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5 hours ago, Winston_Woof said:
Ok so lets have more of a think about my range requirements and other criteria (and yes I am fortunate enough to be able to charge at home if I did ever make the switch).
I originally stated "400 miles"
The 2 longest one way journeys I do regularly are either
a) to my parents in Doddington (Shropshire) which is 110 mile one way via the M6|M56|A49
b) down to my GFs daughters in Nottingham which is around 98 miles one way via M6|A500|A50|M1|A52
Both of which are comfortably done without needing a stop.
Now taking the MG5 above as an example that that has a theoretical max range of 214 miles however as we all now most vehicle ICE/EV rarely attain their stated ranges.
That being the case I don't think it's unreasonable to set a range expectation of say 300 miles minimum (ok previously I said 400 but I am prepared to come down a little) to cover a round trip to either of those destinations given that neither destination has the ability to even allow use of a Granny charger to partially top up.
Yes there are EV charging stations on route but I have no other need to break the journey.
My parents live on in a Park Home and the parking is the red x
Meanwhile my GFs daughter there's a big patch of grassed area between her house and the road
My car has a notional range of 240 miles but realistically it does 215 in the summer, 200 in the winter. That is fine because my regular trip is just Livingston to Milton Keynes which is only 380 miles. It takes 6 hours by train or 7.5 hours by car (including stops). I stick by the Army's rules on driving which require me to take a break every two hours. In those breaks I plug the car in while I wander over to the loo. Like I said recently, the last trip back needed 12 minutes at Stafford for the loo and to grab a coffee to go, and 24 minutes at Tebay for dinner. I simply would not drive a whole day without a break as it would be foolish in the extreme to do so.-
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On 14/06/2024 at 15:22, Winston_Woof said:
errrrm I think you missed the point that they were doing a "how far can we go " type of test and were merely commenting on the state of the facilities available at the time of their stop, they didn't actually intend on using them.
Yes of course there are apps that can tell you in advance but again that's you having to adapt to the car. How many times when driving a traditional ICE car did you ever need to check in advance if the petrol stations on route were working ?
Oh and the most ridiculous one was the services where (I believe it was when they visited previously) the chargers were out of action with a sign saying the power supply to the site wasn't sufficient. What a load of c*ck. And this is with a relatively low number of EVs in use, imagine what it will be like if/when they are pretty much the only vehicles available)who mentioned apps? My car shows whether they are available. As for ICE I have turned up at petrol stations plenty of times to find covers over the nozzles saying they are out of fuel. On the way back from France last year I called in to Costco for fuel in Birmingham, we wueued half an hour for fuel. If I had been shown in advance the state of play then I would have gone elsewhere just as I do in my Skoda.
as for the covers, MSAs were built without the grid connections to support EV charging. The government has promised funding to provide grid upgrades but it is running roughly 18 months behind schedule - it's not Gidserve's fault, it's the UK government.-
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17 hours ago, Graham Butcher said:
touch screen and the charging facilities at all apart from Ferrybridge Services were just crap, and does back up what other people have said in their video bloggs.
videos like that really **ss me off. You can tell from your car before visiting those sites how many chargers there are, whether they are in use / broken/ available etc so why would you go there and then say "oh this is rubbish"? I mean it's like if I read that a petrol station was out of action (Like my local Shell garage was recently) and then went there and said "the petrol/ diesel infrastructure is rubbish".
Done to get clicks and engagement nothign more.-
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also made this quick video review of the car
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Just did Edinburgh to Milton Keynes and back. On the return leg I paid attention to the times we speant charging. We set off at mid day, the car wanted us to charge at Manchester but by the time we were nearing Stafford my son said he needed the loo. So we stopped at Starbucks and plugged in while we emptied our tanks. We then bought a couple of drinks and took them with us. Spent a total of 14 minutes charging by which time the car said we could get to Gretna. But by 5pm we were passing Tebay and given a choice between Burger King at Gretna or Tebay we stopped and paid a premium for their chargers (64p versus Ionity's 43p). Going to the loo, ordering and eating food and then going back to the car took 24 minutes. By which time the car was at 92% which was more than enough to get home to just outside Edinburgh. And this is the shorter range Enyaq. I can't actually see that there is a pressing need for longer range cars.
