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Overall, I'd highly recommend checking out EV rentals if you have some EV charging experience and have the RFID cards/apps (all free to sign up). The cost is probably cheaper and renting Tesla with Europcar's policy are definitely cheaper.

Regarding rentals, I hired a car from Europcar at Faro airport. They had a row of AC charge points at pick-up location. On pick-up, also advised how to public charge (use Miio app) and Tesla car's supercharging/return SoC policy. This is the way to do it properly. I rented a "Tesla Model 3 or similar", got a 2023 long range made in China car. It's slightly smaller than my Model Y, but I think it's ample for our needs. One thing I didn't like is the lip in the front footwell just behind the pedals. It is obvious that's where the battery begins. Resting my foot flat on the battery whilst on autopilot feels like my knees were in my chest. Best part of rental is that there is absolutely no fuel cost. Tesla supercharging is part of package and I can return the car at any charge level. I drove ~450 km in total, due to using "keep climate on" feature a few times, I needed a quick 10min top up at supercharger. Picked up at just over 90%, returned at 20%. Only costed me £180 all in for 5 days (didn't pay for rip-off additional insurance of course, got a £40 annual hire car insurance insurance). Car also had on-going premium connectivity, so in-car music was instantly sorted with ad-free Spotify. https://www.europcar.co.uk/en-gb/p/car-rental/fleet/brand/tesla Hiring a petrol car and driving 280 miles would have cost £40 in fuel alone at 14p/mile in UK, Portugal fuel prices look similar in number (~1.50 euros per litre). Similar <£200 price automatic petrol cars are Polo or similar size. £150 could only get a petrol auto super-mini when I was booking. Needing automatic made rentals expensive. There's a few minor things Europcar could have done better. Software running on it was about 6 months out of date. The computer vision parking assist was not as good as latest software in my car. So I paired my phone and sat in the car for 30min to download the update. Europcar reps also did not understand nor had procedure to give me Tesla app access to the car, so every time returning to the car needed to wait a minute or so for air-con to cool the car and needed to fish out the keycard to lock/unlock/drive. Thankfully I was able to pair my own Tesla keycard with the car giving us 2 keys rather than 1. (deleted it when returning of course) That family friend who drives GLC with us to Scotland went to Lisbon first, met with us for 2 nights. They rented a "Zoe or similar" EV from Europcar, got a Jeep Avenger. But experience was not as good, it was their first time driving EV. During the drive from Lisbon to south coast had problem starting a charge using Portugal/Spain's Miio app due to mobile network coverage. They are also required to return at 50% or higher. Hotel had 4 AC charge points and it works with my Shell recharge card, around the corner was 2 AC charge points that works with Octopus Electroverse. So they kept the car topped up without trouble once they got over here and I lend them my cards. Interesting how AC charging payment works over there: 20c connection, 10c per minute and then 15c per kWh. The time element made sure people moved their car and the charge point was always available. I like it.

Tesla automatically set charge limit to 80% if site is busy and when charging stops, idle fee applies....... so it's quite flexible. For example, even if the site is busy, I can still set limit to 100% and come back in 50 min time as it slowly edges towards 100%. I guess key here is EV charging is flexible and different to petrol station. Enforce the idea that rapid chargers are different to slow AC charger. People shouldn't abandon their car without plan to move it when rapid charging almost finishes. I like anything that educates people about EV's different charging speeds. On brand names, travel back in time 40 years, can you imagine people say with pride that they drive a Skoda? Brand loyalty is stupid, everything changes over time.

The Electroverse map being wrong is not the first time. Their mapping data seems to be pulled in without checking.

Looks like Octopus Electroverse roaming card/app is now also compatible with Charge Place Scotland: It's now almost the one (discount) card to rule them all. Not a lot of small (incompatible) dots left on their map: I rented an EV (Model 3 or similar from Europcar) at Faro during next week's holiday, I will also be using the Electroverse card in Portugal, works with pretty much all charge points over there. No problem if it turns out to be not a Tesla and I can't use Tesla superchargers near Faro. Thanks to everyone not renting EV's, it was super cheap at £180 for 5 days, even cheaper than "Golf or similar" from budget firms.

