EV general discussion

Had the ioniq a couple of days and I love it. Quite a learning curve coming from an old ICE but it is proving great already. I especially enjoyed driving to the supermarket to shop and filling up for free :D

I just need to now price up a home charging point.

Thanks @Journey so much for helping me in my search. Your time and effort was very much appreciated.

Annoyingly, the camera doesn't ever show this colour properly. From everything I saw online, I didn't think I'd like it much but in the flesh it's lovely, not so matt/primer looking. Anything but red though, yuck! :p

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I like it. I don’t think the Ioniq gets the credit it deserves - it’s got a relatively small battery yet it gets as much range of it as a Peugeot e208/Vauxhall Corsa e does out of one 25% bigger and less impact from cold/heat. And it’s a full-sized car inside, unlike the Kona which is tiny in the back and boot.
 
Journey said:
great in summer touring the lakes, Scotland and getting 5.8-6.2 mpkWh, a 20 minute pee break/drink meant a huge range increase.
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So, if you were getting high fives in the summer, what are you getting now? That’s phenomenal economy when you think about it.
 
WJA96 said:
So, if you were getting high fives in the summer, what are you getting now? That’s phenomenal economy when you think about it.
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Sadly on short journeys it isn't great due to the inefficiencies of heating the car, so it drops down to 4.2mpkWh (and shock horror sometimes below :eek:) On a nice day like today even though it is cold it would be 4.2-4.5, if I run it out longer it settles one the cabin and battery has warmed up, but sadly we can't go anywhere now :(

RoboCod said:
Thanks @Journey so much for helping me in my search. Your time and effort was very much appreciated.
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Pleasure to help you, I am glad you got a great deal in the and are happy with the car even in ditchwater grey :D:p

That maintenance package was a super deal!
 
Journey said:
I must admit I find it hard plugging mine in, it is almost as hard as charging my mobile. :D :p
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Haha, my nearest point to recharge is about 100ft from my house. :p

If I'm out and away from home I need a recharging station available which currently they are not easily available.

If I afford the silly prices for a new one....
 
helpimcrap said:
Haha, my nearest point to recharge is about 100ft from my house. :p
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Lucky for you then. :)

helpimcrap said:
If I'm out and away from home I need a recharging station available which currently they are not easily available.
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Heck of a lot more than there were previously, and I suppose if you do loads of miles and often need to charge away from home then it becomes more of a concern, but for me and the majority of others, commuting mileage is covered easily by most vehicles these days, and is over 90% of the total mileage covered by the vehicle per year.

helpimcrap said:
If I afford the silly prices for a new one....
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I went for a lease at an unbeatable price vs buying a car, or using PCP, precisely because they are no doubt going to become cheaper as they become increasingly popular over the next few years. If you are used to running bangers, or something like a 10 year old Ford Focus then any new car seems expensive. :)
 
helpimcrap said:
Simple answer - when they become affordable and recharging becomes easier.
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Recharging can be ludicrously easy. Literally plug it in and they charge you on your electric bill. Or if you have a Tesla, you plug it in and it charges your debit card. Or if you have anything else, you wave your debit card in front of the charger and it charges your debit card. How easy do you want it?

As for affordability, that’s a tough one to judge because obviously not everyone can fit in let alone afford an £18000 Skoda CitiGo electric but that’s kind of the cheapest thing on the market at the moment. The Mini is available in a spec you’d want for about £25000 and you should be able to get something proper like an Ioniq for £30000-ish. Those are all new prices and I’ve seen Pre-registration delivery mileage Kona Premium SE 64kW cars for £30K and you can currently get a Nissan Leaf 24kW from 2013 on Autotrader for £4900, so they’re not stupidly expensive. And that car still has 1 year remaining on its battery warranty!
 
Very tempted by the MG ZS ev. Brand new top spec for £21k and seems generally well built and half decent quality. It has android auto and adaptive cruise which are the main features I want in a new car.

Real world range and efficiency let's it down a bit but I think I covered more than 100 miles in one journey only once last year and we have another car if necessary.

My only issue is I'll probably be able to pick a used one up for more like £15k in a year!
 
Dis86 said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...nov/28/electric-cars-porsche-charging-network

Absolute dream.
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I don’t know what the sat nav in the Taycan is like but in most EVs they tell you which chargers are down and which are occupied. If the built-in navigation doesn’t do it then ABRP does and so does Zap Map. Even so, I’m really confused as to how it took them 9 hours?

“The Guardian” said:
A couple from Kent have described how it took them more than nine hours to drive 130 miles home from Bournemouth as they struggled to find a working charger capable of producing enough power to their electric car
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So straight away you know it’s a BS story because even a 13A socket could charge their car up.

“The Guardian” said:
The latest electric cars require fast 50kW-100kW chargers to refill on the go but they are hard to find and are often out of action.
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Again, not correct. They don’t say what fast chargers weren’t working but they pretty much all have AC 22kW if you have your Type 2 cable with you. And they almost always still work or can be used while the DC charger is also used. And that would have charged them at 11kW or 0-80% in 6 hours.

So I think it’s a bit of hype from ignorant journalists who haven’t done their fact checking and are playing the “isn’t Britain awful” storyline again.[/quote]
 
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