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On 15/04/2024 at 21:20, skoda2019 said:
Just a few weeks wait for 60 Edition metallic race blue to arrive, just a bit disappointed it's not coming with v4 software, bit naughty of Skoda.
the 60 is not getting 4.0, they were very clear when they announced 4.0 that it was for the 85 only
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On 21/05/2024 at 19:21, Winston_Woof said:
But it's not though.
There was a little thing a few years back called "Brexit" ;o)which contient is it in then? Asia or North America? Australasia? Do tell 🙂
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On 20/05/2024 at 22:38, wyx087 said:
Nice. I'm assuming you are talking about Octopus Agile, so is it Ohme? Zappi does most of it, except Agile integration?
I've had Podpoint, as dumb as they come.
Now got Indra smart pro, seems smart with the sleek app and lots of options. But I'm not entirely happy with it because charging amps is not user adjustable, solar control is a blackbox with only a single on/off toggle. Only saving grace is the manual "boost" mode is a button directly on the charge point.
I'm on Zappi - used to be on Agile and it worked well with that. Now I'm on Intelligent Octopus Go, we averaged 8.5p per kWh over the winter for the whole energy bill - and we're an all electric house
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On 19/05/2024 at 19:29, Winston_Woof said:
Actually there’s a thought (thinking about market force pricing).
why aren’t the energy companies installing publicly accessible chargers open to all but potentially giving preferential rates to their customers directly linked to their home energy bill?
My energy provider gives me an 8% discount on many chargers and the charge gets added to my home energy bill. Why should they have to start buying chargers that cost 6 figures plus the cost of maintenance, a grid connectiion charge of £1000 per charger per year plus site rental, cost of running a help desk. Nah, far better to do what they are doing right now. After all Tesla are providing charging below cost (using cross subsidy from car sales) to drive as may others out of the market as possible and become dominant. Why would an energy provider try to compete with that? It makes zero sense.
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On 19/05/2024 at 20:55, Graham Butcher said:
Until now, I had never really given any thought to the home charger other than understanding that to get the best out of an EV, you needed to be able to charge while at home for economic reasons. Then it hit me that electric cars actually have their own dedicated built in chargers, which just require a suitable connection to the house AC electric system. So yes, I do agree with you that they are very expensive for what they are, a glorified weatherproof interface between the car and the house wiring.
On the other hand when plugging in a lawn mower, they are generally going to be double insulated and normally not left plugged in overnight. Whereas a car would be and they are generally metallic so I'm guessing that these charge pods etc not only have another 30ma RCD but also other detections and disconnections systems just to be ultra safe as other third parties could come into contact with the car while on your property and hence why they are demanding photos of the internal connections as part of the registration process??
actually some of them are smarter than that. Mine can and does integrate with smart tariffs so it knows only to charge when the price drops below a value I set, it works with my home battery storage and also my solar, I can tell it to send a specified amount of power to the car, or to only charge the car from solar or when a certain percentage of the available oower comes from the grid/ solar. So a bit more to it than just a connection.
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On 19/05/2024 at 18:40, Graham Butcher said:
I think the real issue with charging regulations or the lack thereof is that there needs to be some form of regulation, especially over the price per kWh when it comes to public chargers, however the argument that I would expect to be presented by the providers is that it costs money for the chargers, the large charging hubs have to be located wherever there is suitable grid connection point. This point could be away from the main arterial routes like the Electric Forecourt in Braintree. They do take up a pretty large chunk of real estate when compared to a fossil fuel filling station, which has the capacity to yield a far bigger return on capital employed per hour than electric chargers could return.
Yes there are mitigating circumstances which could help redress the balance slightly, for instance a filling station will need to hire some staff members whereas charge points all are self-service via either a credit/debit card or an account or a phone app., but the filling station will always win out on that front.
