When are you going fully electric?

Penfold101 said:
Find a lorry/coach doing 65, slot in behind it and admire the scenery.
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And be completely bored, might as well also amputate your legs and arms whilst you're at it. As far as I'm concerned cars are for driving and getting as much fun as you can out if them. No wonder EV's aren't appealing if that's the manner in which they need to be driven. Mights as well get a bus or a train...
 
cuke2u said:
And be completely bored, might as well also amputate your legs and arms whilst you're at it. As far as I'm concerned cars are for driving and getting as much fun as you can out if them. No wonder EV's aren't appealing if that's the manner in which they need to be driven. Mights as well get a bus or a train...
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It's a conversation about long distance driving - sitting at 75mph in an ICE on a motorway isn't exactly the pinnacle of excitement anyway is it?
 
cuke2u said:
And be completely bored, might as well also amputate your legs and arms whilst you're at it. As far as I'm concerned cars are for driving and getting as much fun as you can out if them. No wonder EV's aren't appealing if that's the manner in which they need to be driven. Mights as well get a bus or a train...
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Who said they had to be driven that way? I could thrash it at 100mph weaving in and out of all 3 lanes if I wanted to, the same as any petrol or diesel car. I drove my old ICE cars the same way - if I found something big doing around the speed I wanted to drive at (70mph, the legal limit…) then I’d happily use the adaptive cruise and take advantage of the slipstream - it’s not an electric car thing and I’ve no idea why this triggered you so much… :D
 
cuke2u said:
And be completely bored, might as well also amputate your legs and arms whilst you're at it. As far as I'm concerned cars are for driving and getting as much fun as you can out if them. No wonder EV's aren't appealing if that's the manner in which they need to be driven. Mights as well get a bus or a train...
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Dont need legs tbh with ACC anyway
 
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Penfold101 said:
Who said they had to be driven that way? I could thrash it at 100mph weaving in and out of all 3 lanes if I wanted to, the same as any petrol or diesel car. I drove my old ICE cars the same way - if I found something big doing around the speed I wanted to drive at (70mph, the legal limit…) then I’d happily use the adaptive cruise and take advantage of the slipstream - it’s not an electric car thing and I’ve no idea why this triggered you so much… :D
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So be honest, if you did that with an EV, and there can't be many that you can, give me a realistic mileage figure before you'd have to stop to charge say at an ambient temperature of 5c we're currently experiencing. Would it be, at a guess, less than 200 miles?
I've driven a few but none do anything for me the same as my current car does but still looking..
 
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cuke2u said:
So be honest, if you did that with an EV, and there can't be many that you can, give me a realistic mileage figure before you'd have to stop to charge say at an ambient temperature of 5c we're currently experiencing. Would it be, at a guess, less than 200 miles?
I've driven a few but none do anything for me the same as my current car does but still looking..
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Most EV’s max out around 100mph due to the speed of the motors - super cars tend to have an additional 2 speed gearbox in the drivetrain so they can go faster, but seeing as the legal limit pretty much everywhere is a lot less than that it would be a needless expense and design for mass produced cars.

I reckon range at that speed would be around 100 miles possibly, as aerodynamic drag increases massively the faster you go, but I’m pulling that figure out of my ass…

I do miss the sound of an ICE car accelerating through the gears, but in every other measure I’d take my EV any day.
 
Penfold101 said:
I drove my old ICE cars the same way - if I found something big doing around the speed I wanted to drive at (70mph, the legal limit…) then I’d happily use the adaptive cruise and take advantage of the slipstream - it’s not an electric car thing and I’ve no idea why this triggered you so much… :D
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This is how I have always drove since 1975, find something doing the speed I'm happy with and stay behind it.
However with this MG4 it's the first time I've had the magic of Cruise Control driving for me.
 
Penfold101 said:
Most EV’s max out around 100mph due to the speed of the motors - super cars tend to have an additional 2 speed gearbox in the drivetrain so they can go faster, but seeing as the legal limit pretty much everywhere is a lot less than that it would be a needless expense and design for mass produced cars.

I reckon range at that speed would be around 100 miles possibly, as aerodynamic drag increases massively the faster you go, but I’m pulling that figure out of my ass…

I do miss the sound of an ICE car accelerating through the gears, but in every other measure I’d take my EV any day.
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Thanks for your honest answer, yeah most ev's seem to have a limit on their top speed. I have driven both the Polestar 2, the ex30 and the ec40 twin motors but they do not give me the same feeling, charisma or seat of the pants driving my current car has, plus it'll still do over 300 miles a tank full when pushing very hard. At some point I know I'll have to cave in become Mr Sensible and go EV and I've got my eyes on two currently, one being the Cupra Tavascan and will test drive this early next. Hopefully the VRS version will be out soon and this government gives us some proper financial incentive to change.
 
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Penfold101 said:
Adaptive Cruise Control - best invention ever.
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My 2021 Leaf has it and is the first car I have ever had with CC. You can set the distance you want to sit behind the car in front, turn on lane guidance and other stuff with Pro-Pilot activated but I haven't had the bottle to give the car that much control yet and I can't say with any honesty that I ever will.
 
cuke2u said:
Thanks for your honest answer, yeah most ev's seem to have a limit on their top speed. I have driven both the Polestar 2, the ex30 and the ec40 twin motors but they do not give me the same feeling, charisma or seat of the pants driving my current car has, plus it'll still do over 300 miles a tank full when pushing very hard. At some point I know I'll have to cave in become Mr Sensible and go EV and I've got my eyes on two currently, one being the Cupra Tavascan and will test drive this early next. Hopefully the VRS version will be out soon and this government gives us some proper financial incentive to change.
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A hot version of a family EV will still be just as boring, just like the equivalent ICE versions of the Volvo you tried is also dull as hell

I have head the I5N is supposed to be more fun though, although it's all relative I expect
 
Have to say I'd love cruise control in the car.
Only had it in hire cars

But sometimes on long drives (200miles +) I can find my mind drifting. Especially on that horrible a14. Too many hours of my life on that
 
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cuke2u said:
I've got my eyes on two currently, one being the Cupra Tavascan and will test drive this early next. Hopefully the VRS version will be out soon and this government gives us some proper financial incentive to change.
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Isn't the vRS version of the Tavascan the Enyaq Coupe vRS that already exists? Both of which are derived from the ID4/5?
 
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