EV general discussion

Penfold101 · 2026-03-18T06:39:23+0000

m4rmite said:
But does your souless car sound like a roaring v8?

Satire btw

It does if I play this over the stereo:

Simon · 2026-03-18T07:28:52+0000

Journey said:
Do not post that in the fuel prices thread, ICE users are seeing rises while EV user get significant reductions.

Not sure it’s significant. 7p was still nothing in the grand scheme of it. 100kWh a week in the car ( which a lot) is only £15 a month saving. The war impact is going to be much more than that per month.

Lower peak rate is more useful really for those who can’t load shift.

I don’t really understand this feeling of joy , aka smugness, people seem to have when others have problems. Weird British thing I guess

tom_e · 2026-03-18T07:31:22+0000

Simon said:
Not sure it’s significant. 7p was still nothing in the grand scheme of it. 100kWh a week in the car ( which a lot) is only £15 a month saving. The war impact is going to be much more than that per month.

Lower peak rate is more useful really for those who can’t load shift.

I don’t really understand this feeling of joy , aka smugness, people seem to have when others have problems. Weird British thing I guess

I'll take a £360 a year saving over nothing.

Simon · 2026-03-18T07:33:04+0000

tom_e said:
I'll take a £360 a year saving over nothing.

how many months are in your year ?

tom_e · 2026-03-18T07:33:59+0000

Simon said:
how many months are in your year ?

200kWh goes into our cars a week

Simon · 2026-03-18T07:40:01+0000

tom_e said:
200kWh goes into our cars a week

I need to edit my post to ‘per car’. Point stands. This additional saving pays for the VED I guess.

EV fuel costs are significantly lower than ICE. But octopus going from 7 to 3.49 in some cases is not a significant drop IMO for EV. Certainly compared to the rise in ICE which was the context of the post.

Jonnycoupe · 2026-03-18T07:52:20+0000

Well the chips are down. So enjoy the new graphics card prices. I’m not a gaming geek though so Mwuhahhahahah losers. :rolleyes:

Ron-ski · 2026-03-18T07:58:53+0000

m4rmite said:
But does your souless car sound like a roaring v8?

Satire btw

I know it was said in jest, but it's not souless though, it's the quickest car I've ever owned, power delivery is instant, by EV standards it's pretty slow though, taking 7 seconds to 60. It's a far better, more comfortable drive than my Tiguan diesel ever was, only thing I miss is the four wheel drive (it spins the front wheels a little easily), my Quattro Allroad was brilliant in the snow, sold that in 2012 when I got the Tiguan, which was also 4WD, but we've not had any meaningful snow since I had that, and with me being old school I can actually drive in the snow, so I just need not boot it in the yet

when pulling away. Would I go back to Ice, no way. Said sincerely.

Simon said:
I don’t really understand this feeling of joy , aka smugness, people seem to have when others have problems. Weird British thing I guess

For me 3.49p is more a feeling of disbelief it can be so cheap, it will offset the recent drop in export rates for solar, as I run our entire house on off peak electric. Yes, I am a little smug, but it's because of all the people that **** off EVs, solar, heat pumps etc, they truly fail to see the environmental benefits and savings possible.

PS Unless things change it will only last three months.

SDK^ · 2026-03-18T08:04:39+0000

Yep
The headline 3.5p kWh looks awesome. The reality : I use about 3,500 kWh of off-peak electricity per year (80% car / 20% house), so the saving from 7p kWh is about £120 over a year.
In a time of fuel and energy increases any reduction is amazing so i'm not complaining.

Basically - Running an EV just updated from 25% of nothing to 10% of nothing

Jonnycoupe · 2026-03-18T08:10:07+0000

For some, some people on Agile have had a good few nights of negatve and I had been using Intelligent Go drive so not only was the EV charging only £20 a month the day rate was 4p cheaper.

its suprising for sure maybe the decoupling from gas prices and renewables is starting to happen or there a Government subsidisationg happening in the background to mask the reality of gas prices on UK energy. Or of course it was locked in with OFGEM before US Iran Wargames.

jpaul · 2026-03-18T08:19:30+0000

just the impact / feedthrough of £150 green tax removed from energy on IOG/octopus tarifs, like their fixed electricity trarif modification from current 25.94unit I pay.
( e: removed from bill and put in general taxation pot, that is )

Anyway it's I3 bonnet/rear reveal day.

b0rn2sk8 · 2026-03-18T08:27:33+0000

I use about 8000kwh of off peak electricity across the house (load shift/batteries), heating and the car so it’s pretty substantial for me but I’ve not had my email yet.

Jonnycoupe · 2026-03-18T08:41:18+0000

Does the export reduction hit you aswell though?

b0rn2sk8 · 2026-03-18T09:31:38+0000

Jonnycoupe said:
Does the export reduction hit you aswell though?

Yes but I export less than I import.

I actually imported 10.4mw and exported 8.6mw in 2025 so yes the drop in export takes the shine off but I still think I’m coming out better in the wash.

My car milage is due to increase next month also.

Edit: export was well up on 2024 also but I wasn’t using going energy arbitrage in 2024 so not directly comparable. I generated about 700 kWh more in 2025 than 2024.

Jonnycoupe · 2026-03-18T09:42:05+0000

I like to get the full story. Thanks

b0rn2sk8 · 2026-03-18T09:45:04+0000

Well my bill in 2025 was -£300 so that probably adds some perspective. That reminds me, I need to withdraw my credit

john_smith · 2026-03-18T09:47:58+0000

Ron-ski said:
Where's the fuel price thread, I'm going to be paying about 0.875p per mile come April

I've worked mine out as well. vs. a 45mpg diesel at £1.75/L. 12kmiles a year is costing me £105 now vs. £2.1k. That's approx 900MPG

john_smith · 2026-03-18T09:52:12+0000

Ron-ski said:
Yes, I am a little smug, but it's because of all the people that **** off EVs, solar, heat pumps etc, they truly fail to see the environmental benefits and savings possible.

Same. I've been called "a jammy git" for having a feed in tariff. There's nothing jammy about it. I invested early and i'm being rewarded. The sooner people jump on renewables the sooner they can enjoy the significant savings.

john_smith · 2026-03-18T09:53:21+0000

b0rn2sk8 said:
Yes but I export less than I import.

I actually imported 10.4mw and exported 8.6mw in 2025 so yes the drop in export takes the shine off but I still think I’m coming out better in the wash.

My car milage is due to increase next month also.

Edit: export was well up on 2024 also but I wasn’t using going energy arbitrage in 2024 so not directly comparable. I generated about 700 kWh more in 2025 than 2024.

If you're in at 3.49p then even exporting at 12p is better than it was at 7p & 15p

m4rmite · 2026-03-18T10:05:40+0000

Ron-ski said:
I know it was said in jest, but it's not souless though, it's the quickest car I've ever owned, power delivery is instant, by EV standards it's pretty slow though, taking 7 seconds to 60. It's a far better, more comfortable drive than my Tiguan diesel ever was, only thing I miss is the four wheel drive (it spins the front wheels a little easily), my Quattro Allroad was brilliant in the snow, sold that in 2012 when I got the Tiguan, which was also 4WD, but we've not had any meaningful snow since I had that, and with me being old school I can actually drive in the snow, so I just need not boot it in the yet when pulling away. Would I go back to Ice, no way. Said sincerely.

I've got an ev as well so I need no convincing of how good they are, as for soul, most people who say it run around in a4 cylinder diesel qashqai.
Like you I'd never go back to ice, we are a full ev household and the Oh loves no gears and clutch.
Ironic as she wouldn't drive my auto 3 series as she " didn't like an auto"