However, all that being said, something does need to be done to give buyers of BEVs some sort of confidence about their running costs, even when home is impossible if the big switch over to electric power isn't to stall on the way.
Most of the charger operators are still loss making. They are having to invest in network rollout and that is capex intensive. The other reason is that the government has artificially depressed our energy prices, so the difference has been made up from business tariffs. Businesses typically hedge and lock in for longer periods, many are still paying significantly more than we do with our artificially constrained prices. Then there's the cost of connecting to the grid. The grid charges are up roughly 500% since 12 months ago. Per rapid charger it is now roughly £1,000 per year just to have your unit hooked up to the mains. Then there's maintenance, site rental, wayleave costs etc etc etc
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9 minutes ago, Stonekeeper said:
He can only have made the video using Data he has access to and use the same source both times.
Also he has limited it to a specific age and mileage. No two used cars have the same value in real life every used car is unique.
Maybe data from Buying sites like motorway or webuyanycar
I agree with you on the worth, a car is worth what someone will pay for it.
The business has always been like that.
Some people are savvy and do research for prices for some sales though there will always the customer "there's one born every minute"
I don't know how he could access reliable data for the difference between what they paid and what they sold for.
My take on the video is " Buyer beware"
meh! My Skoda cost £36K three years ago, similar cars selling now for £23k but with lower spec. I'm pretty sure that's roughly the same as I would have lost on a fossil skoda over three years. In the meantime a service is under £200 every 2 years and it cost me £319 to cover just over 13,000 miles last year.
It's the best car I have ever owned (previously 11 Skodas, 1 Tesla, 1 Renault and a Nissan)
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On 20/04/2024 at 16:31, Winston_Woof said:
that was a sidebar response to something mentioned by someone else and has nothing to do with tracking mileage of a vehicle (and not an individual)
What's wrong with a National ID card?
We all carry something that can identify us, why not have a formal standardised method ?
I miss carrying an ID card on a regular basis.if the government really wanted to make the UK a less attractive place for illegal immigration, an ID card would do more than all the other things put together. One of the biggest pull factors for the UK is that you can vanish into society and work without any form of ID being needed.
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On 21/04/2024 at 08:01, Stonekeeper said:Don't mis-understand me. I would love a BEV and when one comes along, that can meet my need, that i can afford, i am in.
I don't class all EV owners as Evangilists. Some like yourself appear honest about it all.
But the ones with the means to pay it forward and invest thousands of pounds in new technology and solar this and Battery storage that wind me up.
They refuse to add the cost of their infrastructure into the cost.
They believe they charge for "free" from a solar array.
How much do they lose by not getting the "feed in tariff" or "Smart export credits" when they charge the car for the KWs they take, it's a choice but nothing comes free.
To tie all my bugbears into one post why don't we have charging for free at a hub powered by Cyclists that ignore the Highway code rules, on Static bikes. 😉
My solar was installed 15 years ago and is long since paid off and is now pure profit. My battery is on a zero percent government loan. The combination of the two mean that even in the depths of winter when it was minus 11 the total cost of home energy plus car fuel was £123 for the month. No one said it's free but it's a hell of a lot cheaper than the flammable liquid I used to use. 🤷
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7 minutes ago, J.R. said:
Avoiding a car ever having to visit the dealer is a superb thing to aim for.
It's not by chance that people who do their own repairs and servicing have much less stress in their lives. Tesla recognises that any interaction with the dealership bull****tery carries a high probability of dissatisfaction and its the manufacturers reputation that gets tarnished.
Main dealers do not want to do repairs, servicing or warranty work but are obliged to do so, all they want to do is sell finance, the vehicle being the vehicle to do so (see what I did there!).
For many a visit to the main dealer for a problem during warranty is the beginning of months or even years of grief especially if they are locked into a lease, the dealers just carry on with the "leave it with us and we will pretend to have done something" shenanigans in the hope that the customer will lose the will to live, most do, eventually the car gets returned or sold and the owner is put off that make for life.
