, I think that would be completely fine. The thing that matters is having somewhere you can leave it for slow charging regularly and whilst at home is the normal and most convenient way to do that, at work should work fine.

 

[Journey]

Not a chance. It will be £35k I reckon for the small version and £40k+ for the big battery.

Another update if you are still interested in the new Leaf, New Car Discount large battery version from £27k, and of the 4 specifications the very top Evolve is £30k.

 

[jaffveyda]

Assuming you are at work everyday, and the chargers at work are available enough for you to actually use them, I think that would be completely fine. The thing that matters is having somewhere you can leave it for slow charging regularly and whilst at home is the normal and most convenient way to do that, at work should work fine.

We have 7.5Kw charges at work and people usually swap if someone needs to charge. So I think I will be fine.
We have a Tusker fleet salary sacrifice, but checking comments online, they seem to be quite dear.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

We have 7.5Kw charges at work and people usually swap if someone needs to charge. So I think I will be fine.
We have a Tusker fleet salary sacrifice, but checking comments online, they seem to be quite dear.

If you are less fussed as to what car you want and are patient in that you can wait for a deal, you nay get a better deal outside of salary sacrifice.

Given it’s a brand new car which will have a warranty, the main expenses you are looking at is insurance, servicing and possibly 1 set of tyres.

 

[kefkef]

We have access to both Tusker and NHSFleet, more often than not, the NHSFleet scheme is cheaper however the odd deal crops up on Tusker every now and then.