So I find it will go to 50% if the charge limit is changed in the IO app. However if adjusted in the Tesla app, its fine.
When are you going fully electric?
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never mind - the recent acclaimed govt business investor who is fixing up public charging at little-chefs is mquary the same guyjim who fixed thames water,
thought he was talking about the BT digital fibre installation for people in the sticks aren't govt now heavily subsidising that so people can WFH at their holiday cottage
thought he was talking about the BT digital fibre installation for people in the sticks aren't govt now heavily subsidising that so people can WFH at their holiday cottage
I get that. My mother is 77 and if it wasn't for living in a flat, I would recommend she use an EV.
She also doesn't go particularly far, she struggles a bit on the forecourt, it could be set to be nice and warm when she first gets in (she still works albeit locally)
I would say she'd probably go for EV if she could.
However, we start off with one of the hurdles of EV ownership - living in a flat. Doesn't stop you owning EV but adds a complication that doesn't exist with ICE of hybrid.
My partner is 42 and is a bit of a technophobe. She would need a lot of convincing to go EV (she's driven the Ipace once in 2 years) and if it's not manual, it's basically witchcraft.
My partner is 42 and is a bit of a technophobe. She would need a lot of convincing to go EV (she's driven the Ipace once in 2 years) and if it's not manual, it's basically witchcraft.
Much the same as my wife. She flatly refuses to drive anything automagic.
I've pointed out to her that she'd better get used to the idea because there will come a time when we won't be able to buy anything manual.
I'll be replacing our CX5 in around 18 months I think, and I want to go electric with a used Model Y or similar. I think I might face an uphill battle.
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Woman don’t see the benefit of filling at home anyway as they just drive anything until the light comes on and someone else fills it up… 
I thought one of the female concerns was charging 'security' alone at a charger for an extended period of time ?
clearly if you were always driving within range and only charged at home you'd have no issue.
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German situation
The number of new electric car customers has also declined. In the third quarter of 2024, only 3.9 percent of private car buyers opted for a purely battery-electric drive. Previously, in the last quarters of 2022 and 2023, the proportion of people switching from combustion engines to electric cars had reached 6.9 percent and 6.6 percent. One of the reasons for this is likely to have been the reduction in the environmental bonus. The charging infrastructure is also not progressing quickly enough. There is a particular lack of fast charging stations.
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With 13.9 million insured vehicles and a market share of around 25 percent among privately registered vehicles, the largest German car insurer can draw on representative data on the development of the car market in-house.
HUK's data on combustion and electric drives in cars also show that the choice of drive depends heavily on the personal living situation: Homeowners are significantly overrepresented among electric car drivers at 4.1 percent (average: 2.9 percent). Among owners of condominiums, the proportion is 2.4 percent and among renters only 1.3 percent.
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With 13.9 million insured vehicles and a market share of around 25 percent among privately registered vehicles, the largest German car insurer can draw on representative data on the development of the car market in-house.
HUK's data on combustion and electric drives in cars also show that the choice of drive depends heavily on the personal living situation: Homeowners are significantly overrepresented among electric car drivers at 4.1 percent (average: 2.9 percent). Among owners of condominiums, the proportion is 2.4 percent and among renters only 1.3 percent.
My Mother (76) had an EV before me! (i3)..I get that. My mother is 77 and if it wasn't for living in a flat, I would recommend she use an EV.
She also doesn't go particularly far, she struggles a bit on the forecourt, it could be set to be nice and warm when she first gets in (she still works albeit locally)
I would say she'd probably go for EV if she could.
However, we start off with one of the hurdles of EV ownership - living in a flat. Doesn't stop you owning EV but adds a complication that doesn't exist with ICE of hybrid.
My partner is 42 and is a bit of a technophobe. She would need a lot of convincing to go EV (she's driven the Ipace once in 2 years) and if it's not manual, it's basically witchcraft.
Turns out she is a secret geek.. in fact i'd not have bothered with an EV if she hadn't leant me hers for a week here and there..
Getting my Mrs to try an EV was easy once she realised instead of £230pm out of her own pocket paying for fuel which was largely just shopping 2-3 times a day, she could charge it at home and it only cost £20 a month which just meant she could spend £210pm from the money she was 'saving'.. woman maths is clearly far superior to man maths!
I doubt it, going uphill in a an EV is much easier, just tell her that, especially if you need to do a hill start.
Finally got around to checking out the...
Scenic - really good looking car. Interior is quite premium in places, then really sadly cheapy in other areas (glove box etc). The arm rest catch design is a sackable offence. The boot seems bigger on paper than IRL; there is a massive cubby though which could be useful, albeit blocked by a pram or suit case. The roof is such that you don't get much vertical height. Seems par for the course tho.
Explorer - really ugly car. The interior is really quite nicely premium, altho I was looking at the full leather version. The screen in front of the driver is moderately useful.
Model Y - this thing is super nice to sit in. The driving position is great. The rear parcel shelf is a bit whack though; and the boot shape dings usefulness a bit. It is also horrendously wide.
Probs going to get the Scenic unless I hear a wildcard.
Scenic - really good looking car. Interior is quite premium in places, then really sadly cheapy in other areas (glove box etc). The arm rest catch design is a sackable offence. The boot seems bigger on paper than IRL; there is a massive cubby though which could be useful, albeit blocked by a pram or suit case. The roof is such that you don't get much vertical height. Seems par for the course tho.
