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She a workshy ****working from home. She only goes into work 1 day per week and has her shopping delivered. But apparently has range anxiety and needs a bigger boot for all the shopping she never does. As you can see I love car shopping with my wife.
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Going to be funny when you only need to charge her car once every 4 weeks, maybe she'll get over her anxiety.
Did you look at the Ioniq 5 58kWh? Probably too big, but massive boot for all the stuff she doesn't buy. Are you looking at used or new?
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Follow up video
Headline figures are that it did 817km / 508 miles at 80kph / 50mph in Efficiency mode with no climate control enabled on 21" wheels.
He actually did 866km / 538 miles before it was undriveable.
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^granny charger ftw!
(always pays to have a granny charger lying around even if there's a wall charger)
Just need one home charger and your missus can use a granny charger then
It sounds impressive until you realise it has ~109-115kWh battery in it, 4.66mpKwh.
Similar test in Model Y - 814km with 82kWh battery
He done the 1000km test last night and just skimming through the livestream I think he said he completed it in 8 hours 55 (or at least he was rounding the time down to 8 hours 55), which equals his record time. I believe he mentioned temperatures of around 3c too, which is quite a bit colder than the 14c temps when the Model S Palladium and Zeekr 7x posted that time.
It'll be interesting to see just how much quicker the new i3 will complete it. I guess the charging speed will mean that the extra efficiency doesn't result in a great deal of time saved.
Got a 2024 IX3 right now, this is probably the only car that would make me stick EV - cheers for sharing that video.
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iX3 battery is 108.7 kWh. He must have regenned a few kWh over the 800+ kilometres, hence the car showing more than used than the battery capacity.
That Model Y is rear wheel drive
170BHP less than the iX3 (not that it matters a with range tests)
On 19" wheels instead of 21"
Tested in warmer, more battery friendly conditions.
iX3 has 400kw charging.
Tesla efficiency is impressive, but its not exactly apples to apples as the iX3 is the far superior car to live with IMO.
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This is something anyone with any EV ownership experience should be totally aware of. Comparing efficiency of two EVs taken in different conditions is utterly useless… I mean not even remotely useful.
I said similar test. And I agree its not apples to apples and doubt there would hopefully be another 50 miles on smaller wheels with a warmer temp.
It's understandable people are excited to see another car that has similar range capability and isn't Tesla, but its not magic, it is not new it is just a different brand. Finally there is another option, but again it is brute forced with a huge battery pack.
It peaks at 400kW - but it has a large pack, so 10-80% is 20 mins IF you get the peak - there are very few 400kW chargers in the UK thus far so might not be all that useful from day one ownership, great for the future though.
BMW iX3 50 xDrive charging curve & performance | EVKX.net
Below is the charging curve for BMW iX3 50 xDrive, illustrating the charging speed at various battery levels. Additionally, graphs for range and time provide comprehensive details on charging performance.
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You'll tell that if/when you get one, if one thing is for sure Tesla have proven just how reliable their cars are, which you can't say for an unknown. The other thing is the Tesla is at least £10k less in cost terms, and isn't in the Luxury VED bracket.
New, I think we will probably buy her a small suv type vehicle to start with and then change my mini for a small electric car if we get on with it. Both new. We didn't look at the Ioniq just the Kona.
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Was supposed to be here 2 weeks ago. Hopefully next week!
My wife got an iX2 xDrive 30 and it has grown on me looks wise. The biggest thing is just how well it drives and how suitably premium it feels. I mean compared to a similar priced Q4 or C40.
It makes me realise just how cheaply put together my Born is in comparison. What was even more surprising is it gives essentially identical efficiency to the Born despite being quite a bit bigger and more performance.
It makes me realise just how cheaply put together my Born is in comparison. What was even more surprising is it gives essentially identical efficiency to the Born despite being quite a bit bigger and more performance.
I wouldn't buy a new EV as a private buyer.
Salary sacrifice or company, yes...but not as a private buyer.
Generally much better off leasing that buying then if going new, or at least getting something pre-reg.
what's the comparative monthly outlay - looking at specs seems you need 30 with xdrive to get from 200 to 300bhp ..
inconsistently named? the ix3 40 with just rwd /300bhp, 87kw battery maybe a nice efficiency/nimbleness spot.
e: +300kg for the 50 with xdrive&bigger battery
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After moving house and dealing with 3 Pins charging for a few weeks we are finally getting a Untethered Andersen Quartz installed this Friday.
Having used the Hypervolt for 4 years (left with old house) I had forgotten how easy it had made things. Using just 3 pin in the Go Window meant losing around 10% each day (amount added back in 5 hours less commute consumed) thus requiring additional charges outside of Go window. Cost of charging itself doesn't really bother me (short term at least), its more the practicality, or lack thereof, of only being able to charge at ~2kW (limiting car/charger to 8a for sustained load).
Looking forward to being able to add ~30kW in the go window overnight.
Having used the Hypervolt for 4 years (left with old house) I had forgotten how easy it had made things. Using just 3 pin in the Go Window meant losing around 10% each day (amount added back in 5 hours less commute consumed) thus requiring additional charges outside of Go window. Cost of charging itself doesn't really bother me (short term at least), its more the practicality, or lack thereof, of only being able to charge at ~2kW (limiting car/charger to 8a for sustained load).
Looking forward to being able to add ~30kW in the go window overnight.