Actually, I'm not sure about the maps, I haven't checked the mapping date. I was thinking about the routing algorithm and thus behaviour, whether it includes third party rapid chargers. The wipers are ever changing I find it as useless as Nissan Leaf auto wiper with rain sensor. Difference is Nissan's sensitivity is adjustable (which I'm constantly adjusting), Tesla's isn't. People say very latest update made it better: https://www.speakev.com/threads/wipers-fixed-in-2024-20-1.185444/ I haven't noticed the change and the change is not documented. No assistive system is without faults, for example:

I'm 100% sure that has changed. The screen now shows other rapid chargers with proven track record (historic successful charging from other cars in their fleet) and will route via those if no other option. I've seen it plan route this way whilst on Isle of Skye, which has no superchargers. This is the benefit with always updating infotainment system. Remember all the tariffs are invisible to the consumer behind manufacturer's recommended prices. I suspect to the consumer, M3 will always be positioned slightly cheaper than MY. My guess is that at most, we'll see a fire sale for MY (via interest rate and free charging) as it is near getting face lifted, then introduction of new MY at higher profit margin.

It is true ICE can be restored with many of independent garages around. More importantly there is plenty of knowledge people to do that. There is a skill deficit for EV’s. After 400k miles, I personally think this kind of performance from the Model S under tested is very good. End of the day, as transportation, it still effortlessly fulfils its primary role and thus battery replacement is not needed.

Strange conclusion. Newer Jag won everything, even charged 50% more, but still declared similar enough. That's the sort of difference I'd choose one EV over another. Although Tesla should charge faster if it had been pre-conditioned, didn't mentioned if it had pre-conditioned in the video. As battery age, traditional wisdom is that its internal resistance increase. So based on that, in theory, flat out performance and charging rate will suffer as it ages. Which it did judging from the 0-62 figures.

The Volvo issue is being talked about in the Volvo EX30 thread:

Out of interest, which Zoe is it? 40 with Type 2 only or the 50 with CCS? I saw on SpeakEV marketplace a 2019 40 kWh version in nice purple for just £6000. Seems like a bargain.

That's the Stirling park and ride isn't it? Saw it on my way to the castle.

This came up in my youtube feed, there's quite a few similar apps out there:

In my opinion, I can see only this working for public slow charging. The infrastructure overhead for AC chargers are tiny compared to rapid chargers. Finance may also work for subsidised neighbourhood rapid chargers. I've seen something similar to these popping up near Southgate area: I truly believe Destination AC chargers everywhere will make EV transition easier for everyone. Not those expensive flagship rapid charging hubs.

That's cost of a new high end kitchen. I personally think solar + battery system is more value adding to a house than new kitchen........ wife disagrees. 😑

Indeed. Octopus Intelligent Go now 7 p/kWh off-peak. EV home charging now at 2 p/mile for 3.5 mi/kWh, easily achievable year round average for most EV's.

I know, probably same batch from same ship as my car. Same spec apart from paint colour. Good to know any possible problems from higher mileage usage. That’s the only reason I subscribed. The opinions expressed in his videos are very one-sided just like the channel title. I do my best to ignore them. So far, with his car, I remember a broken MCU, a stone caused water in headlight, rear hatch alignment due to something with hinge. For me, I’ve only claimed warranty replace rear lights due to mist in lights. I’ve been keeping a very close eye on rear hinge. But they are all general car problems, could happen with any car regardless of powertrain. No servicing required for EV powertrain. Unlike ICE with clutch/auto, I wouldn’t whether if car was driven with mechanics sympathy. At 2 years old, most are going to be off-lease isn’t it? Hard to find a cherished one. Dealer should do whatever needs doing before putting up for sale.

