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pjm-84
 


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That sounds broken......... I think our pool ID3 is nudging if not over 20k miles in 11months. Range will drop come winter time but it was at 202miles when I picked it up at lunchtime. (we typically dont charge it to 100% so I suspect 90% charged)
  
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Kilovolt
 


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Paul J. wrote:
Mind you, when a car goes as quick as prunes through a short grandmother, that cost is soon forgotten. Wink


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The cars themselves are great and the tech' is moving quickly. Cars with 400 miles range are launching now and fast charges will give you around 100 miles charge in 10 minutes or so.

However........ the infrastructure isn't there. Super fast chargers are Tesla only really with the odd one here and there other than that.

Motorway services may only have a couple of chargers and invariably they will have someone sat on at least one of them so you are waiting before you even start to charge in many cases and no idea how long for or if/when the person attached will come back, people don't come back and disconnect just because they are fully charged...... Evil or Very Mad

App's to advise where chargers are, what they are and availability are not accurate (the concrete base where a charger was supposed to be is my best example this week), may be available bit and ICE car selfish Censored has decided to park in it, its fooked or, even if working, it will not have been maintained and is a trickle at best.

If you can live with home charging, and many can, they do make sense. I would have one as a second car without question with a home charger as SWMBO's main usage car - it makes sense and would work for us but until I can get a JLR product with 400 miles range I'm, at best, an advocate for a hybrid (but not the current P400e variants).

I breathe a sigh of relief when my jobs ping in and its not an EV at the moment.......
  
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Love my job in the NHS, you’d describe it as middle management with some hands on here than there and the pay is fine.

But Care Homes are advertising for my Banding and they must be getting desperate. They are now paying £15k + more than I am getting at the top of my pay scale plus perks, £5k golden hello and removal expenses.

I knew they paid more, but that’s significant. It’s no wonder people are moving away from the NHS in their droves. Still won’t go that said. I don’t know if I am a fool or an idealist or both.
  
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Super fast chargers are Tesla only really ....


Tesla rapid charger network:

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Other rapid chargers, filtered by CCS, showing only Ionity + BP Pulse installations (because these are reliable based on my experience and those of others on EV forums that I frequent):

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It is a myth that Tesla has an unrivalled infrastructure. What they did do was to deploy multiple charging units at Motorway services, which is where other providers have some catching up to do. However, these hubs do exist and are usually located very close to major routes.
 An ex-Disco3 / FFRR owner ......

..... now on the JLR electric highway. 
 
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leeds wrote:
Having just filled the D4 to the top at a cost of about £76 which took about 5 minutes from pulling to paying to go and now have a range of about 400 miles.

My question how much would it cost at a public recharging state to go from 25% charge to 100% charge and how long to get a range of about 400 miles in a vehicle as capable as the D4?


Brendan


Where in the UK did you manage to fill a D4 for £76? Shocked Diesel's up around £1.50 / litre these days.
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RRSTDV8
 


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Paul J. wrote:
In 3 years of driving a pure EV, I’ve likely spent less overall time ‘at the pump’ than when I had an ICE car. With a home charge point I start every day with a full ‘tank’, and for long journeys aim to charge at my destination, so no time is spent ‘refuelling’. Indeed, I’ve needed to use the rapid chargers on the road network fewer than 10 times in that period. Thumbs Up

Edited to add that 400 miles of range costs me about £25, although the savings don’t really stack up when factoring in the higher vehicle purchase cost. Mind you, when a car goes as quick as prunes through a short grandmother, that cost is soon forgotten. Wink


I think the EV route only really works reliably if one can "do the day" on a single charge having charged overnight at home (or where ever else one is spending the night). Having to rely on unknown chargers that may be being used, are broken, or just don't exist (all of which astonbuilder found on his journey) means for many EVs are still too risky.

In effect, EVs are in the same place that ICE cars were back in the day when you didn't know if it would get you to the end of the journey without breaking down or needing some fettling en route.
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"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!" 
 
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Paul J. wrote:
Quote:
Super fast chargers are Tesla only really ....


Tesla rapid charger network:

Click image to enlarge



Other rapid chargers, filtered by CCS, showing only Ionity + BP Pulse installations (because these are reliable based on my experience and those of others on EV forums that I frequent):

Click image to enlarge


It is a myth that Tesla has an unrivalled infrastructure. What they did do was to deploy multiple charging units at Motorway services, which is where other providers have some catching up to do. However, these hubs do exist and are usually located very close to major routes.


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@ab: you’d have prob been half the time if you’d have just run it dry and called a big yellow taxi. Whistle Whistle
   
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or buy a D4 and a trailer for your job ? Laughing
  
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Have a gennie strapped to the trailer, transport and charging in one. Whistle Whistle

Hmmmmmm, wonder how many EV cars drive around with a suitcase generator and can of fuel in the car. And used when on the road. Just look for the cable coming out the boot, taped along the side and into the charging port. And fumes coming out of the boot. You saw it here first! Whistle Laughing Laughing
   
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My son looked at providing an emergency quick charge service, but a standard 230v supply doesn't work.

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DSL wrote:
Have a gennie strapped to the trailer, transport and charging in one. Whistle Whistle

Hmmmmmm, wonder how many EV cars drive around with a suitcase generator and can of fuel in the car. And used when on the road. Just look for the cable coming out the boot, taped along the side and into the charging port. And fumes coming out of the boot. You saw it here first! Whistle Laughing Laughing




Actually saw it on Top Gear first.... Whistle Whistle Whistle
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DSL
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Forgot about that. Embarassed Embarassed And very stylish it is too. Thumbs Up
   
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