EV general discussion

[spile]

Saved a few thousands by buying a demonstrator . Top spec Hyundai Ioniq PHEV bought in 2019 and still going strong.

 

[jpaul]

Urgh. How do people watch that sort of guff on YouTube?

if you are pre millenial you can get these on amazon

Spoiler: spolier

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Haha - the ****master is changing his tune as he is going to loose his audience.

Posting a video seems counter productive to your statement.

 

[bigmike20vt]

What's peoples view on purchasing a used EV?

Looking at replacing my current car with an EV and there are some 2022/2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Premium Spec with 20-40k miles from £17-18.5k. They are the revised MY23 models with the 77kWh battery and battery pre conditioning as standard..

That is a lot of car for the money.
(tempting fate., I will blame you now if something goes wrong) I bought my 1st EV in 2023. it was 2.5 years old with 43kish on the clock.

currently the only thing its cost me outside of extended warranty, servicing/MOT and insurance is a new set of tyres

I bought our 2nd EV (the wife's car, so I still have mine) in 2024, 6 years old with 25k on the clock and all that has cost us out side of insurance, service and MOT is 2 new tyres and a new battery (12v not the main one!)

unless it's forced due to my job (toying with driving instructor and an EV may limit me) I hope never to buy an ICE again - unless I go nuts and buy an F Type

 

[shroomz]

What's peoples view on purchasing a used EV?

Looking at replacing my current car with an EV and there are some 2022/2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Premium Spec with 20-40k miles from £17-18.5k. They are the revised MY23 models with the 77kWh battery and battery pre conditioning as standard.

If I got a 2023 model, then that's Hyundai warranty until 2028 and 2031 for the battery.

I'm in the same kind of place as you, looking to buy a second hand ev for a daily driver. I drove a Niro for a few months for a previous job a couple of years ago and that was great. I test drove a model y earlier this week to buy and that was like an iPhone moment.

 

[Penfold101]

I test drove a model y earlier this week to buy and that was like an iPhone moment.

…it immediately tried to do a software update and reported all your data to China?







(Posted from my iPhone )

 

[shroomz]

…it immediately tried to do a software update and reported all your data to China?







(Posted from my iPhone )

Don't forget I had to rat-a-tat-tat for the window wipers

[YouTube]

 

[tamzzy]

Question for all you IOG users subbed to greener nights...asking for a friend:

Say the next few upcoming nights are not greener nights, what stops us (me) from disconnecting our EV charger/EV from IOG and charging the car, then re-connecting it back to IOG a couple days later (ie, to keep the greener nights % high to get the full monthly bonus)
Will octopus police this kind of gaming?

 

[b0rn2sk8]

I’m subbed but pay no attention to it. I charge when I need to and don’t charge when I don’t.

IIRC if you turn off smart charging, they can still see your car charging via the API.

 

[tamzzy]

IIRC if you turn off smart charging, they can still see your car charging via the API.

what about if the car/charger combo was fully deleted from the app?

 

[b0rn2sk8]

what about if the car/charger combo was fully deleted from the app?

You’d then risk them kicking you off the tariff.

 

[tamzzy]

@b0rn2sk8 i believe there's a 7 day grace period if no EV/charger is registered

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Try it and see what happens.

It’s a lot of effort to go to for a few Octo points.

 

[tamzzy]

Try it and see what happens.

haha i don't really need to, my daily mileage is low enough and free work charging too
the thought just popped up in my head. i might try it, if i really had the need to in the future for research purposes of course...

It’s a lot of effort to go to for a few Octo points.

tbf it's only a few seconds to deregister the car on the app and about a minute to reconnect it