Explorer - really ugly car. The interior is really quite nicely premium, altho I was looking at the full leather version. The screen in front of the driver is moderately useful.
Model Y - this thing is super nice to sit in. The driving position is great. The rear parcel shelf is a bit whack though; and the boot shape dings usefulness a bit. It is also horrendously wide.
Probs going to get the Scenic unless I hear a wildcard.
After 20+ years of driving picked up a Q4 the other day.
I miss revs & changing gears but the novelty of pre heating & defrosting the car in the morning from a button in the app whilst I'm still in bed is amazing.
Need to turn off some of the 'safety' features though, was fighting the car on occasion to do what I wanted.
It's made me realise why some people are clueless about their headlights. Whatever driving mode I was in my headlight options were 'dipped lights' or 'auto'. Couldn't turn them off or just run with sidelights.
Need to spend some time with the manual.
I miss revs & changing gears but the novelty of pre heating & defrosting the car in the morning from a button in the app whilst I'm still in bed is amazing.
Need to turn off some of the 'safety' features though, was fighting the car on occasion to do what I wanted.
It's made me realise why some people are clueless about their headlights. Whatever driving mode I was in my headlight options were 'dipped lights' or 'auto'. Couldn't turn them off or just run with sidelights.
Need to spend some time with the manual.
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How do you find the Audi app? From what I’ve read (possibly in this thread) it’s quite poor?
It's certainly wide, but I've not found it excessively so.
Very slow - to get it to sync with the car takes multiple attempts. Turning the air con on remotely can take up to a minute for the instruction to actually go through.
Managed to get intelligent octopus tariff to sync with it (eventually) so now charging is all handled that way rather than through a smart charger.
Saved me a fortune just fitting a 32a commando socket rather than a stand alone smart charger.
But that's the limit really of my interaction with the app so far. It's not great but does what I need it to.
I wasted so much time looking into unsuitable SUVs due to them having 500L+ boots. What that actually equated to in many cases was a medium hatchback boot measured to the parcel shelf which was only as high as it was due to the letterbox slot of a rear window.
Scenic looks like a good option IMO.
It's still a bit wider than most people are used to.
I think he's done the right thing, test drive a load of cars and you soon know what gels for you..
The model Y is a proper SUV size, that’s not for everyone, here’s the comparison of all the rivals to it, plenty of choice:
Instavolt ceo on r4 today 6:30ish - the price of the standing charge has gone up so we can't pass on a 10p reduction (the independant body report suggests reduced electricity prices would indicate),
but if the govt reduces the VAT to 5% like for home charging that would go a long way.
but if the govt reduces the VAT to 5% like for home charging that would go a long way.
Ordered a e208gt at what I thought was a good price through salary sacrifice. Gone through the odd wave of buyers remorse but for it's intended use I think it's going to be an ideal first step into the electric car ownership.
The price they are quoting seems to have jumped up since I ordered so I'm hoping they don't mess about with the order and try and charge me more. If they do I'll just cancel.
I opted for a Hypervolt 3 pro charger with 10m cable. I didn't feel too good about having to pay £230 for the charger but I figured having a 10m cable gives me more flexibility on our driveway layout.
The price they are quoting seems to have jumped up since I ordered so I'm hoping they don't mess about with the order and try and charge me more. If they do I'll just cancel.
I opted for a Hypervolt 3 pro charger with 10m cable. I didn't feel too good about having to pay £230 for the charger but I figured having a 10m cable gives me more flexibility on our driveway layout.
Old news. This was expected in previous budgets. 20% VAT on liquid fuel still.
Public charging isn’t a supply of electricity either, it’s a supply of charging services, hence 20% VAT.
Pretty much every ‘hard up’ sector in the country is calling for 5% VAT at the moment, it’s actually a nonsense.
They’d be better off scrapping the 5% rate entirely and getting by rid of almost everything out of the 0% rate, including biscuits (or is it cakes, I can’t remember) to stop all the nonsense campaigning. Lower VAT rates tend to benefit the wealthy more anyway, particularly on services like EV charging.
VAT is an easy target but it isn’t the root cause.
Charge point operators need to come up with better pricing models if they want people to use their services more, how about some off peak pricing where energy is cheaper, more abundant and less carbon intensive. Local residents might actually use those AC chargers in the middle of town if they were not 50p/kwh 24/7.
The government needs to sort out the ludicrous electricity ‘market’.
Those two things will solve the root cause Mr Instavolt.
Pretty much every ‘hard up’ sector in the country is calling for 5% VAT at the moment, it’s actually a nonsense.
They’d be better off scrapping the 5% rate entirely and getting by rid of almost everything out of the 0% rate, including biscuits (or is it cakes, I can’t remember
) to stop all the nonsense campaigning. Lower VAT rates tend to benefit the wealthy more anyway, particularly on services like EV charging. VAT is an easy target but it isn’t the root cause.
Charge point operators need to come up with better pricing models if they want people to use their services more, how about some off peak pricing where energy is cheaper, more abundant and less carbon intensive. Local residents might actually use those AC chargers in the middle of town if they were not 50p/kwh 24/7.
The government needs to sort out the ludicrous electricity ‘market’.
Those two things will solve the root cause Mr Instavolt.
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