EV general discussion

Jonnycoupe said:
Here’s mine. Afraid I don’t need to use Google.

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I didn't use Google either - and I linked to a side by side comparison not some show reel that ultimately shows nothing. For someone who rails at jpaul you aren't half doing a good job of posting useless clutter.
 
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Mate you haven’t got an EV! Stay in your lane.

Clue us some of us are driving road cars in their development phase including extreme environment. Next time you pop into that Nissan dealer for a latte ask for a clue.
 
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Jonnycoupe said:
Mate you haven’t got an EV! Stay in your lane.

Clue us some of us are driving road cars in their development phase including extreme environment. Next time you pop into that Nissan dealer for a latte ask for a clue.
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Give it a rest.

Also as I've shown before - while I might not own an EV that doesn't mean I don't have experience with them i.e.

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We live on a very steep hill at a reasonable level above sea, and get quite a bit of snow. There's a 0% chance I'd use an ICE over BEV to climb it if both options were sat in front of me.

Having the wrong tyres on any car is more of an issue for most, but very few change the wheels here in the UK (excluding Highlands) .

Actually looking at the Michelin Cross Climate 3 or 3S, anyone have any first hand experience of them at all, all the reviews these days seem paid for.
 
Journey said:
Actually looking at the Michelin Cross Climate 3 or 3S, anyone have any first hand experience of them at all, all the reviews these days seem paid for.
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There are discussions on 2s and 3s on other threads here, I have the Cross Climate 2s on a couple of vehicles, not tried the 3s personally. No one seems to have tried the sport variant yet.

Thing to remember though with all season tyres they are not ice tyres though they do a bit better on ice than summer tyres - if you live on a very steep hill you may need proper winter tyres.

EDIT: I have them on ICE vehicles with 420-550nm torque - all seasons with this kind of tread pattern are not the best choice on vehicles with a lot of torque like EVs but they aren't terrible either - you might notice it a bit more on the first 200 miles or so before the tyres bed in.
 
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Isn't vauxhall the same stellantis software&hardware platform - but the gallic application provided the nanny know best, defeat for bongs&speed-sign warnings,
Mokka I had only had a rear beam suspension (also inherited by grandland ? ) versus independent suspension on r5, and the new mokka gsi absurdly still has that and an LSD on front axle,
but, seems like first generation ev manufacturers had a lot of suspension problems model3 & mach-e, compromise of supple handling and controlling a heavy chassis.
 
Tesla was first generation of car full stop so for all the fan fare their development process wasn’t the same as “legacy auto” and it showed, the noise about running changes and no facelifts also turned out to be utter vapourware too.

Grandland It’s built to a cost. Nothing wrong with a torsion beam rear axle. R5 is borderline a 4 seat car!
 
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Well my home charger is being installed on the 27th and my Enyaq comes on the 8th.

See how it works out for a few years.

Not that I plan to charge out and about too much but what's the best route to go with that when needed?
 
Rroff said:
I linked to the video because it shows on topic an actual comparison of ICE vs EV in snow conditions and by someone with a relatively amount of authority on the subject - I wasn't using it to back up a point as I said I couldn't remember the outcome at the time of linking to it - I was just adding commentary.

The blind spot here isn't me.
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It’s also two different OEMs with many different things including powertrain. It’s hardly a side by side comparison. Edit Oh wow. It’s comparing 0-60 and lap times in snow and ice. How’s this relevant to real world when u need snow grip. And tbh the Audi comes out on top anyway ? Strange to post a video to support a point you trying to make yet don’t even remember the outcome ? Doesn’t mention tyre width either but the Tesla is ‘a few kg more’ then shows a pic its 224kg heavier.

I still have no idea why you have replied to my original post agreeing then you seem to argue against the same point. Very strange
 
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Simon said:
It’s also two different OEMs with many different things including powertrain. It’s hardly a side by side comparison. Edit Oh wow. It’s comparing 0-60 and lap times in snow and ice. How’s this relevant to real world when u need snow grip. And tbh the Audi comes out on top anyway ? Strange to post a video to support a point you trying to make yet don’t even remember the outcome ? Doesn’t mention tyre width either but the Tesla is ‘a few kg more’ then shows a pic its 224kg heavier.

I still have no idea why you have replied to my original post agreeing then you seem to argue against the same point. Very strange
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There are other examples as well comparing EV and ICE performance in snow I just linked to that one.

They also looked at things like hill climbing and braking distances, etc. it all plays into how well the different vehicles handle in the snow - while 0-60 times alone don't mean much you can combine all the data points to see how they cope in challenging conditions.

My main argument has been that it is a mixed bag with a lot of conditions/variables and while EVs can do better when the electronics can cope i.e. often the limits of an inexperienced driver it can be a more complicated story when pushing the limits and with a more experienced driver actively managing the situation, depending a bit on the features of the car.
 
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After being assured by one of the EV team at my workplace that our new to us Kona EV will not explode if I charged it to 100%, I took the plunge and charged to 100% overnight instead of up to the usual 80%.

Happy to report that there was no explosion and it cost £7.44 to charge from 40% - 100%
 
bainbridge said:
After being assured by one of the EV team at my workplace that our new to us Kona EV will not explode if I charged it to 100%, I took the plunge and charged to 100% overnight instead of up to the usual 80%.

Happy to report that there was no explosion and it cost £7.44 to charge from 40% - 100%
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Rookie error - it doesn't explode immediately, it waits until the most inconvenient moment and then *boom*.

On a more serious note I've not seen anyone do long term capacity tests on EVs but seen a couple of videos recently of people doing long term tests on similar battery chemistry in other uses and the difference in resulting battery health between different charge modes - fast/slow, 20-80, 100%, etc. etc. with the more recent chemistries is really small - the biggest impact was from leaving the battery unused for prolonged periods in a fairly low state, or permanently holding a 100% "float" charge.
 
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I’m going to order a home charger today, and my very limited knowledge and with a bit of light reading the Easee one seems to be a decent choice?
My aim is to keep cost down (the car is only used for work and needs charging once a week).
I’m stuck with Fuse energy (unless I pay an exit fee) for the foreseeable, so it needs to work with them for their EV tariff.
Scrap that, just spoke to the sparky and he’s going to fit an Ohme.
 
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bainbridge said:
After being assured by one of the EV team at my workplace that our new to us Kona EV will not explode if I charged it to 100%, I took the plunge and charged to 100% overnight instead of up to the usual 80%.

Happy to report that there was no explosion and it cost £7.44 to charge from 40% - 100%
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Pray for Bain, he’s one of us - for a day atleast!
 
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