The Tesla Thread

Jaguar are officially unveiling the Ipace tomorrow, that's supposed to have a range of 310 miles and 0-60 in 4 seconds.

Rumor is that it can charge 100kw in 45 minutes as well.

At a rumoured £60,000 RRP it's probably more in competition with the Model-S than the Model 3 though....
 
Will be interesting to see either way. Getting really excited about EV development in general now. I find myself reading up and researching it almost all the time! :)
 
Hyundai have just announced the Kona EV which is probably more a match for the Model 3 (or Y if that’s ever released).

Predicted to be around ~£30k and has two versions, a 186 mile and a 292 mile option.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.autoblog.com/amp/2018/02/27/hyundai-kona-electric-suv-revealed/

An EV Subcompact Crossover at an “affordable” price could sell well. Hyundai have come a long way in the last few years with the quality of their vehicles. Depending on size it could be an ideal second vehicle for us, we were considering a Tucson, or possibly an EV XC40 depending on when it’s released and what pric eit is.
 
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Its really good to see the mainstream manufacturers bringing more EV options to the market. Way overdue imo!
 
Anyone here with EVs and have fitted a charger at home? If so which one did you go for?

Was looking into this last night and what is available in Portugal. Seems like the Tesla one is actually the best!
 
Tesla one will need a different connector. Mainstream will be J1772 type 2 or the mennekes connector.

Grants here will pay for 75% so £130 is about the start point to pay for a wall box. Then more for tethered cables etc.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
Tesla one will need a different connector. Mainstream will be J1772 type 2 or the mennekes connector.

Grants here will pay for 75% so £130 is about the start point to pay for a wall box. Then more for tethered cables etc.
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Not sure about UK but at least here in Portugal and Norway (from what i can tell) Teslas and other brands seem to be using a Type 2 connector. I regularly see Nissan Leafs, i3's and Teslas using the same charger next to work, and they only have Type 2 connection?

On this note, why there are so many different connection types does seem fairly boggling.
 
If that Hyundai can do even 3/4 of what it claims it could become really popular. I'd definitely consider one to replace our second car

Quite interesting to see how quickly electric is ramping up and at what point taxation starts to creep in. I'd guess not for a good 4 or 5 years yet so it's getting close to the right time to jump now imo.
 
Phate said:
Not sure about UK but at least here in Portugal and Norway (from what i can tell) Teslas and other brands seem to be using a Type 2 connector. I regularly see Nissan Leafs, i3's and Teslas using the same charger next to work, and they only have Type 2 connection?
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Yeah they just need a big bulky connector or adaptor for Tesla to use the generic chargers. Not quite as elegant as the superchargers.
 
Ah you mean the ChaDemo one? Or for that J1772 port you mentioned?

At least I know Teslas here in PT have the Type 2 connection which the chargers at work and on the steets have, so I can breathe easy :D

The only problem would be is if a friend wanted to charge their non-tesla car in my garage and the chances of that happening are pretty damn slim and even then its not my problem :p
 
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I think you are getting muddled up, type 2 will be the wall post. The actual charge socket on the Tesla is unique where as other EV have a type 2 at each end of the lead.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
I think you are getting muddled up, type 2 will be the wall post. The actual charge socket on the Tesla is unique where as other EV have a type 2 at each end of the lead.
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So why do new Teslas supplied in mainland Europe (at the very least for Portugal) come with an additional Type 2 m/f cable? It states this on Teslas website.

I am 99% sure I have seen Teslas charging at work/near work on a Type 2 m/f cable.

Also this article here: https://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-charging-inlet-in-europe/ - although this is an old article now.

Although this one from October - https://electrek.co/2017/10/16/tesla-new-dual-charge-port-design-model-s-model-x/

In the US and Canada, it features Tesla’s own proprietary connector and in Europe, the company uses the standard Mennekes plug.
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Or are you meaning something else?
 
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