Look how many of those vehicles with unresolved problems end up on these pages, recent low mileage cars that have had 5 or more owners being sold, thrown back and punted on through the trade. Probably 50% of the vehicles I have owned have been these problem cars that dealers sell to me as a last resort, the fault is always a simple one given time and thought, most of the time it was caused in the first place by the dealers.
Tesla are onto a real winner here, car dealerships will be fighting to sell their vehicles and in time the public will be fighting to buy them.
Manufacturers are now copying Tesla. If you buy a new Enyaq you buy it from Skoda direct. The dealer is just a conventient location you go to when it's time to collect the car. The dealer gets paid an admin fee.
My experience of owning a tesla for 14 months was enough to put me off for life. A poorly built car riddled with faults and Tesla couldn't give a toss once I'd paid them. In 14 months it was back more than 14 times. I spent as much time in old dirty model S loan cars than anything else.-
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On 08/04/2024 at 09:53, Rooted said:
Well it is for those wanting a charge before getting to the Ferry at Cairnryan or anyone actually traveling and needing more than the 2 11kW chargers in town or the 8 7kW. If they have passed the one at Turnberry which is unreliable or one at a farm shop there is one more heading to Stranraer. Plenty there. This is a trunk routes. A77. Pathetic coverage and now a minimum £5 to charge. If you want 10 kWh in to see you on your way that will be an hour or more to get in maybe 30 miles worth. Assuming others are not plugged in for up to 6 hours. There are several wind farms within sight, and others a few miles further away. No electricity shortage just a lack of Battery storage and rapid and ultra rapid chargers.
there's ionity at Stranraer and new ultra rapids going in soon at Cairnryan. On Skoda you need to be below 15% to get the fastest charge. People who fill up before then need to put their big brave pants on 😉
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On 07/04/2024 at 06:38, Rooted said:
Yesterday in Girvan where there is one Rapid Charger a New Beige Jaguar EV was plugged into the charger the whole day from early morning until night and locked in so stopping anyone else using the DC charging.
New charge is 37 pence a kWh, 60 minutes max charge time and a £30 overstay.
They were maybe fine getting a full battery for £30,00 and treating the charger as theirs for a day.
Maybe not even 30 x 37 pence plus £30 as i have seen chargers where there is the penalty charged but not the electric charged for.
There are places where it might be a kWh tariff for 40 -say 60 minutes then £1 a minute and people just stay til full, as it is just money.
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Lots of money...
tht grid fee is £5000 per charger, per year
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On 05/04/2024 at 14:35, Luckypants said:
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.htmlprices of the power may be going down but the grid connection charges are up 500% in the last year. Now several thousand pounds per connector just to have power to a unit
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On 08/01/2024 at 14:17, Luckypants said:
I have an ID.4 rather than an Enyaq but they are the same car underneath. I'm happy with mine and has lived up to expectations. As long as you have the latest software update installed if buying used. You will probably find an MEB based car thirsty after an E-Niro, over 4 miles per kWh is the exception rather than the rule.
I've been averaging 4.1 or 4.2 most days on my commute the last couple of weeks. Heating on, heated seats on, heated steering wheel on.
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On 08/01/2024 at 14:08, roughrider10 said:
Thanks to all of you who replied, last question is, are you al happy with your purchases, has the Enyaq lived up to your expectations.
so happy with it I made a video
previously I have had numerous Skodas (1 x estelle, 2 x favorit, 1 x Felicia, 5 x octavias, 1 x yeti, another octavia) then a Nissan Leaf, Renault Zoe and finally a Tesla model 3. The Enyaq is the best of the lot.
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I've not had any luck coding the enyaq with VCDS, I had to use OBD eleven to make any changes 😞
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On 24/12/2023 at 19:06, mdk1 said:
Realised I never posted a pic of my wife’s Enyaq. Had it over a year now and she loves it.
best colour
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On 19/11/2023 at 21:46, Rooted said:
@domhnall'Card fees' the same card fees each time you tap your card maybe in a supermarket for just a £1 purchase, or anyplace else, buying fuel etc.
