It's getting closer for me now, Octopus installed my Charger yesterday, did an excellent job tidy installation. He did all the tests etc prior to leaving, but had a visit from a friendly Tesla to give it a "proper" test. According to the ship tracker my Car arrived at Tilbury early Friday morning, now its just a waiting game. I ordered in mid October so probably end up receiving it 10 months after.
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You are doing it wrong - SUV School run 101
- Arrive late and stop whereever you like, blocking everyone else
- Arrive early and park across 3 bays, whilst you wait for child
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Facts. One of my kids goes to a nursery attached to a private school, the entitlement is incredible.
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For sure
The yellow zig-zag lines directly outside school - the sign might as well say : reserved for SUV and taxi parking only
It also crashed for me using my Samsung s22u, so could be Android or Samsung related.. I used my iPad in the end, that worked first time...
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well that is a real sh..show if the app does not work on the world's most popular phone OS!
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Probably not the most popular for those with ev cars! I’d wager a massive majority use iOS.
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I've just got back from doing a mini road trip around Belgium in my Model 3 SR. I didn't bother doing any planning from the EV perspective and it ended up being just under 600 miles on the public charging network.
I'd definitely put driving an EV in northern/central Europe in the 'don't worry about it box'. Most of the public car parks had ample AC chargers (some towns/city centres had chargers on significant numbers of street bays too) and tons of rapids all over the motorways. Both ends of the Euro Tunnel for when waiting for the train and essential duty free shopping.
The biggest car related issue was was deciding what beer to put in the fridge first when I was unloading the boot.
I'd definitely put driving an EV in northern/central Europe in the 'don't worry about it box'. Most of the public car parks had ample AC chargers (some towns/city centres had chargers on significant numbers of street bays too) and tons of rapids all over the motorways. Both ends of the Euro Tunnel for when waiting for the train and essential duty free shopping.
The biggest car related issue was was deciding what beer to put in the fridge first when I was unloading the boot.
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Encouraging. I’m off to Lake Garda in two weeks 
still time for Goodwood this w/e ? planning a route with some nice Italian passes/dolomites will be fun
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N debuts with up to 641 bhp, simulated eight-speed gearbox
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 debuted at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, revealing the high-performance EV with all-wheel drive and up to 641 horsepower.
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wonder if they rejig the traction control for faster response with increased power - thought it was renown for wheel scrubbing.
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still time for Goodwood this w/e ? planning a route with some nice Italian passes/dolomites will be fun
Hyundai Ioniq 5 N debuts with up to 641 bhp, simulated eight-speed gearbox
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 debuted at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, revealing the high-performance EV with all-wheel drive and up to 641 horsepower.
wonder if they rejig the traction control for faster response with increased power - thought it was renown for wheel scrubbing.
I'm going tomorrow.
The Ioniq 6 N thing appeared to stuff it into the hay bails up the hill today. Whoops!
Sod the Ioniq stuff, will there be a Lotus Eletre there 
The reviews are coming out and I really like it (can debate forever about whether it's a real Lotus or not but hey)
Also cheaper than a Volvo EX90 from the same parent company, even though it is 800V based and all those LIDAR sensors. Not sure what is going on there lol
The reviews are coming out and I really like it (can debate forever about whether it's a real Lotus or not but hey)
Also cheaper than a Volvo EX90 from the same parent company, even though it is 800V based and all those LIDAR sensors. Not sure what is going on there lol
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The Caterham and the new Elise I’ll head to aswell, dunno if Julian Thomson will be around that one but great to see the usual mix they have.
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Sod the Ioniq stuff, will there be a Lotus Eletre there
The reviews are coming out and I really like it (can debate forever about whether it's a real Lotus or not but hey)
Also cheaper than a Volvo EX90 from the same parent company, even though it is 800V based and all those LIDAR sensors. Not sure what is going on there lol
Electre is lovely inside, I was in the front of it at fully charged fiddling about with it, there were a couple of pensioners checking out the rear, I accidentally hit the stereo on, it was of course set to max, it took me a bout 2mins to figure out how to turn it off, they weren't impressed in the back
I'm loving that Ioniq 5, has fake engine note, rev counter, simulated gears might actually make an EV interactive and fun beyong the how many mpkw game, won't be suffering with a lack of power either.
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tick - seems the e-lsd in the Inoiq 5 is a real lsd, not just torque vectoring via brakes : For your Smart Driving, Hyundai Wia's e-LSD(electronic-Limited Slip Differential) System
( is that lighter than a plaid dual motor )
( is that lighter than a plaid dual motor )