Graham Butcher

Agreed, but all batteries obey the same physics laws as do ICE engines all follow the same thermal physics, you can't change that. Big batteries like big combustion engines will have a slightly different curve due to various factors, but all will follow the same basic curve.

The law of physics still applies to them and any other type of rechargable battery, as they near full charge, the charging current will reduce and last few % will take longer.

Yep, those Fabia Mk2 VRS with that kit on board are a mean machine for fun, proper little pocket rockets, often nick named as the licence stealer because a great deal of people lost their licence while driving one according to my Skoda dealer.

Another case of not letting the truth get in the way of the narrative, I keep see people trotting out the claim that ICE cars are far more likely to catch fire than an EV. Now I'm not going to repeat what I have said before, but that bubble is about to burst.

Either way, it is still miles away from the 80% level of EV's, what is half a litre among friends? On an EV 80% means that your battery still has another 20% to go before it is fully charged. On a ICE car with a 66litre capacity fuel tank, 80% of that is 13.2 litres away from being a full tank.

I think the 80% figure has come about because it takes a lot longer to go 80% to 100% than it does from say 30& to 80% because as the battery charges up, its voltage also increases the voltage opposes the voltage being applied to the battery from the charger. As this voltage increases, the available voltage to push the power into the battery decreases so the power cannot flow as fast as it did when the battery voltage was lower, as the battery discharges, its voltage drops (think of your phone battery), you then plug the charger in and the voltage of the charger is higher than that of a nearly flat battery so the battery charges quicker and slows down as it nears it full state. The reason for this 80% level is because the battery is less likely to suffer damage causing a thermal runaway scenario, look at all the cases of EVs being recalled because of potential fire risks, the manufactures then are issuing instructions to owners not to exceed 80% SOC and also not to charge or park the car in, under or adjacent to buildings in order to reduce the risks of a fire until they have fixed the problem.

When the pump clicks off the first time and then a 2nd time and a 3rd time, it does not add much more fuel at all between the 1st and the 3rd, about half a litre at most, all you are doing is filling the filler neck between the tank and the filler cap. This is something you should not do, especially if the car is then going to be parked up and left exposed to high temperatures as the fuel expands and leaks past the filler cap it creates a real fire risk and fuel reaching the ground pollutes the ground. It cannot damage the engine, fuel is fed to the engine under pressure anyway, its just another case of misinformation or being economical with the truth.

This landed in my inbox today, the planned Greater Manchester CAZ has now been officially scrapped, and it was set to be £60 a day and was directed by the last Tory government pre Covid (allegedly) ifg that is correct than to my mind, my suspicions are beginning to look correct after all. Greater Manchester Scraps £60 Daily Clean Air Zone Charges | Regit

Quite, the possibilities with a digital camera far exceed those that you can do with a film camera right from just clicking the shutter you have more options and then even more after post editing in less time and better results than you'll ever get with a normal consumer film camera

I can understand the needing to charge in the morning thing, if he has had a long day the day before, the last thing he wants (I wouldn't anyway) is to add any more to it by charging before getting home, especially when he has a home charger, which is an AC charger so a slow charge and as such will not add that much to a battery that was already low from the previous days trip. The 100% charge is acceptable if as has already been mentioned many times, you need the range that day and he does indeed cover some miles for his blogs. Walking away while charging? What's wrong with that, I think most people would do that unless they take a flask of coffee etc with them. If you want to go and have a pi$$, you have to walk away and leave the car? Anybody who has ever charged any form of a battery already knows that as it gets, fully charger, the speed drops 0ff, only an idiot would think that it always charges that slow speed all the time. I've said it before, and I'll say it again here, who has an ICEv and only ever fills the tank to 80%. Nobody.

It would seem that charger throttling is real and it all depends on the size of the incoming supply, the number of cars and their SOC, being charged at the time and depending on where the charger is and the total local demand in the area at the time which may cause a slight volt drop, i.e. is it summer with low power demand, or is it winter and in the middle of a deep freeze like it was recently and the local houses are all running on electric heating. I have seen many videos saying the same thing, including I seem to recall Dave Takes it On says it is a real thing and also a whistleblower at Grid Serve said the same thing. As a matter of interest, at the first charge point, Ionity in Leeds, they only have 6 chargers and at Porsche South Lakes, they only have 3 chargers. I only watched at this point the 1st video as I find I can't watch him for too long and that one was 53 mins long, the 2nd one is 39 mins long.

