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So just to confirm. If you have a 3P charging cable ( rasy to check with a multimeter, are all the big pins wired through) and you plug in an AC 22Kw charging point, you'll charge st 12Kw because it's limited by the charger in the car. Always make me smile as even a Zoe has a 22Kw charger and is supplied with a 3p cable. I have a Zoe and 3p + a 23Kw charger at home. So plenty of time to fully charge 2 Eva at home overnight.

Yes, thanks, great news. I've configured and my config comes to £52.5K. Now to see the Kia EV6 on Tuesday evening. Funny but if the configurator had come sooner I'd have placed an order by now. Bus since I've noted that the even the 80X only has a max towing capability of 1200Kg, I'm now also looking at the EV6........... 1600 Kg towing.... and finally looking at the BMW i4 M50...... the latter is a bit expensive though.

Based on some early tests by drivers reporting to 'EV What can it tow', it is best to assume range will be halved, but may be not quite as bad as that. If people load their caravans over the maximum specified on the loading plate, they are of course breaking the law and creating significant risk to them and others. I keep a spreadsheet of everything I load into the caravan with each weighed. Sometimes I have to choose what to take and what not so as not to exceed the max permitted loading. EV's on the whole make good tow vehicles because they are often heavier than their diesel/petrol counterparts and all the torque is delivered when you need it most for towing. Range of course could be an issue for some. Nice point about the EV6 is you don\t need hook-ip either on the site as the car can provide it via it's 240v output adapter. So long as you are not plugging a kettle in every morning of course and still use gas for heating.

Thank you for the information, less than I expected. Might have to go for the Kia EV6, 1600kg of towing

Hi Colin, It's not the Sportline trim. That is on the configurator already, it's the "x" part, i.e. the all wheel drive option I'm waiting for. Apparently it's only going to be available on the Sportline initially.

Does anybody have any info on when the configurator will be updated with the 80x? The 80 has a max towing figure of 1000Kg which is no good for me. The 80x is 1200Kg which is just about there for my lightweight caravan. Still might go for an EV6 though as that has a towing figure of 1600Kg. Depends party on the test drive I have scheduled for 27th July of the EV6.

T.hanks, that’s what I’m hoping. I’ve taken the Enyaq for a test drive and love it and have been waiting for the 80x. However, I also have a test drive of an EV6 on the 27th July. I tow a small caravan and it turns out the max towing weight of the 80X is 1200Kg only but the EV6 is 1600Kg. So now a difficult choice….. unless I hate the EV6 when I drive it

The latter points above are mainly correct. However it is incorrect to assume that all domestic properties only have single phase. Mine has 3 phase which is handy for my 3 phase wood working machines. That means that I have 440V AC available across two phases and 240V available between any phase and neutral. The OP asks a very interesting question because EV manufacturers are often less than transparent on what AC chargers is fitted. I'll ignore the CCS DC charging side, generally 40KW on up depending on the DC charge point but DC chargers are almost never fitted to domestic homes not least because of their cost. I have a 3 phase AC charge point fitted at home for the Zoe. The Zoe has a fully capable 3 phase AC charger fitted which draws current from each of the three phases simultaneously and at 7.4Kw per phase thus 3 x 7.4Kw.... 22Kw. I've checked all this as I have a digital 3 phase meter fitted in the 6mm 3 phase cable line to the charge point which I can talk to via my LAN and a WIFI digital interface to the meter. The cooling fan on the Zoe certainly comes on a lot when charging at the full 32A per phase. I have therefore limited the charge rate on the controller to about 26A per phase as I'm not keen on the full 96A (3x32) total being pulled whilst say somebody is using the 11.5KW shower in the house....... that's a lot of current for a domestic property. The house was originally fitted with 3 phase because it has so many 2/3kW electric storage heaters (long removed). I think that the Enyaq has a charger fitted that can pull from 3 phases simultaneously but is limited to or only capable of 16A per phase (16x3= 48A..... simply W=VI so 48X230 = 11Kw) thus 11Kw charging max........ way to go Zoe on the AC charging. So it would be good if somebody can confirm that a 3 phase AC charger is fitted in the Enyaq thus not limiting it to 7.4kW or a single phase charger. I've not been able to confirm this either way. It is more likely to be a 3 phase charger as most of mainland Europe has 3 phase to the domestic house and all new builds by design. UK infrastructure can support this in most streets but it's not delivered to the house.

I've been looking at these options, just looks like a marketing way to charge a lot for not a lot. I really want to know the detail of what the Founders Edition will comprise of and what you get for all that additional cost. Also when we can configure it on the UK website/ My local dealer knows nothing.