Yes. Sorry, that guy. Not sure of his name, I don’t like the channel name. Just like most Tesla on the road, he experienced no problem with drivetrain without any servicing, way past ICE long service mileage. Other general car problems should be expected. My parents are thinking of a Model 3, 2022 or later for HW3, hoping for a sub 20k around end of the year. We’ll be carefully inspecting suspension and bodywork as per Jame’s video. But would not be put off by lack of servicing record and zero worry with drivetrain.

So from Jame's video, just get a MG? But the Scot have done about twice my mileage and zero problems. I do plan to get Cleevley to do a pre-end of warranty check around 3 year time, by then Leaf would also be due checking. 2019 M3P with 200k miles on the clock, total the maintenance cost was mentioned at 7:10, £808.

FWIW, my wife just told me she noticed Leaf list one more health bar. So it's at 10/12 bars health now. Car is just over 9.5 years old. Health has dropped below 78.75% state of health. https://mobility.lk/2020/10/11/soh-capacity-bars/ 12th bar was lost September 2019. 6.25% health were lost over 4.5-5 years. BTW, @domhnall has a Skoda Enyaq. I think all VAG cars has those features mentioned. I'm sure @Luckypants can verify with his ID4. All Android automotive cars (Polestar, Volvo, Renault 5. Ford Explorer see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Automotive) has similar feature set: nav with charging, see charging availability, predict arrival %.

Big projects had been focusing on rapid charging hubs, great for mid-journey top up whilst resting anyway. But it gives bad experience for daily use due to waiting around and pricing is poor. We need millions more destination charging, make plugging in easy and normal. It would enable seamless travel for huge majority without needing huge battery and/or charging stop on the return leg. 150 real world miles first-gen MG 5 with destination charging equals 300 real world miles. 60 miles Nissan Leaf 24 with destination charging equals 120 miles. 250 real world miles MY LR with destination charging equals don't need to use rapid chargers vast majority of the time. Instead of 8 rapid chargers, same money could fund more than 40 destination chargers. Not only improves EV user experience, also reduces pressure on very expensive rapid charging hubs. It also allows more emission reduction by keeping PHEV charged. It's win-win-win.

I think this video is pretty relevant to mindset of people, including myself: Illusory truth, where repetition of false information will eventually become truth if not careful. Conformational bias, where people seek comfort in confirming their existing views and not seek out up-to-date info or even truth. In closing, it talks about ways to avoid such polarising tribalism behaviour. One thing I noted is how proving people wrong actually triggers people's defence and less likely to change people's minds, especially in internet setting. So learning from this informative video. I plan to stop trying to prove people wrong. I will take a back seat with direct responses and only share truths that I find worth sharing.

Classic noob mistakes: Never ever use the range display. Always show %. Also, use Tesla’s trip planner (aka built in sat nav) It’s arrival estimate is very accurate. Finally, what’s the final average consumption figure? Need it work out battery capacity (hence degradation) at end of the test. Weather, traffic all affects range, too many variable for calculating degradation. The final range he got is not comparable to anything.

The Porsche is a new one with bigger battery and more efficient motor, more performance. Better in every way: One of the reasons for huge depreciation on older version. Things move quick in the tech world Thanks, that makes more sense. Hybrid doesn't create more energy out of thin air, just uses them more intelligently. TBH, that 2030 thing is regarding pure ICE ban. Some level of hybrid is needed going forward. It's all a game of politics. Tory can say they are "supporting" ICE whilst backstabbing with ZEV mandate. Labour can say they are green whilst allowing mild-hybrid to be sold after 2030.

The question is how is the tariff levied. All Europe Model Y are now produced in Germany. UK was the last market to switch over a few weeks ago (when I looked at Cybertruck, they say first shipment expected next week). But RWD BYD blade batteries are from China I think. Shanghai still builds Model 3, I think Berlin plant only builds Model Y's. So I think Tesla will be hit with tariff on those cars.