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1 hour ago, lol-lol said:
My petrol car or the EV both cost about 2.5p a mile for energy but that is because I have a fuel card and can charge at home.
Having a lot of difficulty working out a 2.5p per mile petrol figure. You either get VERY cheap petrol or your car does over 200 mpg? Petrol is £1.50 a litre here.
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Well mine is not. Long story mentioned many times before, my smart meter does not work (and DCC / Government stink.) I'm on the daily rate Tracker tariff as a courtesy from Octopus until smart meter coverage is
fixedenabled in my area. Tracker has been averaging just below 20p/kWh
If I ever get to the nirvana of a working smart meter the economics change in my favour. Until then the discussion is moot for me. I was giving my two penn'orth on the discussion as it stood.-
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I think the cost of charging from solar is a point of view type of argument. On the one hand if I put a solar kWh in my car I don't get paid 15p export, but on the other hand I save around 20p by not paying for it from the grid. Which view is right, am I saving 20p or losing 15p? I like to think I save 15p off the 20p (5p net cost) for every kWh that my car gets from solar. This is how I account for that solar energy on my car cost spreadsheet. I've kept track of every kWh I've put in the car, so I don't delude myself over what going EV has cost me. Its working out about even costs with previous diesel car including monthly finance payments - EV lower running costs offset by higher finance payments.
Finally, just want to say that getting solar PV was not based on having an EV but on a desire to reduce my emissions and reduce my bills in retirement (a few years off yet). We have a plan to make our house as cheap to run as possible to help eek out the retirement funds.-
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Use wiperblades.co.uk.... They show this as front wipers for Enyaq https://www.wiperblades.co.uk/suv-15-years-2020-to-2024-wiper-blades/aerotwin-plus-ap28u-flat-windscreen-wiper-blade-and-aerotwin-plus-ap18u-flat-windscreen-wiper-blade-twin-pack-wiper-blades - the same as my ID.4 They also show Bosch rear wiper for Enyaq here.. https://www.wiperblades.co.uk/suv-15-years-2020-to-2024-wiper-blades/bosch-a284h-wiper-blade
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Another 'partnership' starting to bear fruit. A new Osprey hub at a Tesco Extra in Leicester as a result of the site owner (REIT) and Osprey striking a deal for Osprey to provide charging at REIT's retail parks.
https://www.ospreycharging.co.uk/post/new-hub-tesco-extra-leicester-
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Services at last seem to be getting their act together with regards charging. I suspect this is the pay-off to the government Rapid Charging Fund helping pay to upgrade power supplies to MSAs starting to come through.
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Shell are putting their charging prices UP when electricity prices are going DOWN. Go figure....
https://www.shell.co.uk/electric-vehicle-charging/public-charging-with-shell-recharge/shell-recharge-pricing.html-
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.... and causing much excitement amongst the Twitteratti (X-eratti really does not have the same ring to it!) is EV Point installing the first non-Tesla badged V4 superchargers at Uttoxeter. They are operational by all accounts but not yet on Zapmap, Electroverse et al. A new hub using Tesla tech without the need for contact with Tesla.
https://electrek.co/2024/03/21/first-non-tesla-branded-v4-superchargers-are-being-deployed/
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With new hubs in England opening all the time, useful to post a link to Snax's map of UK hubs to show just how many charging hubs there are now. This does not include the chargers installed in ones and twos about the place which account for a lot of the infrastructure. Much of Osprey and Instavolt chargers are in pairs....
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1DOswN-GODssM2XmKV4oQ9r-mkGcbGno&ll=54.83169908129373%2C-4.228457999999976&z=6-
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Tesla have opened yet another hub to all cars, in Bristol this time. Thats 38 open to all, 39 when Thetford reopens after being upgraded. They are now a serious player in the open to all EV charging business.
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Tesla is 44p off peak. Significant saving, around 20%.
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Tesla have opened yet another hub to all cars, in Bristol this time. Thats 38 open to all, 39 when Thetford reopens after being upgraded. They are now a serious player in the open to all EV charging business.
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1 hour ago, Luckypants said:
It will be interesting to see if anything changes where there is direct competition like shown in the video.
It's just occurred to me that this has been happening for quite a while at Banbury. There is an Osprey hub (12 Kempower 150kW) right next to the Tesla (12 V3 250kW) chargers open to all - literally 10 feet apart. This has been the case for at least a year, but perhaps ever since the Osprey hub opened? I used the Tesla chargers there twice in September and both times the Ospreys were not in use and Tesla chargers has non-Teslas charging. I just checked and Osprey are still charging 79p while Tesla are 44p off peak, 55p peak. Are the other CPOs willing to tough it out to maintain their high prices?
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He seems convinced and has been banging that drum for the past couple of months, but the only price changes I see are upwards (Tesla excepted). It will be interesting to see if anything changes where there is direct competition like shown in the video.
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Another SUV style car, stupid for the city. Whoever starts making normal looking small EVs will make a killing. This could have been an electric Fabia with much wider appeal IMHO. The e-UP had long waits for new cars when VW closed the order book (has long waits as still being made to fulfil the order book AFAIK) so the demand is there. Cities are imposing ULEZ / ZEZ across europe so a small EV city car will be in big demand and skoda come up with this. The Dacia Spring will kick this one's butt on price alone.