I think that for the most part some of them are only able to see how it affects them and are severely lacking in empathy for others who are not in the same privileged positions they are in, for example there can only be 1 MD or CEO in a company but thousands of others at varying degrees of seniority beneath them, right to the toilet cleaners, but each and every person is vital to that company in their own way and at each level, they are reliant on the others doing their part.

The same as me, a boot full of spares and samples and test equipment and many sites were indeed miles away from any train station, no way could I do my job using any form of PT

Be that as it may, for many that is reality right there, you are lucky to work for such an understanding company, many do not have that luxury nor do a lot of companies afford to buy such cars as you describe, my company for instance couldn't when I was there it was a start up company and stood or fell by the hard work and hours that its salaried external staff put in and in return for that those early pioneers were given company shares.

Once again, you are only thinking of yourself, whereas I'm coming from the angle of those that cannot charge from home and also those that can, probably have a company car eg, a sales rep or similar but can only charge so much at home within the given time slots but actually need to cover greater distances then the overnight charge session provides. Like me for example, I would leave Chelmsford early in the morning, drive all the way to Newcastle upon Tyne to visit a site, do a site inspection and then proceed to commission the installation and set up the parameters required etc and then drive back to Chelmsford, the same day, 550 miles, then the next day maybe Port Talbot and back 440 miles and I was not the only person doing those kind of miles a day. This is why EV are not suitable for everybody, the hours were long enough without having to add in lengthy charging stops onto the days as well, my diesel cars, only required a refiill every other day or so and then only 5 to 10 minutes tops and be good for hundreds of miles again. If everybody had a usage case like yours and the ability to home charge and make money from doing so but claiming back as if they had used public chargers then there would be more likely to be way EVs on the road than there is, but the reality I suggest is there far more cases like mine then there is like yours.

Are you trying to kid yourself or what, of course we need those 300,000 public chargers.

I really cannot believe that 98% of charging is done at home, that figure is just not believable, what about all the fleet charging and big companies buy EV cars for the sales reps who have to cover large areas and drive large distances. Those figures are pure BS designed to fit the narrative but at the same also managing to defeat their goal by convincing those unable to charge at home to stay with ICE, so an own goal there for sure. I'm not convinced that fitting a commando 16A socket is acceptable within the UK wiring regulations for domestic dwelling as the sockets do not comply with the requirement of having the shuttering of the socket tubes to prevent the accidental insertion of anything and thus making direct contact with live parts, particularly children poking thinks there.

Well, that was my first accident as an owner, the others have been in company vehicles.

More bad news for Stellantis, Jeeps are still catching fire even after the recall software updates have installed to cure battery failures. Like Porsche, owners are being told not to park or charge in or close to buildings until software updates, but fires are still happening to cars when parked up.

So it seems that 2024 was a very bad year all round for sales of BEV, but sales of Hybrids were up.

In that case, then, I'm puzzled as to what was the point of you starting this particular topic and even including me in its title. By your own admission, even French insurers do exactly the same thing as insurers worldwide do, aim not to payout on any claim.🤔

@Ootoherebut it is well known that BMW drivers are entitled twats

Oh OK, but you can see now where I was coming from and I doubt that this is just a thing that happens solely in the UK?

@J.R. Hi John, I think you might find this article and video interesting regarding insurance companies are beginning to in some cases refuse or even cancel your insurance cover if they discover any modifications made to a car that weren't declared to them at the time when taking out insurance, or where they have not been informed of any modifications made to your car during the insurance period. Also DVLA are also getting in on the act. Could wrapping a car invalidate your insurance?

You have to wonder if SWARCO and the other operators are aware the governments are still pushing ahead with the EV mandate or not? Even if the mandate was to be scrapped the existing EV cars still need to charge?