When are you going fully electric?
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Other than the infotainment system, it's fine.
Associate
Considering VWs car manufacturing experience I found it pretty poor tbf. Although I think the ones made for the GCC are made in China with smaller batteries. I've heard the Skoda and cupra offerings are much better
Man of Honour
This is the turning point (obviously the car would need to support it too not just the cable, so solid state batteries...):
consent.yahoo.com
And still there will be people on social media complaining that billions is spent on space exploration when there are energy issues on Earth and people starving etc - Little realising that the majority of things we take for granted today is all thanks to NASA space exploration tech since the 60s.
Electric vehicles could be charged within 5 minutes thanks to tech developed by NASA for use in space
The complex cooling technique, developed to maintain proper temperatures in space, can deliver 4.6 times the current of other electric car chargers.
And still there will be people on social media complaining that billions is spent on space exploration when there are energy issues on Earth and people starving etc - Little realising that the majority of things we take for granted today is all thanks to NASA space exploration tech since the 60s.
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This is the turning point (obviously the car would need to support it too not just the cable, so solid state batteries...):
Electric vehicles could be charged within 5 minutes thanks to tech developed by NASA for use in space
The complex cooling technique, developed to maintain proper temperatures in space, can deliver 4.6 times the current of other electric car chargers.
While the cells are the current limiting factor, the local grid (particularly here in the U.K.) will become the limiting factor once you start talking about rapid chargers that pull that much energy.
The more energy you are constantly switching on and off like that, the more expensive it is. The hubs with 350kw chargers are already buffering out their supply with batteries to smooth out the demand and so they can use more chargers on the supply they can get hold of.
I expect we will see these things deployed for HGVs with massive batteries but not so much for car which for the most part are probably aren’t going to have batteries bigger than 85kwh because it’s just not needed.
Soldato
This is the turning point (obviously the car would need to support it too not just the cable, so solid state batteries...):
Electric vehicles could be charged within 5 minutes thanks to tech developed by NASA for use in space
The complex cooling technique, developed to maintain proper temperatures in space, can deliver 4.6 times the current of other electric car chargers.
And still there will be people on social media complaining that billions is spent on space exploration when there are energy issues on Earth and people starving etc - Little realising that the majority of things we take for granted today is all thanks to NASA space exploration tech since the 60s.
And a lot of NASA tech was based on developments of WW2 tech. Just don’t mention where all the early aerospace medicine data came from.
Soldato
For some people it will be both.
Soldato
Still waiting on our EV, the only answer we get is "it's still at the port". Same response for 2-3 months now. Ordered in January, built in April, shipped from Mexico to Antwerp in June and lost in the upside down ever since.
Perhaps Tesla’s approach of making you go to Southampton to get it isn’t so bad after all
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The MG 4 is the BEST car I've driven all year!
This is the all-new MG4! Mat’s got his hands on this family-friendly EV, and he’s about to see if it can compete with class leaders such as the Volkswagen ID...
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Soldato
Perhaps Tesla’s approach of making you go to Southampton to get it isn’t so bad after all
I'd drive anywhere in the UK today if I could pick it up! It's definitely been sold to someone else
Having to buy another temporary car as I'm fed up waiting and can't survive with 1 car between 2 of us.
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Probably waiting for a part at the port.
Soldato
Like a wheel?
Surely if it's shipped from Mexico to Antwerp to the UK it would make it to the dealer for any missing parts? Seems odd it's just sat stuck at the port for a few months and the dealer has zero information other than "it's stuck at the port".It's not even like I can cancel it and go buy another, even slightly used, as they've gone up several thousand since January even for one with 10k miles on!
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Had heard of cars waiting for parts, just a guess. Or they literally don't know. 
Frustrating!
Frustrating!
Soldato
Had heard of cars waiting for parts, just a guess. Or they literally don't know.
Frustrating!
Might as well play have someone else to play the guessing game with, nothing else I can really do
Soldato
Charging times has always been the main problem. Can't get everyone without home charging into an ev unless they can fill up at the petrol station without massive queues.