Luckypants

Now I have a heat pump at home I'm seriously considering moving to Eon, this may clinch it.

Indeed. Glad you got some help.

Good luck. Please let us know how you get on.

MEB cars have a separate battery heating/cooling loop but share the car's aircon unit for cooling. There's a three port valve that controls flow to the coolant loops.

That's rather poor given VAG know its a design tolerance issue.

Sounds very much like the drive shaft splines need to be re-glued. (Yes! Glued!) I've had MEB cars for over 5 years and this issue has been raised a number of times on various forums. There is a clicking sound from the rear when moving off (forward or reverse) and when going over to full re-gen. The splines on the drive shafts have movement caused by the adhesive used on them failing. All cases I've heard about have been covered by warranty or extended warranty. Worth a Google.

The heat pump is £1150 or thereabouts for a small increase in overall efficiency. Maybe 10-15 miles extra range in winter? £1000 buys a hell of a lot of electricity, so the heat pump is poor value.

Sorry I meant to reply to this earlier.... If your distribution board is full there are alternatives. For instance my supply is split after the meter via a Henly block with one set of tails going to the board and another to a weatherproof mini fuse box to feed my charger. All extra wiring is in the existing meter cupboard. There are ways and means.

You might investigate a charger in a garage / handy shed or mounted on a post by your drive before giving up on home charging.

I am not an Elroq owner, so cannot give a definitive answer. Based on my experience with VW ID.4 and ID.3 (they share the same chassis, powertrain and batteries as Elroq) I'd say you will get around 4 miles/kWh to give a max range of around 220 miles. (according to https://ev-database.org/uk/car/3031/Skoda-Elroq-50) 200 miles might not seem much but how long do you drive for before you need a break? Personally its 2-3 hours or four at a push. The overall average journey speeds are around 45 on A-roads and maybe 55 on motorway. Thats 4-5 hours of driving in a 220 mile range vehicle. Chances are you'll need a break before the car needs a charge, so plug in while you take a break. Elroq 50 can charge 10%--->80% in 25 minutes under ideal conditions, just enough time for a loo break.

If most of your journeys are short, the smaller battery is ideal. Buy the car that works for 99% of your journeys and don't pay extra for a bigger battery that you 'need' once a year. Certainly not. Charging is quite straightforward but I would recommend having a practice run when charging and time is not critical just to confirm to yourself it is a simple process. It is not entirely necessary. The in-car satnav will find chargers for you and charging can be taken care of with a credit card. You could also get an RFID card such as Skoda Powerpass or Electroverse to initiate charging without a smartphone. However, a smartphone will make things easier and allow you to access the Skoda app to connect to the car. One thing to consider given your low mileage. It may not be the cheapest option to go on to a 'Cheap EV tariff' for charging at home. The peak rate and standing charges tend to be higher than a straight forward domestic tariff so unless a large portion of your home use can be shifted to the cheap times, your overall energy bill may go up.

Well I'll give it a shot. 5 years / 70k miles in EVs, mainly VAG products. This is a fallacy in general as you point out. When driving in urban stop/start EVs will often perform better than comparable ICE in terms of efficiency, due mainly to the regen from constant braking but on the open road not so much. This is another pro in the urban EV argument. For me, 50mph in my ID.3 will give around 4.8 miles / kWh. In my previous ID.4 this would have been 4.1 for the reasons you give (weight & frontal area). Note the most recent ID.4 models have a more efficient motor than mine did and will give better economy.On the motorway I cruise at 65mph and get 4.2 from the ID.3 and 3.8 from the old ID.4. Yes in my experience you are. I use heavy regen for downhill sections like you would change down and use engine braking on ICE vehicles. Yes indeed. Many EVs have coast as default. VAG cars have an 'intelligent' drive mode where the car coasts for as long as possible then regens to slow you down for roundabouts etc. It relies on the sat-nav data to know about bends, junctions etc. and the ACC to look out for obstacles in front. Driving an EV economically is not witchcraft, but uses the same principles as you would in ICE. Speed above 60-65 really impacts consumption IME.

And its available without having to use their app. Furthermore the reduced rate also gets the electroverse discount 52p with the extra discount

My stepdaughter's partner is very interested in this new model to replace her Kodiaq.

On a recent trip to Cornwall my most expensive charge was 63.5p/kWh at Gloucester services. My public charge costs apart from that were on AC posts averaging around 53p. My average cost per mile on this trip (leaving out home charging) was 12.9p while the same trip in my previous diesel car would have been around 18.2p/mile. Public charging can be reasonable and currently public charging is competitive with fossil cars.