Luckypants

Indeed Ken, the reason this is a win is we stop at Tebay on almost every trip. The fact that there are potentially loads of chargers is moot, we'd stop anyway. But, always be charging as they say so if we do stop then charge up while we have coffee /cake / pie and other nice things.

Pricing in the Netherlands is pretty steep for non-subscription customers. Take out a subscription and as long as you charge more than 40kWh a month at superchargers you will benefit. Bjorn Nyland did some maths on that (see below) I think they are taking the same view as Ionity, you can use our chargers but preference is given to our customers. Personally, it won't make much difference to me, except perhaps going to Scotland and stopping at Tebay services. Two Gridserve Electric Highway chargers suddenly becomes a hub with the addition of the 8 Superchargers there.

Agree we are beyond early adoption phase now, it has gone mainstream. You only have to look on the Enyaq / ID.4 Facebook groups I belong to and see the level of questions asked (repeatedly) about these cars to realise someone told the muppets masses they can save some tax having an EV. They just want to drive it with no thought or effort.

Those drivers should show some consideration and plug in to a 7kW charger if leaving it for hours. Many charging companies are introducing idle fees now, so you get charged a penalty for being plugged in and not charging. In Europe many rapids stop charging at 80% SoC, to prevent blocking by cars which are charging slowly over that last 20% (they should move to an AC post when charge rate drops anyway) and idle fees can kick in. The days of using EV spots as free parking are over due to the chargers being much more in demand.

I do like the free Tesco charging. Pretty simple to use and convenient. I like to claim the charge as the PodPoint app shows electricity you've had if you do. My first experience with them was a rapid charger (paid for) which failed to connect but I was pretty sure the user before me buggered the charger as he seemed to have no clue what he was doing. This was my first time public charging, so pretty clueless myself. After that it has been smooth sailing and I use PodPoint at least once a week.

To be fair, those rumours have been circulating in ID.3/ID.4 groups for almost a year now, still no sign. Its an owner wish list item I think with no indication from VAG if this is possible or likely. (and if it is, would this not be rolled out to Audi first as the premium brand?)

The video shows the 22kW chargers. Not many of them but there is a mixture.

I heard about this place just last week. 50+ chargers! Apparently parking charges are steep, so free electric makes it more bearable.

This is an article written in April this year citing a study that used data from 2012-2018 - a time when the EV infrastructure was in its infancy. I can see why some people would give up on EVs back then, short range, poor public charging, no service centres and the general hassle of being a (very) early adopter. The situation in the UK in 2021 is VERY DIFFERENT - 200 plus mile range is common, thousands of public charging points (more than there are petrol stations) plenty of garages with EV expertise. This is fake news using out of date data.

They can hardly give it as a free upgrade without giving refunds to those who paid for the faster charging when they bought the car. So I guess its now available as a dealer upgrade for anyone regretting not ordering it from the get go or buying second hand.

I got mine from SmartHomeCharge, who have several options of chargers at various prices. They have video reviews of their chargers. https://www.smarthomecharge.co.uk/ https://www.smarthomecharge.co.uk/guides/charger-selector-tool/

Lots of people jumped ship from the Agile tariff in the early part of the year as 'plunge pricing' (negative rates) became more rare and the top rate of 35p became more prevalent. Many jumped to the Octopus Go or Go Faster tariffs and fixed at a good rate - before the "energy crisis" became a news item. Go tariffs are now very expensive for peak rate, but the headline off peak rate of 5p is still there. Although to be fair, all tariffs are expensive at the moment.

Fully charged and Autogefuhl have also covered the launch. Looks a bit odd, slightly remodelled ID.3 IMO.

Fully charged and Autogefuhl have also covered the launch. Looks a bit odd, slightly remodelled ID.3 IMO.

The government would have to foot the bill for that, so very unlikely. I see road pricing being the way they get the tax back, this is already being trailed by the Treasury. Rishi Sunak appears to be keen. 2p/mile would see a 12K mile/year driver pay £240 in road use tax. I suspect that the VED rules will also change to include electric cars and I think this will be based on the car's value when new. BIK rules for company drivers will be brought in line with ICE vehicles.

The chances of leads changing from type-2 to 'something else' in the future are pretty much zero to not at all. The type-2 socket is part of the CCS DC charging standard that all European manufacturers use and Tesla also use for European Model 3 and Y. Literally millions of CCS and type-2 public charging stations have been installed at huge cost. The manufacturers are not going to throw that investment away. IMHO, go tethered so you always have a cable at home to plug in to and you will never forget to take your type-2 cable in your car should you need it.

VAT on electricity supplied via a paid for public charging point is already charged at 20%. This was clarified by HMRC back in May and it forced Instavolt (among others) to raise it's price to 40p/kWh. https://instavolt.co.uk/instavolt-ceo-issues-statement-in-response-to-hmrc-vat-brief-25-may-2021/ Despite the whinge by Instavolt CEO in the link above, it is clear that the 5% VAT rate was only ever intended to be for primary customers and 're-sold' electricity for charging cars should have VAT at 20% applied. Some charging networks (e.g. Podpoint and Ionity) were already applying the rules correctly.

What e-Roottoot said above. Check that the car you will be getting has all the features you ordered at the time. There has been a lot said on the UK Enyaq Facebook group about features going missing from packs on 2022 models.

To me that seems a very poorly designed charging point. If AC is available, surely that should be in a long term parking bay so as to leave the rapid sockets available? This problem appears to be raising it's head at the new Gridserve Electric Highway chargers also, use of AC blocks the rapid charging bays. In this particular instance, as the Tesla is charging I don't see anything wrong. His overall behaviour as you describe does seem selfish and arrogant though.

Looks like a moped to me. Tax, insurance and registration needed IMHO. A moped is motor assisted pedal machine - exactly what this is, it even looks like mopeds of the early 70's (Mobylette any one?) https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moped

Yes, my point was more about charging it to 100% then leaving the car undriven charged that high for an extended period. This is not good for the battery. If you only intend to charge to 80%, then there is no issue as the car will tell the charger to stop when the battery reaches 80%.

It shouldn't do damage to the Enyaq if you follow guidelines for not leaving it fully charged for extended periods. The charger communicates with the car to regulate charging. You should check the supply circuit and plug electrics for soundness if over a few years old, pulling 10A for 24 hours will heat any poor joints and may cause a fire or damage the insulation.

My ID.4 came with EV tyres, Hankook Ventus S1 Evo 3 EV. Others come with the tyres I listed above which are also EV tyres. I see no reason why the same isn't true of the Enyaq.

I wonder if he had his units right when he stated Audi require 30K miles from front tyres and 35K miles from rears? That seems very high. Also, with most EV being RWD (or AWD with rear bias) I would have thought the rears will wear quicker due to the heavy accelerative and regen forces involved. I'll be happy if I get 20K out of my rears.

I am aware of that! EDIT: Audi E-tron 55 charging curve.