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40 minutes ago, Rooted said:
EV charging @ Falkirk Football Stadium / Helix park, where the Kelpies are if wanting to go to Edinburgh via there.
We found the Kelpies fascinating and spent over an hour looking at them - with the walk to them and coffee we charged for 2 hours there on 3-phase AC.
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11 hours ago, Graham Butcher said:
<snip>also the national grid, some people say the grid is not suffering and only needs to be able to spread its peak demands out more, so the loading is more evenly spread out, but the programme tends to suggest otherwise, it is struggling,<snip>
Snipped to stay on the point of the grid. The capacity of the grid to carry power is well within limits currently, so the pro electrification camp quite rightly say 'the grid can cope'. However, the anti-electrification camp will point out that at times there is very little margin for error in the amount of generating capacity available to power the grid (and it's all the fault of renewables). Both camps are right to an extent.
As has been written and linked to many times, British electrical demand per person is much lower than 20 years ago and the grid has capacity to provide power. Electricity use has increased just 6% in the past 30 years, which is minor. (https://www.climatescorecard.org/2021/02/uks-electricity-sources-have-drastically-shifted-over-the-past-30-years/#:~:text=Solar power is equally growing,(TWh) in 30 years.) When the grid was built we had huge coal fired power stations close to the coal fields (Drax / Eggborough / Ferrybridge complex as an example being next to south yorkshire coalfield) and big nuclear plants built in the 50s/60s, so had the pylons and substations in place for this. Most of the coal-fired power stations are now closed and nuclear is going but the grid still goes to those sites and these places are still needed for routing and distribution. The power to replace these huge power stations is now pretty scattered as wind farms in the middle of nowhere and getting this lot connected is the problem, as generally the new electricity generating capacity is not near one of the old power stations with a big grid connection. There are no pylons in the middle of nowhere as there was no need to take power there. Even big offshore installations which bring all the power ashore in a single place still struggle to get connected. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65500339
So while the grid can cope, maybe we cannot generate enough leccy when needed. Its not just 'the grid'.......
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23 hours ago, J.R. said:
Now whilst you can do all that on the autoroute the eating is expensive and if I'm towing and need fuel I try to find a shopping centre with supermarket and petrol station, there are many around but it would be nice of the car could plan that. I can search for them at any time but all it shows is a distance as the crow flies and a compass bearing, getting there from the autoroute might be a massive detour involving driving many mile to an exit then many miles back in the same direction.
It would be very good to have it planned out.
If using an EV, use the sat-nav to navigate to Tesla chargers which are normally just off the motorway. There are literally hundreds of Tesla chargers open to all in France . To map out a route in advance for an EV, use an app like A Better Route Planner to see the journey and potential charging stops. There are others who moan about Tesla chargers NOT being on the Autoroutes / Motorways as they do not want to leave the road corridor. Just shows that all needs are mostly catered for.
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8 hours ago, Paws4Thot said:
You reckon? It's 50 miles from Kyle of Lochalsh to Uig.
Well depends on how much driving about you do and how much time is spent out of the car. We did about 200 miles visiting all the well known spots I suppose, so yes 300 miles would have been OK for us. I see the poster will be doing similar to us over a similar time period. We were able to charge at Uig due to being handy for the hotel, which was planned due to nerves about charging. That trip taught me charging is not a major issue in the UK. We may have struggled to reach the Armadale ferry on our return trip without charging at all, but the ID.4 does not have a 300 mile range like a Tesla.
Perhaps I should have used a tongue in cheek smiley.
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The 50kW chargers are OK for a lunch time top up or at the end of the day. Places like Skye where rapid charging is sparse, getting accomodation with a charger is very useful.
We used the CPS 50kW charger at Uig ferry terminal as it was 2 miles from our hotel. It needed a reboot on our first visit, but that was easily done following the on-screen instructions. After that it was reliable on the RFID card but other folks had issues with the web-pay system and the CPS app. would not start it. This information is close to two years old, so take with a pinch of salt. I've often said elsewhere to make use of AC chargers whenever possible when visiting attractions.
There are 50kW chargers at Mallaig or Skye Bridge before crossing to Skye, if you feel the need for a full battery on the island. I'm sure 300 miles would be sufficient 🙂
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6 hours ago, Rooted said:
I just heard on the radio that the App used for remote functions with Nissan Leaf and NV200,s built before 2016 is to be shut down. Because it uses G2 network which is closing.
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http://bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68426263
Loads of vehicles will be affected by this come the end of the year, as all 3G networks are being shutdown. Vodafone have completed their shutdown and i now no longer have app access to my ID.4 on my drive. 4G signal still works on the car though.
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Not bad compared to commercial CPOs 'dahn sarf', 89p not uncommon.
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4 hours ago, Paws4Thot said:
ATM Ingurlundshire's response to generating plant built in, say, Scotland, is to charge a "being a long way from Larndarn premium" on that power.
Yes but charge the premium to those areas where the power is generated, NOT Londoners. Apologies if that is what you meant.
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England EV Charging points, a proposal. & location & news on new charging hubs in England & Wales.
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I think the final count is now 69 sites open to all.