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tamzzy said:
hilarious that EDF's smart tariff is not compatible with Pod when they've partnered up with Pod for their EVCP offerings :cry:
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I just saw this as well, googled Pod Charger as I'm sure that's what I thought I saw on the EDF website when I switched tariff over to their EV one! Surely it must be compatible.
 
So Hypervolt have been in contact about my Pro 3 randomly dropping offline and they've instructed the installers to replace the wifi module. As expected and I'm very impressed with their level of response.
 
I've recently had a Hypervolt Pro 3 installed at home via my limited company, quite a substantial subsidy is available for this.

Not actually got an EV yet, but it looks nice and the app seems good.
 
tamzzy said:
hilarious that EDF's smart tariff is not compatible with Pod when they've partnered up with Pod for their EVCP offerings :cry:
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Yeah, kinda confused me a bit, given thier Pod3 EV tariff scheme. I may see what happens after they've got me across, and validated me over to the EV tariff.

A bit of a shame as both the BYD AND the Podpoint I've got worked fine with the Fuse EV tariff before they killed it.
 
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Good news on the Hyundai.


As a recap:

- Put down deposit on an Ioniq 6.
- Went through finance a month after (as agreed)
- Passed finance
- Was subsequently advised they had sold the car and there were none available.




I went absolutely ballistic as I had scheduled to give the ID 7 back, was moving house the same weekend I was due to pick up the new car and because I was stopping payments to Alphabet, I was rushed to find an alternative option.



Sent off an email to the general sales manager at the dealership, as well as Hyundai MD.



Today, I’ve had it confirmed that a replacement car has been assigned to me.




I have mixed feelings about this.



I am REALLY nervous that if I have any issues, I’m going to have another nightmare on my hands.


Equally, I’m really glad I don’t have to go and find another option which will cost me more money for a lesser product.





Hyundai exec team, thankfully, have been EXCELLENT in how they have handled this. Like, shockingly good. Hopefully this represents the future experience with them.




Different colour this time, and it’s really nice:


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It’s a good car at the end of the day, not a looker* but it’s just metal.

*don’t take any style tips from me, I’ve openly said I like the Luce or whatever it’s called.
 
Parked up today and noticed as I was walking past that some fine, upstanding member(s) of the community have hacked the charging cables off. There surely can't be that much copper in them?

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It'd be a real shame if one of the scrotes got 800V across the heart next time.
 
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Every time we go to Europe one Chinese car always gets my attention - Zeekr. They just look good.

Also Lync & Co or whatever it's called, but those are petrol I believe.
 
GravyMonster said:
There surely can't be that much copper in them?
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Free is free as far as some people see it, I've seen site labourers gathering loose steel wire offcuts from armoured cables to take to weigh in, I don't think it's even worth 50p per kilo but that doesn't seem to deter them.
 
GravyMonster said:
Parked up today and noticed as I was walking past that some fine, upstanding member(s) of the community have hacked the charging cables off. There surely can't be that much copper in them?
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Copper prices are pretty good atm. They can make a couple of grand in a night with an angle grinder and a car I would've thought.

A few amps from a fast charger would certainly help them rethink their strategy though.
 
Kenai said:
Free is free as far as some people see it, I've seen site labourers gathering loose steel wire offcuts from armoured cables to take to weigh in, I don't think it's even worth 50p per kilo but that doesn't seem to deter them.
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In Holland, lightning protection is made of copper. It's literally 20mm(ish) copper rods screwed to the roofs of almost all buildings. When I lived in a small town in Holland, someone was nicking it. Schools, churches, the lot. It went on for months, became a whole fiasco in our little town. Nobody could catch this perp, and the local papers even called him "de koper jager" (copper hunter).

One day one of my fellow apprentices calls in sick, he's in hospital. Turns out it was him all along. He had an old BMW E30 with a trailer, a long ladder and some bolt cutters. He would cut the copper in to lengths and chuck it in the trailer from the roof he was on. One of the rods ended up vertical in the grass next to his trailer, and when he was climbing down his ladder he fell and the rod went through his liver, lung, and out his throat.

He ended up doing something like six years and turned to a life of hard crime after that.
 
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