No minimum spend for years now to use plastic as back in the day. Still 2 litre minimum fuel delivery though.
The UK Government are taking the p!th with the Net Zero thing. As it is BP, Shell and others might have various divisions from the Oil & Gas and nothing to do with the Electricity & Charging infrastructure, but that is a nonsense and they have the profits and are even getting tax breaks to decommission Oil & Gas rigs, and sell off to others and take out new licenses.
As to the cost of Electricity North of the Border, it is tied to Oil & Gas prices while it goes to waste and is not exported / bought and those that can generate it are earning to not generate. That the whole kidology of getting to Net Zero. The National Grid is at it, and the Chancellor is flying kites about £1,000 to those in England and Wales that could be getting pylons near to their properties.
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Are you getting 20% VAT back on your Public Charging?
BP Pulse back office is hopeless.
CPS up til the changeover was BP with the contract & supposedly doing the back office and that was SWARCO doing it for them.
I know what the chargers cost for the commercial businesses, and i know the £80,000 + grants that were got in Scotland for Private concerns that had chargers for their own use, put them as Out of Service and did not honour the terms they got the grants with..
The £60 million and the millions coming in now from Tax payers to some and such as others.
Perth & Kinross had the money from the EU years ago that is now being spent at Broxden park and ride. While the chargers are down that were there.
Ingilston Park and ride is a disgrace down for 3 weeks now with the Rapids.
Hermiston is on my account for 3 x £1 where chargers did not start charging.
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£800k will only go so far, a rapid charger is roughly £50k, you have £2k for the grid connection for a 50 kW unit, CPs charge 25p per transaction, then you have the cost of the civils to get it all installed. THere's a reason the likes of Gridserve, Instavolt etc are not making any profit, same with any infarstructure rollout, you need to invest a lot and wait years to make your money back.
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On 15/11/2023 at 10:41, Rooted said:
I paid some ridiculous prices to buy electricity from rapid public chargers in the past 3 month.
Home tariff 21 pence a kWh, 20 kWh getting 3.5 miles k/wh.
70 miles £4.20
Sometimes i am only buying between 10-20 kWh, at free or cheap then maybe 25 kWh depending on if a 45 minute or 60 minute max charging time.
Perth & Kinross & Stirling Council, 35 pence. 70 miles £7.00 Several times.
Angus Council, 41 pence. 70 miles £8.20 Several Times.
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Council. 47 pence 70 miles £9.40 Several times.
Tesla non Tesla 51 pence. 70 miles £10.20 x3
Edinburgh City Council. 55 pence. 70 miles £11.00 X 4
Tesco PodPoint. 62 pence 70 miles £12.40 X4
LIDL PodPoint. 65 pence 70 miles £13.00 X4
BP Pulse 69 pence 70 miles £13.80 Twice.
Evyve. 75 pence. 70 miles £15.00 X3
InstaVolt. 75 pence. 70 miles £15.00 Twice.
Osprey. 79 pence. 70 miles £15.80 Once.
South Ayrshire Council Free, used quite often. 70 miles. £0.00. Had thousands of miles from them in 3 years.
Tesco PodPoint, taking 2 kW for free quite often. Thousands of miles from Free Charging. Dito
Other Charge Place Scotland Free Charging quite often. Dito Dito.
don't forget you're using rapid chargers that start at around £38,000 (max £1000 at home) and then you need to factor in VAT at 20% (5% at home), grid connection charges (zero at home), back office and telecoms charges (zero at home), and card fees (zero at home) and also commercial electricity tariff (a lot higher than residential tariffs). That's why most charge poiint operators have yet to make a profit.
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the truth about electric cars
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my point is you can see from the driver's seat the availability of "fuel" ahead of you. You go to the places where there is availability (plenty of it along that route) and avoid the places where there is limited availability. Sadly not available on petrol cars as I know from turning up at forecourts to find those yellow covers on the nozzles of the pumps.